The best Spoken Word Recordings albums: Reddit reviews

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While they don't have it on Vinyl yet, the Candace Owens episode along with LL's Check is out now on CD. Here's the link on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Miracle-Talib-Yasiin-Chappelle/dp/B09FFJPTWT/ref=sr\_1\_1?crid=78UCMWEGGVIE&dchild=1&keywords=midnight+miracle+dave+chappelle&qid=1633930992&rnid=2941120011&s=music&sprefix=midnight+miracle%2...

The whole album is great, though some tracks are weirder than others. Although it is Hal Wilner's baby, the actual artists on each track for this album are various and sundry. Details can be seen at the Amazon page here.

This one, Steve Martin -- I listened to it as a kid (it was my mom's). I love the French language, but still can hardly resist a chuckle every time I think of this LP.

You get my vote. I've listened to that album WAAAAAAY too much.

For those curious - it's from one of Steve Martin's albums - track #2 on A Wild and Crazy Guy.

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I have a CD entitled Closed on Account of Rabies that has Gabriel Byrne reading Poe's short fantasy-horror piece, "The Masque of the Red Death." Byrne has a great voice for that sort of thing. His rendition is positively chilling.

The Amazon page for the CD has a brief sample.

Love, love, love Vivaldi's Four Seasons. The best version is the one narrated by Patrick Stewart.

If you like Kerouac, check out Allen Ginsberg. He has a ton of short stories, and other beat poetry.

I got into him and others from The Beat Generation