Audio Books, CDs of LotR

[Barahir]

Which recording of LotR is the best? BBC (1995 or 1999), Mind's Eye, Abridged, Unabridged, Ian Holm, other?

[piosenniel]

the one i like best - in fact i just finished listening to one of the discs, is narrated by Rob Inglis. it is an unabridged reading of all the books by a quite delightful actor - he does different voices for all the characters, sings all the songs, and in all makes it seem like he's right there in front of you reading the book to you.

i just listened to the part in TT about treebeard and the ride of the rohirrim to the battle of helm's deep and then to isengard with mithrandir. very exciting!!!

[Rosa Underhill]

I've only heard the BBC 1980s "Hobbit" and the begginings of ther 80's LotR production, so I'm not much of an authority. So far my favorites are the clips I have of Tolkien reading from his own books. Those are so cool! I love the way he does Gollum; it's just like I imagined it! smilies/biggrin.gif "...all in mail, never clinking!.."