CD41 is proud to present a new archive audio CD, the Blitz, a unique collection of restored actuality and broadcast recordings from WW2. An evocative double-disc set, the Blitz (Vol 1) features 140 minutes of rare material recorded 1939 and 1941. Most of the 40 tracks cover the period of night air raids in British cities between September 1940 and May 1941, including the heavy raids on London known as 'Black Saturday' and the 'Second Fire of London'. All featured recordings are first-hand accounts made at the time, and include civilians, evacuees, ARP and civil defence personnel, RAF pilots, politicians, as well as actuality recordings made during raids and in shelters. Other historic recordings include a stirring speech by Winston Churchill, the resignation of Neville Chamberlain, an appeal for fire guards by Home Secretary Herbert Morrison, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and William Joyce, the infamous Lord Haw Haw. Featured correspondents include Ed Murrow, Robin Duff and Raymond Glendenning. All materials are authentic wartime recordings which have been carefully digitally remastered for CD. The booklet includes archive images and detailed historical notes by James Hayward.

Tracklist:

Air Raid Siren: Alert
Tyneside Air Raid
Spitfire Pilot
Portsmouth: Shelter Damage
Bombs on Wimbledon
Ed Murrow in London - Edward R. Murrow
Black Saturday: 7.9.1940
London: Blitz Actuality
Winston Churchill - Winston Churchill
Midnight News 15.9.1940
My Bomb
AA Battery: Hyde Park
Arp George Cross
Kennington Public Shelter
War Commentary: Night Bombing
Coventry Blitzed
London: Bombed-Out
Second Fire of London, The
Guildhall Damaged
Wren Church Destroyed
Archbishop of Canterbury, The
Fire Bombs
News Bulletin 10.1.1941
Bank Station Bombed
Nurse in the Blitz, A
Gas Works: George Medal
Police Rescue: George Medal
Raf Communiques
Lord Haw Haw: Views on the News
War Commentary: Air Defence
Caf‚ de Paris Bombed
Costal AA Battery
Winston Churchill: Progress of the War - Winston Churchill
Clydeside: Buried Alive
Night Fighter
London: Parliament Bombed
Clydebank: Bombed-Out
Afs Messenger: Merseyside
Arp Warden: Plymouth
Raid on London
5 Minutes for Fire Guards
Mixed AA Battery
Itma Interrupted
Air Raid Siren: All Clear

UPC: 5024545472226
Label: Cd41 (uk)
Release Date: 9.18.07
Format: CD

Blitz 1940-1941 - The Blitz, Vol. 1: 1940-41 (2 CD)