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Star Wars Read-Alongs and other exciting audio stuff.........

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I cannot find the original discussions about these titles from early last year so I have decided to announce this in a new thread for those that may be interested.


As part of a general discussion about all things audio, the "Story of" and "Star Wars Read-Alongs" were discussed for future preservation projects.

The "Story of" titles were already available at the time as mp3 files and only Jedi of the "Read-Along" series was available here.

Since then, the 3 movie "Read-Alongs" are also to be found as Easter Eggs on a certain well known LD to DVD transfer.

And now to the reason for this post. There has been a posting of many of the "Read-Along" titles over on alt.binaries.starwars, including the 1997 Special Edition versions.

Star Wars Read-Alongs:

Here's what's in the post

01 Droid World
02 Planet Of The Hoojibs
03 Return Of The Jedi (1983)
04 Return Of The Jedi (1997)
05 Star Wars (1979)
06 Star Wars: A New Hope (1997)
07 Star Wars Adventures In Colors & Shapes
08 The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
09 The Empire Strikes Back (1997)
10 The Ewoks Join The Fight
11 The Phantom Menace



Ripped, Restored, & Remastered from Original Vinyl by Scotty Balls except:

Planet Of The Hoojibs
Return Of The Jedi (1983)
Return Of The Jedi (1997)
Star Wars: A New Hope (1997)
The Empire Strikes Back (1997) These were Ripped, Restored, & Remastered from Cassette by Scotty Balls

The Phantom Menace (Ripped from CD)


The only titles not available in this post are:-

Adventures in ABC
The Ewok Adventure
The Battle for Endor

I will be checking to see if there is any chance of the books being scanned and posted as well.

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I have an LP-Rip somewhere of "Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell". I am pretty sure it's a Star Wars Story LP, just wondering why it isn't included in your list.

To contact me outside the forum, for trades and such my email address is my OT.com username @gmail.com

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whats the difference between the 97 version of the trilogy readalongs to the original ones?
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Is there any possibility to have those read-alongs in a torrent?
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Originally posted by: battlewars
whats the difference between the 97 version of the trilogy readalongs to the original ones?

I do not know but I will try to find out........


Just for info, the same person has posted Ripped, Restored, & Remastered versions of the Lapti Nek 12" promo record and the Story of Star Wars LP.

They are all in exceptional quality.

The good news is that more have been promised.

Watch this space.

Here are the details from the Story of Star Wars posting

THE STORY OF STAR WARS - Dialogue, Music and Photos from the Oiginal Motion Picture

Featuring the Voice of:
Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker
Harrison Ford as Han Solo
Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia
Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin
Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
James Earl Jones as Darth Vader
and
Alec Guiness as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi

Narration by Roscoe Lee Brown

Written and Directed by George Lucas
Produced by Gary Kurtz
Music by John Williams
Performed by The London Symphony Orchestra

Produced for Records by George Lucas and Alan Livingston
Adapted by E. Jack Kaplan and Cheryl Gard-Wornson
Associate Producer: Pat Glasser
Edit and Sound Engineer: Rudy Hill
Artwork: Joey Reynolds Supermarket
Art Direction: John Georgopoulos


Ripped, Restored, & Remastered from Original Vinyl by Scotty Balls
I also divided this into tracks (usually following scenes)

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russs15 how do i get the '77 mono version of star wars?
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Is there any way to get this in a torrent in shn or flac? I seriously DO NOT want a lossy MP3 version.
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Originally posted by: battlewars
russs15 how do i get the '77 mono version of star wars?


Do you mean the actual audio soundtrack (ie to add on to the Moth3r ANH) or a DVD with it already on??


Meanwhile, here is a few lines about some of the other audio gems currently hitting alt.binaries.starwars.............


All the Story of's have now been posted and they are all bloody good. These were closely followed by high quality audio from the Star Tours ride.

The 1980 Empire Strikes Back Disco album does not immediately hit you as worth bothering with but it is a fun thing to listen to. This is completely eclipsed by the Star Wars Musical. You have not lived until you have listened to this. Trust me!!!!

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Hi Russs15


I Have most of the old read along story books that came with the records. not sure where they are since I moved but I know I saw them recently. I'll see if I can find them, if so I would be glad to scan the books and both sides of the records as well. I'm pretty sure I also have the Gremlins, and one of the indiana jones ones too. It may take awhile to find but I'll start looking soon and let you know what I find.

SnakeStorm

P.S. one of the Star Wars books is the one that came with tape the rest are the record versions, not sure if theres any differnce other than the record or tape on the cover.
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Originally posted by: snakestorm
Hi Russs15


I Have most of the old read along story books that came with the records. not sure where they are since I moved but I know I saw them recently. I'll see if I can find them, if so I would be glad to scan the books and both sides of the records as well. I'm pretty sure I also have the Gremlins, and one of the indiana jones ones too. It may take awhile to find but I'll start looking soon and let you know what I find.

SnakeStorm

P.S. one of the Star Wars books is the one that came with tape the rest are the record versions, not sure if theres any differnce other than the record or tape on the cover.


Thanks, snake, all that seem very interesting!
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Originally posted by: russs15
Originally posted by: battlewars
russs15 how do i get the '77 mono version of star wars?


Do you mean the actual audio soundtrack (ie to add on to the Moth3r ANH) or a DVD with it already on??
the dvd

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“Always loved Vader’s wordless self sacrifice. Another shitty, clueless, revision like Greedo and young Anakin’s ghost. What a fucking shame.” -Simon Pegg.

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Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
would anyone be willing to send me the remastered versions of the story of star wars, empire strikes back, and return of the jedi on cd's?

I have the records and very bad quality mp3 rips from them, I have the reel to reel of the story of star wars unused and the soundtrack on reel to reel for the first film in a box, which I very much would like to tranfer someday as they are very good quality four track.


Check your e-mail..........

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Hey Russ, did you ever get my email regarding putting these to visuals?

FINISHED:
The Sith Revealed - A Scrapbook
Episode III The Video Game - The Movie
24: The Missing Day
Star Wars - The Interactive Board Game DVD
Battlefront - Journal of the 501st
The Clones Revealed

email me for details daveytod AT btinternet DOT com

 

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Originally posted by: daveytod
Hey Russ, did you ever get my email regarding putting these to visuals?


I did and it is something I am thinking over..........

The Read-Alongs really need the actual books should scans of those ever become available.

However, the Story of's would be great with the full variety of visual media available. Pictures, posters, comic books, BTS and video synched up to the actual spoken words would be fantastic.

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can anyone tell me if these files are available anywhere else?
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Movealong may or may not be working on something of interest, or not.
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Hi Russs15

Sorry for the delay in posts. Took me a while to find my old star wars read along, but i've finally found them. I'm planning on scanning the books and the record front and backs. Below is a list of the star wars read along books that I will be scanning, may be more to follow but that all I could find. Once scanned I will most likely be posting to alt.binaries.starwars. Any questions please feel free to contact me at worf58@hotmail.com

Regards

SnakeStorm

Star Wars (33 1/3 rpm version)
Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back (Tape Cassette version)
Star Wars Return Of The Jedi (33 1/3 rpm version)
The Ewoks join The Fight (33 1/3 rpm version)
Planet Of The Hoojibs (33 1/3 rpm version)
Star Wars Droid World (33 1/3 rpm version)

and lastly a non star wars release

Indiana Jones Raiders of The Lost Ark (33 1/3 rpm version)




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Originally posted by: snakestorm
Hi Russs15

Sorry for the delay in posts. Took me a while to find my old star wars read along, but i've finally found them. I'm planning on scanning the books and the record front and backs. Below is a list of the star wars read along books that I will be scanning, may be more to follow but that all I could find. Once scanned I will most likely be posting to alt.binaries.starwars. Any questions please feel free to contact me at worf58@hotmail.com

Regards

SnakeStorm

Star Wars (33 1/3 rpm version)
Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back (Tape Cassette version)
Star Wars Return Of The Jedi (33 1/3 rpm version)
The Ewoks join The Fight (33 1/3 rpm version)
Planet Of The Hoojibs (33 1/3 rpm version)
Star Wars Droid World (33 1/3 rpm version)

and lastly a non star wars release

Indiana Jones Raiders of The Lost Ark (33 1/3 rpm version)


Wow! Cool list!
I really hope someone will torrent them after that.
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Originally posted by: snakestormHi Russs15

Sorry for the delay in posts. Took me a while to find my old star wars read along, but i've finally found them. I'm planning on scanning the books and the record front and backs. Below is a list of the star wars read along books that I will be scanning, may be more to follow but that all I could find. Once scanned I will most likely be posting to alt.binaries.starwars. Any questions please feel free to contact me at worf58@hotmail.com

Regards

SnakeStorm

Star Wars (33 1/3 rpm version)
Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back (Tape Cassette version)
Star Wars Return Of The Jedi (33 1/3 rpm version)
The Ewoks join The Fight (33 1/3 rpm version)
Planet Of The Hoojibs (33 1/3 rpm version)
Star Wars Droid World (33 1/3 rpm version)

and lastly a non star wars release

Indiana Jones Raiders of The Lost Ark (33 1/3 rpm version)


I am looking forward to seeing these scans. As I have said all along, I think a DVD with the scans and HQ sound we now have would be excellent.

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I'm willing to work on them if I can find the time

FINISHED:
The Sith Revealed - A Scrapbook
Episode III The Video Game - The Movie
24: The Missing Day
Star Wars - The Interactive Board Game DVD
Battlefront - Journal of the 501st
The Clones Revealed

email me for details daveytod AT btinternet DOT com

 

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Hi All

Thought I'd let everyone know I'm still alive and give an update on scanning progress, so far I've been able to scan 2 of the SW read along books and records. As I got kicked out of my house on the weekend it may be a while before I can find the time to unpack everthing and find them again : ( to finish scanning. Another problem is that I no longer have access to newsgroups so I have no way to post them, If anyone one would be inturested in posting these for me once there scanned and formatted let me know so we can arrange something.

Regards

Snakestorm
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Thanks for the news!
Beware of spams! You should modify your e-mail address, just an advice...