In fact that Foundation LP I remember owning was not from the BBC production

[james_davis_nicoll]

It featured an entirely different, although also well known, voice actor.

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[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

at least he isnt singing..

[zxhrue.livejournal.com]

it's not all that bad, just think of him as a spoken word artist, with (occasionally really good) back-up singers.

I quite like this frex, but of course MV.

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

As Narrator, which is different from Singer. But then, I have always liked Narrators.. must be a hold over from Rocky & Bullwinkle .. grin.

[(Anonymous)]

No, apparently Shatner's a terrible reader too. Harlan Ellison gave a whole load of Caedmon sf and fantasy records a big review back in the day and this LP was the only stinker of the bunch. Ellison took Shatner to task for not being able to pronounce various basic scientific words and repeatedly not reading the sentences so that they parsed smoothly (implying that Shatner did no preparation). I think there was also something about obtrusive sound effects and musical stings that also interrupted ease of listening.

- matthew davis

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

obtrusive sound effects and musical stings that also interrupted ease of listening.

Mindwebs had an issue with those. Maybe it was an 1970s thing.

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]