This 4-cassette boxed set was issued by The Mind’s Eye in 1984. The box holding the cassettes has likenesses of Stewart and Donna Reed, as well as actors from some of the other shows. The cassette insert has the title and information about the program. It’s a Wonderful Life was broadcast March 10, 1947, on…
Category Archives: Cassette Release
Sounds of History from the National Archives
This is a special cassette issued by the General Services Administration National Archives and Records Service. Its main purposes appear to be to show the importance of audio recordings is understanding history and the types of materials available at the National Archives. The packaging of the cassette was rather simple: Although the cassette is recorded…
Stars on Suspense
Stars on Suspense – 12 Dramas from Radio’s Theatre of Thrills was a six-cassette set issued by Hall Closet Tapes. Just one Stewart show was included on the set, that being Consequence, which was first broadcast on May 19, 1949…
Hollywood Stars on the Radio
Radio Spirits released this 10-Cassette/CD set in both formats (cassette: 40024/CD: 40022) in 2003. Three different programs starring Jimmy Stewart were included in the set: 1) Victory Theatre (Lux Radio Theatre summer replacement) – The Philadelphia Story (July 20, 1942) 2) Lux Radio Theatre – It’s a Wonderful Life (March 10, 1947) 3) Lux Radio…
A Pressing Engagement/Myra Barker
Before Radio Spirits began issuing sets of old time radio shows, they were putting out individual cassettes of various programs. One release was of two The Six Shooter programs (1435). Brit is Engaged is better known as A Pressing Engagement and was originally broadcast on December 6, 1953. Unpredictable Horse is also known as Myra…
Great Comedy Radio Hits
The History of Radio – Great Comedy Radio Hits, is an eight cassette boxed set issued in 2001 by Topics Entertainment (CA-046). Only one Stewart show was included in the set that being the final show of the 16th season of The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show, broadcast on June 20, 1954. This was…
Radio Favorites – Volume Two
Radio Favorites – Volume Two was issued as a six-cassette set in 1991 by Radio Spirits. The one Jimmy Stewart show which was included in the set was found on the A-side of cassette 6: Titled Sheriff Ponset, but more commonly known as The New Sheriff, it had been originally broadcast on June 10, 1954…
Six Shooter – Audio File
This 2-cassette, four show set was issued by Audio File of Glenview, IL. The four shows included are: Jenny (as Jenny Garver) Sheriff Billy (as The New Sheriff) Duel at Lockwood (as The Young Gunslinger) The Shooting of Wyatt King (as The Wyoming Kid)…
James Stewart Stars as…The Six Shooter 1
We Americans are not the only ones obsessed with Jimmy Stewart’s radio career. The British also issued a series of cassettes featuring shows from The Six Shooter series. The first of these was issued in 1996 by Hodder Headline Audiobooks (HH350). This was a 2-cassette set, packaged differently than most U.S. sets. The plastic case…
Radio’s Greatest Comedies
At least two different Radio’s Greatest Comedies sets were issued by Great American Audio. One was an 8-cassette set housed in a cardboard box open on one side. Below are scans of the bottom and sides of the box. The other was a 4-cassette set which came in a small wooden crate: Stewart was a…