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	Sunday, October 18, 2026
Reviewer: James Barg Jr. from Rochester, NY United States

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Good stories	Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Reviewer: Stephen K Lau from Atlanta, GA United States

Good recordings of hour long adaptations of classics as Dracula. Early Orson Welles

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	Thursday, June 23, 2022
Reviewer: James Mote from Woodbury, TN United States

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Important Achievement	Friday, May 20, 2022
Reviewer: Richard Stone

The Mercury Theater set you produced is one of the most important and consequential achievements in the entire field of cultural and artistic preservation. Period.

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An Orson Welles production.......	Friday, May 20, 2022
Reviewer: Richard McLeod from RIVERSIDE, CA United States

The Mercury Theater On The Air is probably one of the most significant series of Radio Shows ever produced in the medium.

The status Orson Welles has achieved in Radio, makes any of his works of great historical and significant interest.

In LIVE Radio, once Orson Welles saw the "ON THE AIR" sign light up in the Studio, he knew a performance had to be given whether he was ready or not.

Needless to say, his Radio works are of great significance, and he performed all of his Radio Shows during the Golden Age of Radio.

This set comprised of the Mercury Theater On The Air is highly recommended, as he only has one commercial for each one hour program, his scripts are exceptionally written, the music for the most part is composed by the noted Bernard Hermann and the Shows deal with Classic Literature as was the case with the initial programs on his later Campbell Soup Playhouse.

What more can one say about Orson Welles, and I am sure there is much, much more!

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Mercury Theatre on the Air-10 hours [DL] #RA080D	Friday, October 2, 2020
Reviewer: Max Schmid from Astoria, NY United States

Great sound, as expected from Radio Archives! Even though I had all these shows, I knew these would be an upgrade, so I happily bought them. Has become a weekly series for the time being on my overnight show on WBAI - The Dustbin of History, 1 to 3am Tuesday overnights. (had to work in a cheap plug!)

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Outstanding Release of an Outstanding Show	Monday, February 18, 2013
Reviewer: Robert G from NY United States

Orson Welles Mercury Theater is probably one of the most important OTR series ever produced. Although most notable for its infamous War of the Worlds broadcast, each and every episode in the series is fantastic storytelling for the Audio Medium.

This collection from RadioArchives is probably the only release I've ever seen that collects these great episodes and the quality is outstanding. Dracula in particular (my personal favorite for years) sounds better here than I have ever heard it and I doubt it will ever sound any better. The quality of the restoration is as amazing as the quality of the show itself.

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