The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Primary Phase (Special Edition)
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Annotation
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Primary Phase (Special Edition)
A dynamic remastering of the original BBC Radio 4 full-cast serial - Fit the First to Fit the Sixth - which spawned a phenomenal hitchhiking legend.
Voted the nation's favourite audiobook in a recent Guardian poll, the original series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has been remastered by Dirk Maggs (director of the Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases) to give a full, vibrant sound, now with Philip Pope's version of the familiar theme tune and specially re-recorded announcements by John Marsh.
Join Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Trillian, Zaphod Beeblebrox and Marvin the Paranoid Android in their first series of adventures as they witness the destruction of Earth to make way for a hyperspace bypass, stumble upon the ancient planet of Magrathea, dine at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and seek an answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything.
Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey, Susan Sheridan, Stephen Moore and a full supporting cast star in these BBC Radio 4 episodes. A special 55 minute bonus programme, Douglas Adams' Guide to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, explores the genesis of the radio series and its incredible success, with contributions from the original cast and production team.
(from the back of the box)
Please note:
According to the tracklist in the booklet the first disc is supposed to have 24 tracks with the last two named "Has the Big Z Finally Flipped?" & "Glad to Be of Service" (just like previous releases). The physical disc however has only 23 tracks being these two tracks joined together.
Tracklist
| || CD 1: Fit the First & Fit the Second | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | This Is the Story
| 2:16 | |
| 2 | You’ve Got to Build Bypasses
| 2:02 | |
| 3 | A Strange Coincidence
| 3:43 | |
| 4 | Six Pints of Bitter
| 1:18 | |
| 5 | On This Particular Thursday
| 2:35 | |
| 6 | Let Them Have Their Fun
| 1:55 | |
| 7 | People of Earth, Your Attention Please
| 1:59 | |
| 8 | I Bought Some Peanuts
| 1:33 | |
| 9 | "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy"
| 3:13 | |
| 10 | What the Devil’s That?
| 1:50 | |
| 11 | The Babel Fish
| 1:42 | |
| 12 | What an Extraordinary Book
| 1:42 | |
| 13 | Vogon Poetry
| 3:56 | |
| 14 | Far Out in the Uncharted Backwaters
| 2:57 | |
| 15 | Your Very Lives in Your Hands
| 2:07 | |
| 16 | The Girls? The Leather? The Machismo?
| 3:08 | |
| 17 | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
| 1:43 | |
| 18 | Perhaps We Died
| 3:24 | |
| 19 | The Infinite Improbability Drive
| 2:04 | |
| 20 | 5 to 1 Against and Falling
| 2:04 | |
| 21 | "The Encyclopedia Galactica"
| 0:52 | |
| 22 | Select Your Own Re-Entry Point
| 3:06 | |
| 23 | Has the Big Z Finally Flipped? & Glad to Be of Service | 8:02 | |
| CD 2: Fit the Third & Fit the Fourth | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Far Back in the Mists
| 2:56 | |
| 2 | In Orbit Around It
| 1:26 | |
| 3 | Arthur Dent Had Basically Assumed
| 2:13 | |
| 4 | The Five Million Year Old Tape Recording
| 2:56 | |
| 5 | One of Our Heroes Sustains a Slight Bruise
| 2:34 | |
| 6 | A Sperm Whale Had Suddenly Been Called
| 2:11 | |
| 7 | The Mind of a Bowl of Petunias
| 3:11 | |
| 8 | This Is Really Spooky
| 0:49 | |
| 9 | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
| 2:13 | |
| 10 | Night Is Falling
| 3:14 | |
| 11 | An Important and Popular Fact
| 5:00 | |
| 12 | Forced to Resort to Astonishment
| 3:34 | |
| 13 | Life, the Universe and Everything
| 3:59 | |
| 14 | Philosophers
| 3:35 | |
| 15 | Seven-And-A-Half Million Years Later
| 4:29 | |
| 16 | So There You Have It
| 2:28 | |
| 17 | It Is of Course Well-Known
| 2:34 | |
| 18 | Welcome to Lunch, Earth Creature
| 4:45 | |
| 19 | We’ve Got You Covered
| 5:09 | |
| CD 3: Fit the Fifth & Fit the Sixth | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | In the Beginning
| 3:41 | |
| 2 | The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
| 3:45 | |
| 3 | The End of History Itself
| 8:15 | |
| 4 | Marvin and the Car Park
| 3:09 | |
| 5 | The Moment You’ve All Been Waiting For
| 1:19 | |
| 6 | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
| 4:15 | |
| 7 | You Can’t Control It
| 6:37 | |
| 8 | The History of Every Major Galactic Civilisation
| 2:12 | |
| 9 | The Admiral’s Flagship
| 3:21 | |
| 10 | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
| 1:53 | |
| 11 | The Prospect of Death
| 2:50 | |
| 12 | Far From Its Starting Point
| 1:31 | |
| 13 | The Place Is Full of Sarcophagi
| 1:12 | |
| 14 | Our Planet Was Doomed
| 5:46 | |
| 15 | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
| 2:08 | |
| 16 | We’ve Made a Discovery
| 4:26 | |
| 17 | Q Scores 10
| 6:21 | |
Credits
Release
| ASIN: | UK: 1408409763 [info] |
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Release group
| included in: | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Collector’s Edition The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Complete Radio Series |
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| part of: | HHGTTG - BBC Radio Shows (number: 1) (order: 1) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (media franchise) (order: 12) |
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| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/924788 [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q280418 [info] |
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