This performance of T.S. Eliot's works is of exceptional quality. It is a mono recording and the tapes are over 30 years old, but the beauty with which Sir Alec Guinness brings these poems to life is sublime. The first 60 sec of side 1 does sound somewhat extended, as if it had been stretched at some time, but this rapidly fades and the rest of the tapes, 119 mins, play perfectly.
A must for anyone interested in T.S. Eliot or Sir Alec Guinness!
The poems are - The Waste Land on Side 1 of Tape 1 Preludes - The Hippopotamus - Sweeney Among the Nightingales - New Hampshire - Family Reunion (excerpt) - The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - Gus the Theatre Cat and The Journey of the Magi on Side 2 of Tape 1 Tape 2 has the full performance of the Four Quartets. Brilliant!
This item, as far as we know, is not available ANYWHERE else ..... in the WORLD!