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The Story-Teller ... A Session with Charles Laughton

1962 studio album by Charles Laughton

The Story-Teller ... A Session with Charles Laughton is a spoken word double album by Charles Laughton. The material was recorded in 1955 as part of Laughton's one-man shows, but it was not released until January 1962. The double album was produced by Bill Miller and issued by Capitol Records (catalog number TBO 1650).[1][2][3] Laughton died in December 1962 and, in May 1963, posthumously received the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for the album.[4][5]

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Track listing

Side A

  1. Introduction to Act I, including the Goldsteins and Margaret O'Brien stories (4:23)
  2. Poetry: The Rabbit - The Horse (1:26)
  3. From The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac (3:52)
  4. Henry Moore (2:08)
  5. Chartres Cathedral story (8:54)
  6. Psalm 104 (2:58)

Side B

  1. From Julius Caesar by Shakespeare (19:39)

Side C

  1. Introduction to Act II, including green elephants and moon space-suit stories (2:15)
  2. Shaw's aphorisms (0:37)
  3. From Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw (12:24)
  4. From The Phaedrus by Plato (translated by Christopher Isherwood) (9:02)

Side D

  1. The Fiery Furnace (8:58)
  2. Carl Milles letter (9:23)
  3. Waculla Springs story (6:11)

References

  1. [1]
    "The Story-Teller". The Internet Archive. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  2. [2]
    "The Records Speak". The Hartford Courant. February 18, 1962. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
  3. [3]
    Charles Schreiber (January 27, 1962). "Weekly Album Review". The Gazette. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. [4]
    "Grammy Award Nominees 1963 – Grammy Award Winners 1963". www.awardsandshows.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Columbia's 13 Grammys Tops NARAS Competition". The Billboard. May 25, 1963. p. 8.
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