{"product_id":"various-artists-the-blitz-vol-1-1940-41","title":"Various Artists: The Blitz, Vol. 1: 1940-41 - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Blitz, Vol. 1: 1940-41\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eVarious Artists\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eCD41 (Uk)\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e5024545472226\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eSpoken, Nostalgia\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2007-09-18\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e2\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Air Raid Siren: Alert \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Tyneside Air Raid \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Spitfire Pilot \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Portsmouth: Shelter Damage \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Bombs on Wimbledon \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Ed Murrow in London \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Black Saturday: 7.9.1940 \u003cbr\u003e1.8 London: Blitz Actuality \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Winston Churchill \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Midnight News 15.9.1940 \u003cbr\u003e1.11 My Bomb \u003cbr\u003e1.12 Aa Battery: Hyde Park \u003cbr\u003e1.13 Arp George Cross \u003cbr\u003e1.14 Kennington Public Shelter \u003cbr\u003e1.15 War Commentary: Night Bombing \u003cbr\u003e1.16 Coventry Blitzed \u003cbr\u003e1.17 London: Bombed-Out \u003cbr\u003e1.18 Second Fire of London - Winston Churchill \u003cbr\u003e1.19 Guildhall Damaged \u003cbr\u003e1.20 Wren Church Destroyed \u003cbr\u003e1.21 Archbishop of Canterbury - Edward R. Murrow \u003cbr\u003e2.1 Fire Bombs \u003cbr\u003e2.2 News Bulletin 10.1.1941 - Winston Churchill \u003cbr\u003e2.3 Bank Station Bombed \u003cbr\u003e2.4 Nurse in the Blitz \u003cbr\u003e2.5 Gas Works: George Medal \u003cbr\u003e2.6 Police Rescue: George Medal \u003cbr\u003e2.7 Raf Communiques \u003cbr\u003e2.8 Lord Haw Haw: Views on the News \u003cbr\u003e2.9 War Commentary: Air Defence \u003cbr\u003e2.10 Cafe Paris Bombed \u003cbr\u003e2.11 Costal Aa Battery \u003cbr\u003e2.12 Winston Churchill: Progress of the War \u003cbr\u003e2.13 Clydeside: Buried Alive \u003cbr\u003e2.14 Night Fighter \u003cbr\u003e2.15 London: Parliament Bombed \u003cbr\u003e2.16 Clydebank: Bombed-Out \u003cbr\u003e2.17 Afs Messenger: Merseyside \u003cbr\u003e2.18 Arp Warden: Plymouth \u003cbr\u003e2.19 Raid on London \u003cbr\u003e2.20 5 Minutes for Fire Guards \u003cbr\u003e2.21 Mixed Aa Battery \u003cbr\u003e2.22 Itma Interrupted \u003cbr\u003e2.23 Air Raid Siren: All Clear\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. 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