Quietly Enigmatic

by **kitchenwonder** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 10:47 pm

I regularly check out the offerings on Amazon.com and eBay. Today I found:
The Great Train Robbery Audio CD – Audiobook, CD, Unabridged by Michael Crichton (Author), Michael Kitchen (Reader)

It's available for pre-order - to be released on October 6, 2015! :rose:

by **amiga** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 11:07 pm

Great find! I was hoping he'd do another audio book, but figured he was probably done doing them.

Something to look forward to. :waiting:

Amiga

by **kitchentease** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 12:52 am

Excellent news! Thanks for sharing.

by **Wolesley** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 1:06 am

Well, now I'm beginning to think The Man's a workaholic! This is great news!

Lesley :foyle1:

ETA: I've pre-ordered my copy! :biggrin:

There ya go, Michael, money towards a new string on the Fender guitar. :rofl:

by **amiga** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 1:19 am

by **Lynnedean** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 6:59 am

... but hold on a sec ...

I see that Amazon is now also listing Michael Kitchen's recording of Thomas Hardy's Two On a Tower as available in MP3 CD format, but I'm wondering if the info is correct, as one of the reviews that gives the recording four stars states 'This is narrated by Peter Joyce of Assembled Stories not "Michael Kitchen" as in the other review.' Mr K did record the Hardy novel, though, so I'll make enquires.

Seeing that also has me wondering if the info is correct re The Great Train Robbery, as the Crichton book was published way back in 1975. Seems a bit odd for it to have been recorded now. I'll ask about that, too.

Something else I've noticed is that on both of these items the reader's name isn't on the cover of the CD cases, which it is on the other Brilliance Audio MP3-CD releases of Michael Kitchen recordings, e.g. the Dibdin Zen novels.

ETA: Still waiting for info. After frustrating conversations with a couple of people who didn't appear to understand what I wanted to know or why I wanted to know it, someone at Audible is going to contact somebody-or-other somewhere to try to find out who the reader is. What a lot of faffing about!

by **kitchentease** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:40 pm

I hope this truly is MK reading this book. When I downloaded the MK version of "The End of the Affair" from Audible, the narrator was Colin Firth. I finally found a cassette version with the added bonus of the photo of MK I use as my avatar.

by **Lynnedean** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 7:51 am

Have had an email from Amazon to say that they were following up my query, but the wording of the email was rather confusing, so I replied to clarify. Received a very quick response to say that they do now understand and will get back to me in due course.

In the meantime, I've checked the website again and found that the audio download version of Two on a Tower is indeed Mr K - a sample can be played ... . Presumably, the MP3 CD version is the same recording. I also checked the reviews again and now realise that the person who said the reader was someone else was actually referring to a different recording! Looks promising for that one, then. :smile:

No audio sample of the recording of The Great Train Robbery is available, but here's hoping for good news about
that one, too.

by **vicky** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 6:54 pm

Thanks for trying to sort out the name of the reader on these recordings, Lynne.
We'll just carry on hoping that the voice on The Great Train Robbery is actually
that of Mr.K.
.

by **mohairMK** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 8:46 pm

Yes, thanks for all the effort, and let us know what you find out about the recordings. Gotta keep The Man in DIY tools!

by **amiga** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 8:54 pm

Bubbe made an inquiry on FB to Audio Factory yesterday and received this reply. She wasn't sure how to post it here, so here goes...

Yesterday at 3:45pm
Is there a new audiobook narrated by Michael Kitchen-and is it available now?
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Audio Factory It's to be released via an American company in October/November. Follow our page and you'll see an announcement upon its release.
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Amiga

by **mohairMK** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:33 pm

Sounds like it's The Man who narrates it... :thumbsup:

by **Lynnedean** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 8:08 am

by **starlight** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:37 am

Hope this turns out to be true. I like Kitchen audio. More bang for your buck (book? :pleased:

) There's never enough MK in screen productions, whereas with audiobooks, it's total immersion :cool:

by **mohairMK** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:15 pm

by **bee** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 12:54 pm

It's him all right

http://www.orchardrecordingstudios.co.u ... an-update/

by **amiga** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:08 pm

by **Lynnedean** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 1:19 pm

by **starlight** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 5:52 pm

This must mean that he's still in the market for a bit of pocket money. So he'll be back in other stuff

by **vicky** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 8:26 pm

Many thanks, Bee. This is very good news. So glad he's still in business.

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