Title: This Is the Original CBS Radio Broadcast (October 30, 1938)
Product review: This is the original Orson Welles "Mercury Theater on the Air" production of October 30, 1938, that fooled so many CBS radio listeners. Even though Welles announced at the beginning of the program that it was only a fictional dramatization, many people tuned in late, and hearing what sounded like legitimate live news reports that killer Martians were attacking the United States, thousands panicked. The broadcast prompted a suitably contrite apology from Welles -- just 23 at the time -- on behalf of the Mercury Theater and CBS the next morning. The "War of the Worlds" is a classic, Welles is a classic, and any collection of important, historic radio broadcasts is incomplete without this landmark recording -- digitally restored and remastered on this CD. And it's still fascinating listening today.
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