Orson Welles discography

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This is a comprehensive list of all of the commercially released recordings made by Orson Welles.

Discography

Release date Original recording date Recording Format Record label Details
1939 March 1, 11, 21 & 25, 1938 Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare 11 x 78 RPM gramophone records Columbia Records Adapted, directed, produced, narrated by and starring Welles, co-starring George Coulouris, Edgar Barrier, Everett Sloane, Virginia Nicolson, Richard Baer, John Berry, Guy Kingsley, Erskine Sanford, William Alland, Stephen Roberts and the Mercury Theatre.
1939 June 14, 16 & 17, 1938 Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare 10 x 78 RPM gramophone records Columbia Adapted, directed, produced, narrated by and starring Welles, co-starring LeRoi Operti, George Coulouris, William Alland, Richard Wilson, Eustace Wyatt, Will Geer, Gus Schilling, Edgarton Paul, Erskine Sanford and the Mercury Theatre.
1939 July 27, 28, 29, August 23, 25, September 7 & 14, 1938 The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare 12 x 78 RPM gramophone records Columbia Adapted, directed, produced, narrated by and starring Welles, co-starring Joseph Holland, Norman Lloyd, Edgar Barrier, Guy Kingsley, Brenda Forbes, Erskine Sanford, Virginia Nicolson, George Duthie, Richard Wilson, William Alland and the Mercury Theatre.
1940 April, 1940 Macbeth by William Shakespeare 13 x 78 RPM gramophone records Columbia Adapted, directed, produced by and starring Welles, co-starring Fay Bainter, Robert Warwick, Richard Baer, William Alland, Erskine Sanford, George Coulouris, Richard Wilson and the Mercury Theatre.
1944 August, 1944 The Liberation of Paris 3 x 78 RPM gramophone records Asch Records Narrated by Welles. Political speeches by Charles de Gaulle, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Paul Eluard and others.
1945 1945 In the American Tradition 78 RPM gramophone record Decca Records Political speeches and commentary.
1946 December 20, 1944 The Happy Prince 78 RPM gramophone record Decca Guest star Bing Crosby.
1946 1946 No Man Is an Island 4x78 RPM gramophone records Decca Literary/political speeches and commentary, featuring the works of John Donne, Pericles, Patrick Henry, John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and Émile Zola.
1953 March 1, 11, 21 & 25, 1938 Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare LP record Entree Adapted, directed, produced, narrated by and starring Welles, co-starring George Coulouris, Edgar Barrier, Everett Sloane, Virginia Nicolson, Richard Baer, John Berry, Guy Kingsley, Erskine Sanford, William Alland, Stephen Roberts and the Mercury Theatre.
1959 1959 Courtroom scene from Compulsion 7" single record 20th Fox Records
1967 March 1, 11, 21 & 25, 1938 Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare LP record Lexington Adapted, directed, produced, narrated by and starring Welles, co-starring George Coulouris, Edgar Barrier, Everett Sloane, Virginia Nicolson, Richard Baer, John Berry, Guy Kingsley, Erskine Sanford, William Alland, Stephen Roberts, and the Mercury Theatre.
1968 October 30, 1938 The War of the Worlds LP record Longines Symphonette Society / Longines Symphonette Society Edited. Recording of the 1938 radio broadcast.
1969 October 30, 1938 The War of the Worlds 2 x LP records Murray Hill records Recording of the 1938 radio broadcast.
1969 October 30, 1938 The War of the Worlds 2 x LP records Evolution Recording of the 1938 radio broadcast.
1969 1969 The Begatting of the President LP record Mediarts Satire of Richard M. Nixon, narrated by Welles.
1970 October 30, 1938 The War of the Worlds 2 x LP records Evolution Recording of the 1938 radio broadcast.
1972 1969 The Begatting of the President LP record Mediarts Satire of Richard M. Nixon, narrated by Welles.
1972 1972 Edith Locke, S. Kye Boult, Joanna Brown and Orson Welles - Author's Roundtable 10" single record AirLines Transcription Disc
1973 1938 Orson Welles / Jim and Marian Jordan - The Shadow / Fibber McGee and Molly LP record Mark56 Records
1974 September 25, 1938 The Mercury Theatre on the Air: The Immortal Sherlock Holmes LP record Radiola Recording of the 1938 radio broadcast.
1976 July 11, 1938 Dracula LP record Mark56 Records Recording of the 1938 radio broadcast.
1976 March 27, April 24, May 1, 8, 29, June 12, 1938 The Shadow 3 x LP records Murray Hill Records Recording of 1938 radio broadcasts starring Welles.
(1) The White God
(2) Murder on Approval
(3) Aboard the Steamship Amazon
(4) The Creeper
(5) The Power of the Mind
(6) The Hypnotized Audience
1977 October 30, 1938 The War of the Worlds 12" EP record TIL Records Edited. Recording of the 1938 radio broadcast.
1977 July 11, 1938 Dracula LP record Nostalgia Lane Recording of the 1938 radio broadcast.
1978 April 3 & 10, 1938 The Shadow LP record Golden Age Records Recording of the 1938 radio broadcasts starring Welles.
(1) Death From the Deep
(2) The Firebug
1978 June 21, 1946 Agnes Moorehead / Orson Welles - Sorry, Wrong Number / The Hitch Hiker LP record Mark56 Records Recordings of the 1940s radio broadcasts.
1979 1979 Orson Welles and Hal Lindsey - The Late, Great Planet Earth LP record RCR Productions Soundtrack, narrated by Welles.
1979 October 24, 31, 1937; January 9, 16, 23, 30, February 6, March 6 & 13 1938 More Of The Shadow 3 x LP records Murray Hill Records Recording of 1937-8 radio broadcasts starring Welles.
(1) The Temple Bells of Neban
(2) The Three Ghosts
(3) The League of Terror
(4) Sabotage
(5) The Poison Death
(6) The Society of the Living Dead
(7) The Phantom Voice
(8) Bride of Death
(9) The Silent Avenger
1980 Nordstrom Presents Orson Welles, Lionel Barrymore, George Garabedian: Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" LP record Mark56 Records Edited together from several 1930s radio broadcasts of the story.
1981 May 18 + 25, 1944 Donovan's Brain LP record Radiola Recording of the 1944 Suspense broadcast; won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
1983 The Gift of Christmas: Army of the Stars LP record Salvation Army Christmas record, with James Stewart, William Conrad, Greer Garson, Michael Landon, Orson Welles With The Roger Wagner Chorale.
1984 1984 I Know What It Is To Be Young (But You Don't Know What It Is To Be Old) 7" single record Indisc Samba track.
1988 1984 I Know What It Is To Be Young (But You Don't Know What It Is To Be Old) 7" single record CGD Samba track.
1989 October 30, 1938 La Guerre des Mondes (The War of the Worlds) 2 x LP records Murray Hill records Recording of the 1938 radio broadcast.
September 1990 July 18, 1938 L'Île Au Trésor (Treasure Island) CD album Phonurgia Nova Recording of the 1938 radio broadcast.
1992 1969–1975 This is Orson Welles 4 x audiocassettes HarperAudio Interviews with Peter Bogdanovich; nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album.[1][2]
1996 1984 I Know What It Is To Be Young (But You Don't Know What It Is To Be Old) CD single GNL Crescendo Samba track.
1998 October 30, 1938 The War of the Worlds MP3 file Saland Publishing Recording of the 1938 radio broadcast.
2008 June 21, July 12, 1946 Orson Welles - Your Obedient Servant CD album Él Recording of the 1946 radio broadcasts.
(1) The Hitch-Hiker
(2) The Search for Henri Lefevre
(3) Sredni Vashtar

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Rock to opera, a full list of nominees"; USA Today, January 8, 1993
  2. ↑ This is Orson Welles, HarperAudio (September 30, 1992) ISBN 1559946806 (audiocassette)
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