Dylan Thomas: The Caedmon Collection

Download and listen to the entire Dylan Thomas CD "A Child's Christmas in Wales and Five Poems," with a new introduction by Poet Laureate Billy Collins.

Published April 10, 2002 4:00PM (EDT)

In celebration of 50 years of spoken-word publishing, Caedmon has released "Dylan Thomas: The Caedmon Collection," available as audio cassettes and a beautifully designed 11 CD set.

Salon Premium subscribers can download all 11 CDs in MP3 format over the coming weeks, starting here with the first CD in the collection: "A Child's Christmas in Wales and Five Poems."

To download the contents of the other CDs in this collection, please click here.


(original 1950's cover art)

Complete downloads [70 MB]

You can download the complete CD by selecting one of the archived files below. The archive includes a master playlist (.m3u), and a directory containing the individual MP3 files.

Windows users can download the entire CD as a ZIP archive here: CD1.zip

Macintosh users can download the entire CD as a Stuffit archive here: CD1.sit

Linux users can download the entire CD as a tar.gz archive here: CD1.tar.gz

If you would like to download the files individually (recommended for subscribers with dial-up connections) please use the links below.

The CD contains the following tracks:
01. Introduction by Billy Collins
02. A Child's Christmas in Wales: A Story
03. Fern Hill
04. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
05. In the White Giant's Thigh
06. Ballad of the Long-legged Bait
07. Ceremony After a Fire Raid
08. A Few Words of a Kind
09. On the Marriage of a Virgin
10. The Hunchback in the Park
11. Over Sir John's Hill
12. Laugharne
13. Especially When the October Wind

To download the contents of the other CDs in this collection, please click here.

If you would like to buy the "Dylan Thomas: Caedmon Collection" 11 CD set, please click here.


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