Sunday, November 30, 2025

What The Dickens 1

After that giant sharity of a Saturday yesterday, I'm slowing things down a little bit here with a few different versions of A Christmas Carol. I'm starting with a single-disc highly-abridged version that's aimed squarely at the kiddie market with a vaguely psychedelic cover image that doesn't seem to have anything to do with the story at hand. And it's part of the Adventure Hour Series (thus the Volume Seven in the title), I guess because of all the ghosts involved. How many ghosts? Four! I don't care what anyone says, there are four ghosts! Past, Present, Future and Marley! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Let's give a listen to Professor Margaret C. Tyler-Volume Seven-A Christmas Carol (T.o.T. Productions 1813, 1973). More ghosts to come, I promise.

1. A Christmas Carol Part 1  
2. A Christmas Carol Part 2 

MEGA

Posted by Ernie at 11/30/2025 04:00:00 AM

17 comments:

  1. BryanSunday, November 30, 2025 6:25:00 AM

    Ha Ha Ernie, you are funny.
    1. Yes there are 4 ghosts. Maybe even more as Scrooge is eating that left over gruel, nightmares indeed.
    2. The picture has a Victorian feel to it, but maybe it was a reject-leftover for a Robin-Hood or King Lancelot record?

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    1. ErnieSunday, November 30, 2025 8:53:00 AM

      Yeah, the cover feels like a leftover, or a generic image for a whole series of records, nothing to do with Dickens.

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  2. BryanSunday, November 30, 2025 7:15:00 AM

    Ernie, thanks for this. I love these Scrooge albums. I will had to to the other versions I have collected, some through you or from myself.
    My only complaint from all of these, books to realizations, if it is "not" in the book, do not add it in. No new scenes, no new characters no different names, no story changes, nothing.
    That is why I hate the film, The Sound of Music. It is made up, just sacrilege. I like/love the music though.
    Anyway, cannot wait to hear this one.

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  3. BryanSunday, November 30, 2025 9:36:00 AM

    Hi Ernie,
    I remember asking you about this last year I believe, but...
    I think it was 2 years ago, you were able to find out where your downloads were being made from.
    Last year, you were not?
    What about this year? Probably useless as I use VPN, and the countries constantly change.

    But do you have any idea as to how many each share gets downloaded?

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    1. ErnieSunday, November 30, 2025 9:53:00 AM

      No idea where they are stored, but MEGA is based out of New Zealand. As far as a number of downloads, I have no idea. They don't share that info because they don't want people to try and 'compete' for downloads. Back in the old days, you could get points for downloads because you were driving traffic and eyeballs for ads, but then they got in trouble with the authorities for the sharing of too much intellectual property. At least that's my take on the whole thing.

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  4. BryanSunday, November 30, 2025 10:19:00 AM

    That is a real shame. At least you get comments. Altough many are from the same people though. It really must make your day when a new person comments.

    Like me, most of the people I organize for never offer meaningful thanks. I do get thanks, but I have to pat myself on the back a lot. But I love what I do. If it is organized for me, than that is what counts.

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    1. ErnieMonday, December 01, 2025 7:18:00 AM

      You gotta do it for yourself, not for others. Some people comment, some don't, it's OK.

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  5. BusterSunday, November 30, 2025 10:37:00 AM

    I've been staring at the cover, trying to determine the most mystifying element. I think it has to be what appears to be an octopus, which I don't think figured in the original story.

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    1. ErnieSunday, November 30, 2025 11:15:00 AM

      You don't remember that part where Scrooge is lamenting his ability to capture the great white whale, and the giant Kraken emerges from the sea and attacks the ship?

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    2. BusterSunday, November 30, 2025 11:32:00 AM

      Oh yeah - the unexpurgated version!

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    3. ErnieSunday, November 30, 2025 11:43:00 AM

      Exactly!

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  6. JustaJeepGuySunday, November 30, 2025 10:17:00 PM

    It looks like Captain Nemo and Meriwether Lewis were also involved in the Kraken attack. Dickens got around way more than I knew.

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    1. ErnieMonday, December 01, 2025 7:17:00 AM

      I think there's a dog in there as well, no idea what he's doing. It's got layers, like an onion.

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    2. JustaJeepGuyTuesday, December 02, 2025 12:17:00 AM

      Layers, like an onion or one of those Russian Matryoshka dolls. Deep, man. Really deep.

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  7. Laurie G.Tuesday, December 02, 2025 2:28:00 PM

    Speaking of Saturday mornings, that cover reminds me of the introduction to ABC Weekend Specials.

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