Orson Welles - War of the Worlds (1938 / 1968) Vinyl LP • Radio Drama Soundtrack

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Vinyl plays with some crackles and a few light-clicks (play-graded). Cover has a few creases near edges; light-scuffing, surface abrasions, and surface impressions (front/back). Inner-sleeve is original (generic white); one seam partially split. Spine has no text and shows mild-wear alongside splits. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; some wear to corners. Developing split near left-corner of bottom-edge. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. 1968s pressing. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. War Of The Worlds (Part I & Part II)
2. War Of The Worlds (Part III & Part IV)

About The Record:

The War of the Worlds is an episode that is directed and narrated by Orson Welles as an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1898) of the American radio drama anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was performed and broadcast live as a Halloween episode at 8 pm ET on October 30, 1938, over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network. The episode is famous for causing panic among its listening audience, though the scale of panic is disputed, as the program had relatively few listeners.