"Fifteen birds, in five fir trees/Oh, what shall we do with the funny little things?"

Here's where I left off on the unabridged Hobbit, from the escape from the Goblins until Laketown.


Enjoy!

Out of the Frying Pan

Queer Lodgings

Flies and Spiders

Barrels out of Bond

A Warm Welcome/On the Doorstep

"Confusticate and bebother victory! My only hope is to be taken prisoner as quickly as possible..."

Since I got a very good response to LotR, here's the unabridged "Hobbit", read by the same man, Rob Inglis, and procured from Utorrent.

I'm posting three zips at a time. The files are much larger than LotR (LotR was only 64 kbps; Hobbit is 192k's) and I'm also throwing the compleat "Hobbit" OST from the Rankin-Bass version; after going through some of my data-cds (my computer is dead and I refuse to buy an Ipod; I play all my stuff on a Sony mp3-cd player (have to retain SOME old-school habits), I found it buried behind a Willie Nelson concert from 1978 and Gordon Lightfoot's greatest hits.

Enjoy!

An Unexpected Party

Roast Mutton/A Short Rest

Over Hill and Under Hill/Riddles in the Dark

"...the Dwarves of Yore/Made Mighty Spells/
While Hammers fell like Ringing Bells..."

"Poor ol' Bill...Poor ol' Bill."

Here's the final installment on the unabridged Lord of the Rings, 'Return of the King'. Book VI also has what appendices they decided to include with the set. "..Whip" is for all of ya'll who remember the Rankin-Bass version of 'RotK". Sorta sounds today like a song most of the troops whose tours of duty keeps being extended by Shrub and Cheney would most likely sing.

Book V

Book VI (plus appendices)

"When there's a whip..."

"Me, Sir? Me and go see Elves n' all? Oh, My!! Oh, HOOOORAAAYYYY!!!"

Here's the unabridged 'Two Towers', if you like. For Jordan (and whoever else wants it), is the soundtrack to Bakshi's 1978 animated production of LotR, plus a few songs from the Rankin-Bass production of 'The Hobbit'.

Enjoy!

Book III

Book IV

Lord of the Rings (Bakshi)

"Gandalf, oh, Gandalf, it's REALLY you!!!! Oh, after it's been so long..."

This one's definitely for the Tolkien fans in the house. Since I bought the tapes for about $50 around 6 years ago, I had no reservations about downloading and sharing this with you: the unabridged Lord of the Rings, with a wonderful reader, Rob Inglis, who does a tremendous job with all the voices and narration.

The first post will be 'Fellowship'. Each load is a complete "Book" (Book One is the prologue and Frodo's journey to Rivendell; Book Two is the journey through Moria, Lothlorien and the Breaking of the Fellowship). I'll get Two Towers and Return later on, if there's interest in Fellowship.

I'm also including the Atlas, for hardcore fans.

enjoy!

Book One (plus prologue)

Book Two

Atlas (especially for Jordan)