Valley of Adventure Audio?

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Valley of Adventure Audio?

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Hi All

Whilst talking to my parents at how much I remember when I was a child the topic of audio books came up. There is a vivid memory of an audio book/story that I used to listen to every night whilst drifting off to sleep around 20 years ago. One end of the tape had the sound of some children going into a cave with the sound of a waterfall, there was a parrot involved as well! Another part had a rotary plane involved. My investigation (I believe) has led me to think that this is THE VALLEY OF ADVENTURE (BOW 105) by Rainbow.

My question is twofold, firstly am I correct in thinking this is the audiobook going on the complete lack of information I have given?

Secondly, does anyone have a digital copy of this so I can listen to it back again purely for nostalgia. I noticed there were original download links in a post (link below) but these have long been removed.

http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/foru ... =30#p81739" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thank you so much for any help you can give me!
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Post by Courtenay »

Hi Ablackurn,

That does sound exactly like the story of The Valley of Adventure (which I've read in the original book, but not heard on tape). Possibly others here will be aware of the audio version.

I suspect the links on the older thread were removed because there was some breach of copyright in the sites that were linked to. I'm guessing that the best way to locate a copy of the recording would be second hand on a site like eBay.
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Post by walter raleigh »

Hello and welcome to the froums!

Yes from what you've posted, I think Courtenay's right "Valley Of Adventure" seems a pretty likely candidate, (probably the only one if it's definitely a Blyton tale).

There's a link here with some details of the 1983 Rainbow version you mention:

http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/book ... BOW+105%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It also seems to have been repackaged as part of the "Tempo Children's Classic" series in 1992 (although I'm fairly certain they're the same adaptation, I'm not 100% sure - perhaps Tony could confirm?). As this one's more recent it might be easier to track down, and given the time frame you refer to, might be the actual tape you listened to as a child:

http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/book ... o+80174%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

As for getting hold of a copy, if none of the other members on here can help, charity shops or online auction sites like e-bay are probably your best bet. Hope this helps! 8)
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It's not much help I know,but the audio version of Mountain of Adventure is on youtube.
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I have this version on cassette...but not sure it's the same one.

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Yes, it is the same one as the Rainbow one, Rob.
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Thanks Tony! :-)

Actually its a double cassette version I have, of Sea and Valley in the same box. :-). Have no idea how to turn a cassette into a digital recording though - far too technical for me! :shock:
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Thanks for the responses so far. It does seem sad that there are no digital copies of these as inevitably most of the original tapes will be lost as the years go by. Hopefully someone out there will have digitised the tapes!
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Robert Houghton wrote: Have no idea how to turn a cassette into a digital recording though - far too technical for me! :shock:
1) Connect Headphones connector with "Line-In"-connector of your PC's audio-card/mainboard
2) Sound-Options, Recording, set them on Line-in
3) Open your sound-recording software (e.g. Audacity). Sometimes these programmes offers you the option to do step 2)
4) Click on record
5) Start playing your cassette
6) Keep an eye on the graphic display of volume of sound.
7) After the recording check out if the noisy parts are overmodulatred or not and if the quiet parts are audible or not. If the result is not satisfying, try recording with different settings. You can either increase/lower the volume of your cassette player, or increase/lower the sensibility of your soundcard. You shouldn't go to extremes on either setting though.
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Providing one has a cassette player that works? ;-)
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Robert Houghton wrote:Providing one has a cassette player that works? ;-)
See what I mean! It's only a matter of time :(
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I'm glad I am not the only one, Rob. I have all the cassettes that you can see in the Audio section and in order to get a decent picture of them I have had to buy most of them - and like you I have nothing to play them on!
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Post by Wolfgang »

I think it was about six years ago that I bought a new Cassette-Radio recorder. You can still buy them, at least German Amazon still has them on sale. It also works with a cassette deck of a stereo-receiver, if you call something like this your own.
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Could you tell me how you found the audio version of "Mountain"? I had a quick look and couldn't find it. If you find another Adventure-Series audio please tell me as well.
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This is the only audio version of The Mountain of Adventure.

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