Tolkien - 1929 Voice actor recordings

This video is a compilation of Tolkien's two voice recordings from 1929.
In 1929 (age 37) he took up a side-job as voice actor for extra cash.
These are his earliest voice recording known in existence.
00:00 Lesson 20 - At a Tobacconist's
03:07 Lesson 30 - Wireless
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Credit / Source:
sounds.bl.uk
for fan collection purposes; copyright belongs to their owners
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Tolkien's audio recordings exist in 4 categories:
1. earlier side-job as voice actor 1929 -- online
2. personal recordings 1950s
"Tolkien Audio Collection" audio CD 2001 (still in-print) -- recommended
(CD*4, JRRT and CJRT reading excerpts of Hobbit, LOTR, Silmarillion -- purely magic!)
JRRT reads 1 hour 30 minutes
- Hobbit 30 minutes
- LOTR 60 minutes
CJRT reads 2 HOURS of The Silmarillion
- Of the Darkening of Valinor
- Of the Flight of the Noldor
- Of Beren and Luthien
"Homecoming of Beorhtnoth" audio CD (re-release March-30, 2023)
(JRRT + CJRT)
3. interviews
"Tolkien Audio Portrait" audio CD 2001 (out of print) -- NOT recommended
these are heavily remixed, and mostly are other people's voices
4. events: 1958 Hobbit Dinner -- extract online
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Chistopher Tolkien also has another audio recording:
The Children of Hurin (2018); he reads the preface and intro, 34 minutes!)

[@hellie_el]

wonderful! ❤❤❤❤❤ how i'd love to have his accent!

[@KaplyaNikotina]

Thanks! Great find

[@squamish4244]

I've only ever heard Tolkien's voice as man in his 70s. Thanks.

[@maryhaddock9145]

What a lot of things you do use good morning for.