The Johnny Morris albums were identified as 'Volume 1' to 'Volume 4' while the Willie Rushton recordings omitted any 'Volume' identity on the front cover. These recordings were never released on vinyl, only on audio cassette. Subsequently, Willie Rushton also recorded the remaining books (up to no. Recordings were produced by Peter Johnson ('Peter John Productions') with Kaye & Ward Ltd and Third Man Music being identified as owners of the works. The albums were later released on audio cassette under the same labels. These stories were narrated by Willie Rushton and the gaps between the tracks included atmospheric (if not always accurate) steam or diesel sound effects. New recordings were made for six further books from The Railway Series, starting with Edward the Blue Engine.
#Johnny works on railroad story series#
It was therefore a natural progression to extend the series on this label. ĭecca was also the owner of the Argo label, renowned for its audiobooks and other non-music recordings. The original Delysé recordings were re-used. The first eight books were again narrated by Johnny Morris. The sleeve illustrations were taken directly from the artwork of the original books. The sleeve notes included the same quote from Rev. Each record contained the stories from two complete books, one book on each side. In the 1970s the stories were released on 12" (33⅓rpm) vinyl albums by Decca Records as part of their "World of Children's Stories" series. Stories from Book 11 - Percy the Small Engine: Stories from Book 10 - Four Little Engines: Stories from Book 9 - Edward the Blue Engine: Stories from Book 8 - Gordon the Big Engine: Stories from Book 7 - Toby the Tram Engine: Stories from Book 6 - Henry the Green Engine: Stories from Book 5 - Troublesome Engines: Stories from Book 4 - Tank Engine Thomas Again: Stories from Book 3 - James the Red Engine:
Stories from Book 2 - Thomas the Tank Engine: Stories from Book 1 - The Three Railway Engines: The label was carefully designed so that the record player spindle fitted through the engine's 'nose'! No attempt had been made to make the engine look like one of those from the stories. The label on the record was also quite distinctive, showing a smiling red engine on a blue/white background. It was only later, at my wife's suggestion, that I wrote them down, so that other children besides our own might have pleasure from them too. But I had to tell them so often, carefully using the same words, that both he and I soon knew them by heart. They were not written down at first, I made them up as I went along. So when my son caught measles at the age of three I told him these stories to amuse him. Our home at Box, Wiltshire, was near the Great Western main line and listening to heavy freights clawing up the grade it was not hard to imagine train engine and banker talking to each other, and for me, steam engines developed personality. My father was a railway enthusiast and brought me up accordingly. While on the back, there was a list of the other recordings in "The Railway Engine Series", together with an introduction from the Rev. The front of the record sleeve showed an original illustration from the story in the original book. Each 7" (45rpm) vinyl record contained two stories, taken from the first eleven books of The Railway Series. The first widely available recordings were narrated by Johnny Morris and released in the early 1960s by the Delysé Recording Company. This record, released in 1957 by Chiltern Records of Princes Risborough, contained two stories – Edward's Day Out and Edward and Gordon – from the first book in the Railway Series: The Three Railway Engines. Awdry himself ( see photo), with "background effects taken from real engines". The first known audio adaptation was a 7" (33⅓rpm) EP narrated by the Rev.
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