This is the list of the four recordings of Hal Holbrook's "Mark Twain Tonight!"1.) "Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight!" Columbia Records OS 2019 vinyl LP, 19592.) "More of Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight!" Columbia Records OS 2030 vinyl LP, 1960.3.) "Hal Holbrook: Mark Twain Twain Tonight" Columbia Records OS 3080 vinyl LP, 1967 (although this was billed as being selections from the CBS special and some of the material was the same, this album was recorded during a stage performance and did not use the CBS audio track).4.) "Mark Twain Tonight!" The 90-minute CBS special aired March 6, 1967 was released on VHS and DVD by Kultur Video.The 1959 and 1960 LPs were released as a two-cassette package "Hal Holbrook performs Mark Twain Tonight!" by Newman Communications Books On Cassette.For those of you keeping score at home, the three LPs represent 2 hours and 10 minutes of Hal's Mark Twain material. There is some overlap of material with the 1967 CBS special, but we're looking at a total of 3 hours and 40 minutes of recorded performance.And Hal's first book -- "Mark Twain Tonight!" -- in addition to being an account of how the show developed, is a record of the material he used from 1954 to 1959.

 

    On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 10:50 PM, Wesley Britton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 

 Another Holbrook vinyl record was Highlights From The CBS Television Network
Special. I also recall the first two albums being packaged together as a two
cassette set, in the 80s sometime, I think.




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From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of J. Dean
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 4:48 PM
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Subject: Re: Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain

There are two original cast recordings issued in 1961, "Hal Holbrook in
Mark=  Twain Tonight" and "More Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight". In 2002
"The B= est of Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight" was released.  It is
probably a c= ompilation of the two original albums and can be downloaded on
iTunes.

Jerry Dean

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> On Sep 13, 2017, at 3:05 PM, Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I note that Mr Holbrook has decided to retire his performance.  I was  
>wondering if any recordings of his shows were made, other than the PBS  
>special from 1967.  You Tube has a number of clips but they all seem to  
>derive from that one performance.
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