> I'm fairly certain you guys DON'T have this one in your collection
No kidding!
I have no idea where you get this stuff. You 'n me, we just go to
different yard sales! :)
Thank you.
Spanky The Man <SpankyTheMan@gmail.com> wrote in
news:suknobtt9qm5s6j5nuvh9ev9tgmto89bk1@4ax.com:
> Subject: TSR Initiative - AD&D First Quest - The Music Album (1985) -
> "AD&D First Quest - The Music Album (1985).zip" (000/261) 76.8 MBytes
> yEnc From: Spanky The Man <SpankyTheMan@gmail.com>
> Newsgroups: alt.binaries.e-book.rpg
>
> So here I am again, providing you guys with the oddest of D&D stuff.
> I'm fairly certain you guys DON'T have this one in your collection
> yet. ;-)
>
> The early '80s were the heyday of the Dungeons and Dragons craze, and
> TSR ruthlessly took advantage of their popularity, slapping their logo
> on everything that was even marginally connected to the hobby. "First
> Quest: The Music" was one of the less egregious examples of this,
> although it still was a bit of a stretch. Both a narrated electronica
> music album and a rather simplistic adventure, the best part of this
> product is its artwork. Originally released as a 2-disc LP (vinyl
> record) in the UK, it was later received wider distribution as a
> cassette tape.
>
> Note that this product has /absolutely nothing/ to do with "TSR 1105
> First Quest: The Introduction to Role-Playing Games", released in 1994
> for the Second Edition AD&D rules (which also came with an narrated
> audio-CD, albeit with more conventional music). This is a completely
> separate product; apparently TSR thought the name "First Quest" was
> too good to be wasted on a long forgotten niche product like this
> album, so they re-used it.
>
> This archive contains all 21 tracks of the music (with the awesome
> narration of sepulchral Valentine Dyall, well known to fans of classic
> BBC sci-fi shows), as well as a scan of the album covers and album
> sleeves (upon which the adventure is printed), and a scan of the paper
> sleeve used in the cassette version. My only disappointment is that
> the scan of the back of the album cover is of very poor quality, but I
> couldn't find any better.
>
> So here's another D&D oddity rescued from the dustbin of history.
> Enjoy!
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