The Lord of the Rings (1979 NPR Mind's Eye Dramatization)

American radio dramatization of The Lord of the Rings produced by The Mind's Eye and broadcast on NPR in 1979. This particular version was culled from the cassette tapes, which include around 51 minutes of audio that have since been edited out of subsequent—CD and digital—releases (roughly broken down as 10 minutes from The Fellowship of the Ring, 18 from The Two Towers, and 23 from The Return of the King). Captured and mastered at 16-bit, 192 kHz, normalized to -0.1 dB, with mild targeted noise reduction applied to reduce tape hiss. Broken into 24 chapters (from 12 tapes, sides A and B), 8 per book.