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Cover of J. R. R. Tolkien Reads and Sings His The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring

J. R. R. Tolkien Reads and Sings His The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring

J. R. R. Tolkien

First published 1975
Publisher Caedmon
Format audio LP
Type Collection
Catalog ID TC 1477
Cover art J. R. R. Tolkien

  • Selections read by J. R. R. Tolkien. From a tape recording made by the author in August, 1952, at the home of George Sayer in Malvern, Worcestershire, England.
  • "© Caedmon Records, Inc., 1975"
  • 1 LP. Side 1 timing 29:43, side 2 20:23.
  • No price code on cover. Unknown pressing.
  • Descriptive notes by George Sayer on rear cover.
  • Cover art credited to Tolkien on the rear cover.
  • Contents Side 1: Selection from The Hobbit. Chapter 5, Riddles in the Dark: "Deep down here by the dark water lived old Gollum."
  • Contents Side 2: Selections from The Fellowship of the Ring. Book 1, chapter 2, The Shadow of the Past: "I cannot read the fiery letters"; Book 1, chapter 3, Three Is Company: "The road goes ever on and on"; Book 1, chapter 3, Three is Company: "Upon the hearth the fire is red"; Book 1, chapter 3, Three is Company: "Snow-white! Snow-white!"; Book 1, chapter 5, A Conspiracy Unmasked: "The voice of Pippin"; Book 1, chapter 5, A Conspiracy Unmasked: "Farewell we call to hearth and hall!"; Book 1, chapter 6, "The Old Forest: "Hey! Come merry dol!" and "Hop along, my little friends"; Book 1, chapter 9, At the Sign of the Prancing Pony: "There is an inn"; Book 1, chapter 11, A Knife in the Dark: "Gil-galad was an Elven-king"; Book 1, chapter 11, A Knife in the Dark: "I will tell you the tale of Tinúviel"; Book 1, chapter 12, Flight to the Ford: "Standing up, with his hands behind his back"; Book 2, chapter 1, Many Meetings: "They got up and withdrew"; Book 2, chapter 4, A Journey in the Dark: "The world was young, the mountains green"; Book 2, chapter 6, Lothlórien: "An Elvin-maid there was of old"; Book 2, chapter 7, The Mirror of Galadriel: "When evening in the Shire"; Book 2, chapter 7, The Mirror of Galadriel: unpublished poem; Book 2, chapter 8, Farewell to Lórien: "Ai! laurië lantar."