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Written & performed by Dylan Thomas - Unabridged Poetry Selections - 8 CASSETTES - 12.5 hours

Publisher, Harper Audio (February 2002)

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"There is so much music in [Thomas's] voice that it carries the listener along, enchanted by the sound of the words and the rich imagery." --New York Times

"Thomas single-handedly revived poetry as a spoken word art." --Talking Book Review

On February 22, 1952, Dylan Thomas made his first recording for Caedmon Records, A Child's Christmas in Wales and Five Poems. It was the first of many albums Thomas was to record for Caedmon. This recording launched not only Caedmon, but the spoken-word industry as well.

Here, at long last, in celebration of 50 years of spoken-word publishing, Caedmon presents Dylan Thomas: The Caedmon Collection.

This collection includes Thomas' poetry: Fern Hill and Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, his prose: Adventures in the Skin Trade and Quite Early One Morning, and his final work -- Under Milk Wood, a play. The recording of Under Milk Wood included here is the only one in existence with Dylan Thomas in the cast. It owes its remarkable existence to the serendipitous placement of a microphone at center stage minutes before the curtain was raised.

About the Author: Dylan Thomas, born in 1914, began his career as a journalist in his native Swansea, Wales. He lived colorfully, even recklessly, until his untimely death in New York City in 1953. One of the 20th century's most treasured writers, Dylan Thomas was a master craftsman of poetic complexity and richly obscure imagery. Thomas' genius is made clear in these recordings through the everlasting gift he has given the world -- his voice.

Dylan Thomas' 1952 recording of his A Child's Christmas in Wales paved the way for dozens of classic works by some of the greatest authors of the 20th century. Now, in 2002, we commemorate our inaugural Caedmon author with Dylan Thomas: The Caedmon Collection, the ultimate collection of his finest poetry, read in his own voice.