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Title: Sherlock Holmes Radio Mysteries by Jim French, Topics Entertainment, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ISBN: 1-59150-023-0 Publisher: Countertop Audio Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 8 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Excellent pastiches, pedestrian production
Comment: Doyle's Holmes and Watson remain the best loved characters in detective fiction. The highlight of this effort is these new pastiches are very well plotted and rendered. Unlike the Green/Boucher pastiches performed by Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in the 1940s, the plots here sound plausible-not departing in the supernatural or the world of science fiction. Holmes and Watson are more Doylian too. Watson is not comic relief as in the Rathbone/Bruce series. The production values are a little below the mark for the BBC. These have a very 1950s flavor and the performances seem to be given live without the benefit of editing minor flubs. One would think modern digital editing would have permitted a more flawless product. The music is a disappointment too. Given the attempt to recreate a 1950s radio drama, they would have been better off to use vintage production music in place of the dull synthetic bridges that appear here. The use of sounds effects is also pedestiran. Anyone who has heard the old Dragnet radio series or any of the better Jack Benny sketches understands the potential of sound in a good radio drama. Here, sound effects add little more than atmosphere. I've heard better on other BBC dramas. Each episode is split into 3 tracks which makes it challenging to import into an mp3 player. For non-broadcast release, each 22-minute show should have been re-edited and mixed into a seamless program without the commercial transitions. If you are importing these into an mp3 player, you'll want to use the "Join CD Track" feature (as it is called in iTunes) before importing. Otherwise you could be hearing a different episode at the track break.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Listening for Sherlock Holmes Fans
Comment: This is a great dramatization of Sherlock Holmes stories. If you like a presentation that makes you feel as if you can touch the actors and actresses, this is it. The way it is done makes you live and breath the whole atmosphere in the particular story. You can almost see the characters from the vivid descriptions and voices. The presenters are British and just have a style that is so unique that it is by far the best I have heard second only to Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. I would recommend this cassette to any Sherlock Holmes fan, and you will enjoy it over and over again as I have done.
Rating: 5
Summary: Sherlock Holmes Radio Mysteries
Comment: I thoroughly enjoyed these series of stories. I love the radio plays style of "old time radio". It brings the story to life. I strongly recommend this to anyone who loves Sherlock Holmes. In addition, the manufacturer, TOPICS Entertainment, fully stands behind their products. Furthermore, they are one of the few responsible companies that I've run across. They donate 5% of their pre-tax profits to educational and environmental groups. That alone should encourage everyone to do business with this fine outfit. Buy this and you'll not regret it.
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Title: The Unfortunate Tobacconist & Other Mysteries : The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Volumes 1-6 by Anthony Boucher, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Denis Green ISBN: 074353395X Publisher: Audioworks Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES SMITHSONIAN HISTORICAL PERFORMANCES by Smithsonian Collecti Cdrads 5017, John Stanley, Alfred Shirley, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ISBN: 1570190356 Publisher: Radio Spirits, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.98 |
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Title: Poirot Investigates: Eleven Complete Mysteries (Mystery Masters Series) by Agatha Christie, David Suchet ISBN: 1572703210 Publisher: The Audio Partners Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title:The Sherlock Holmes Collection, Vol. 1 (Voice of Terror / Secret Weapon / In Washington / Faces Death) ASIN: B0000AOV8O Publisher: Mpi Media Group Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $69.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $57.38 |
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Title:The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ASIN: B0001DCYB4 Publisher: Mpi Media Group Pub. Date: 27 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.99 |
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