The Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection

CD case is a cardboard booklet with spaces to insert CDs (causing scratching). Front: "The Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection" Front Bottom: "Performed by Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone" Back: "Caedmon Audio, publisher of classic and contemporary audiobooks, presents distinguished recordings of the greatest literary minds in high-quality editions of enduring value. Building on the legacy begun in 1952, Caedmon continues to preserve perennial fiction, poetry and drama, and is the home for essential recordings of Dylan Thomas, C.S. Lewis, Zora Neale Hurston, Arthur Miller, James Joyce, Kurt Vonnegut and others." Back Bottom: "For the complete HarperAudio catalog, please call 1-800-331-37-61 or visit us at http://www.harperaudio.com" Sleeve Front is same as CD book front with a little bit of addition info: "Unabridged", "The Third Dimension Of The Printed Page", "5CDs" and "6 Hours". Sleeve Back: "Universally acclaimed as the maestro of horror and the morbid, Edgar Allan Poe's dark gift has for more than a century and a half set the standard for the genre. Now, Caedmon Audio presents a classic collection of Poe's most terrifying tales performed by two of the most brilliant interpreters of his work, Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone. Between them, they perform 20 of Poe's chilling stories and poems, creating an unforgettably intense listening experience. Includes: The Gold Bug - The Imp Of The Perverse - Ligeia Performed by Vincent Price. The Tell-Tall Heart - The Pit And The Pendulum - The Raven Performed by Basil Rathbone. Edgar Allan Poe." (additional info on Poe and Actors follow). Contains the DDD symbol on the bottom of the packaging. Appears to be a reissue of these Basil Rathbone read releases: http://www.discogs.com/release/672933 and http://www.discogs.com/release/669518 When tracks are run through spectral analysis results yield very low frequency range, no doubt due to the age of the recordings and their nature, although it is unfortunate. The CDs are also mastered at a an incredibly low volume. Track lengths are given as they appear on the album art, actual track lengths may vary.