THIS IS ORSON WELLES AUDIO-TAPE

[tonyw]

Apologies if this has been raised before, but does anyone know whether the audio-tape edition of THIS IS ORSON WELLES contains any new material not in the published version, and if so, how much?

[Glenn Anders]

Tonyw: My memory of the fairly recent DaCapo book/audio package is that quite bit of the tape material is different from the printed matter, and vice verse.

Glenn

[akio]

Since the book was based on the audio tapes made by Bogdonovich, so there's nothing new per se in the tapes. The book has many revisions/corrections of statements Welles made in the tapes (i.e., locations of places Othello was shot, etc). Generally, the tone of the book is milder than the tapes.

[blunted by community]

i have the first run of the TIOW tapes, and book.

i know i will find new material in the de capo book that is not in the first printing, but am i going to find new material in the de capo audio tapes compared to the first run audio tapes.

also, i didn't feel there were huge differences in the first run book vs. the first run audio tapes.

[TheMcGuffin]

How can you tell which run of the tapes is first or second. Blunted you said your tapes were by de capo. The version i have is put out by Caedmon which is a division of Harper Collins and has a copyright date of 1992. Would that make mine a second run?

[Wilson]

There is no Da Capo tape set, only the original Harper set to go with Harper's edition of the book.



Edited By Wilson on July 21 2004 at 19:09

[TheMcGuffin]

ahhh...thanks for clearing that up jeff.

[Wilson]

The only other place I know of with material from the tapes is the French Ambersons DVD, which has extra stuff not on the tapes or in the book.

[tonyw]

Thanks for these very informative replies since I'd be reluctant to pay $30 for the audio-tapes unless I knew they contained some different material from the book version, either first or second edition.