Dylan Thomas
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas was the son of an English master at Swansea Grammar School, which he attended. Moving to London, he pursued a career as a journalist and broadcaster. His first two books of poetry, Eighteen Poems (1934) and Twenty-Five Poems (1936), drew attention to him, but it was with his 1946 collection Deaths and Entrances (1946) that he became famous. He was also known for his prose, published in The Map of Love (1939) and the book of short stories Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (1940). Thomas' writing had a dramatic tone expressed in rhythmic free verse that touched emotionally on matters of love and death, which increased his celebrity but kept him from being regarded among the best poets of his time. His training in radio made him an effective reader of his own work, and he made many recordings of it. In Country Sleep and Other Poems (1951) was another well-received collection, but Thomas died of alcoholism two years later at the age of 39. Some of his best-known works, among them the radio play Under Milk Wood and the prose collection Adventures in the Skin Trade, were published posthumously. Various composers and recording artists have set Thomas' poems to music or used readings of his work on their recordings. Particularly notable among those who have musicalized Thomas is Robin Williamson on his 2001 album The Seed-at-Zero.
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Reading His Complete Recorded Poetry
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by W.O.W. - Words Of Wisdom on 1 Oct 2012
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Reading Vol. 1: A Child's Christmas in Wales & Five Poems
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by W.O.W. - Words Of Wisdom on 1 Oct 2012
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Under Milk Wood (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Foyer on 1 Jan 2000
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Dylan Thomas and Richard Burton Read Dylan Thomas
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Musical Concepts on 12 Jul 2011
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Return Journey to Swansea
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by W.O.W. - Words Of Wisdom on 1 Oct 2012
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Dylan Thomas Reading His Complete Recorded Poetry
Literature - Released by Music Manager on 18 Jul 2014
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Under Milk Wood
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Tin Toy on 14 Oct 2013
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Reads a Personal Anthology
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by W.O.W. - Words Of Wisdom on 1 Oct 2012
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Under Milk Wood
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Music Manager on 4 Sep 1989
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A Child's Christmas In Wales Original Soundtrack Recording
Film Soundtracks - Released by Seasonal on 1 Feb 2009
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A Child's Christmas in Wales and Five Poems (Mono Version)
Literature - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1952
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Dylan Thomas Reads Under Milk Wood
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Musical Concepts on 14 Jun 2011
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Poems On the Radio
Literature - Released by W.O.W. - Words Of Wisdom on 1 Oct 2012
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A Child's Christmas in Wales
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Elusive Sounds LLC on 8 Dec 2012
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Reading Vol. 3: Over Sir John's Hill & Other Poems
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by W.O.W. - Words Of Wisdom on 1 Oct 2012
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Reads from His Adventures in the Skin Trade
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by W.O.W. - Words Of Wisdom on 1 Oct 2012
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A Child's Christmas in Wales and Five Poems
Literature - Released by MVE on 21 Sep 2015
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Hold Me Down - (Demo)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Dylan Thomas on 15 Oct 2021
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