This is a 6-cassette set issued in 1997 by Adventures in Cassettes (a division of Metacom). The Stewart show included in the set is A Letter at Midnight which was broadcast on the Plays for Americans program of March 15, 1942. If you haven’t heard the program before, you can listen to it here:…
Category Archives: Cassette Release
Voices of Hollywood
This single cassette release represents volume 8 in a series issued by Radio Yesterdays in 1990. Included on the cassette is the Lux Radio Theatre version of It’s a Wonderful Life. The show was originally broadcast on Monday, March 10, 1947. Included on the cassette is the Lux Radio Theatre version of It’s a Wonderful…
Legends: The Best of the Larry King Show, Volume 2
Released in 1993, Legends: The Best of the Larry King Show, Volume 2, was a single cassette audio released in 1993 by Simon & Schuster. The cassette came housed in an approximately 4 x 7 inch box. You can see that the back of the box listed the six stars who appeared on the tape…
AMC Movies to Go – It’s a Wonderful Life
In 1999, AMC Movies to Go issued the 2-cassette set It’s a Wonderful Life/The Miracle of the Bells (AMC 60144). It’s a Wonderful Life was the Lux Radio Theatre production starring Stewart and Donna Reed and first broadcast on March 10, 1947. In addition to the radio show, AMC’s Jeffrey Lyons adds historical information about…
Lux Radio Theatre – It’s a Wonderful Life (Cassette)
Radio Spirits released the Lux Radio Theatre version of It’s a Wonderful Life as a single cassette (4159) in 1997. Although marketed these days as a Christmas story, it wasn’t considered so when the film was first released. In fact, this Lux production was broadcast on March 10, 1947…
The World’s Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows – The Six Shooter
Released by MediaBay Inc. in 2004, this single cassette featured two shows. The insert card has several different numbers – 28384, 80934, #151 – to help identify it. The shows included are Red Lawson’s Revenge, broadcast on October 25, 1953, and Gabriel Starbuck, broadcast November 22, 1953…
Mystery Superstars Vol. 2
This six cassettes set, issued in a replica of an old time radio, was released in 1997 by Metacom (BB 429). Call Northside 777 was originally broadcast by Screen Directors’ Playhouse on December 9, 1949. It is the only Stewart show included on the set. …
The Best of Old Time Radio Starring Jimmy Stewart
This set was issued by Radio Spirits in 2002 in both 4-cassette (5034) and 6-CD (5035) formats. Ten complete and original radio programs were included: 1) Screen Directors’ Assignment – It’s a Wonderful Life, May 8, 1949 2) Hollywood Star Playhouse – The Six Shooter, April 13, 1952 3) Lady Esther Screen Guild Players –…
AMC Movies to Go – Destry Rides Again
In 1999, AMC Movies to Go issued the 2-cassette set, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon/Destry Rides Again (AMC 51498). Destry Rides Again is the Lux Radio Theatre production, starring Stewart and Joan Blondell, which was originally broadcast on November 5, 1945. John Wayne, who starred in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, towered over Jimmy on…
Old Time Radio Westerns
This 4-cassette boxed set was issued in 2002 by the HighBridge Company (HBP 89049). One of the cassettes has two The Six Shooter programs, but the titles aren’t mentioned on the insert card. There are titles in the cassette itself. Gabriel Starbuck, originally broadcast on November 22, 1953, is on the A-side. On the B-side…
