Mariner question

JeePee

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Sep 3, 2008, 2:57:06 PM9/3/08

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Hi Maiden fans,

I got a question about the Rime Of The Ancient Mariner song, and
particularly the narrator voice. Does any one of you know who the man is
that speaks these words?
I ask because many moons ago when I went to school in English lesson we
were discussing this poem and we then got to listen to a cassette (it
was the pre MP3 / CD era) with the entire poem. Spoken by the exact same
voice that is on the Maiden song.
I am trying to track down this recording and knowing the name of the man
surely helps a lot.
Thanks in advance.

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Locutus

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Sep 3, 2008, 4:56:16 PM9/3/08

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"JeePee" <jp.pluij...@quicknet.nl> wrote in message news:af7f1$48bede13$52d9c267$13...@cache70.multikabel.net...

> Hi Maiden fans,
>
> I got a question about the Rime Of The Ancient Mariner song, and particularly the narrator voice. Does any one of you know who the
> man is that speaks these words?

Orsen Welles

JeePee

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Sep 4, 2008, 4:14:16 PM9/4/08

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Locutus wrote:
> "JeePee" <jp.pluij...@quicknet.nl> wrote in message news:af7f1$48bede13$52d9c267$13...@cache70.multikabel.net...
>> Hi Maiden fans,
>>
>> I got a question about the Rime Of The Ancient Mariner song, and particularly the narrator voice. Does any one of you know who the
>> man is that speaks these words?
>
>
>
> Orsen Welles
>

Hey great! Thanks!! I go hunting again.

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JeePee

So when you see your neighbor carryin' somethin',
Help him with his load,
And don't go mistaking Paradise
For that home across the road.
- Bob Dylan -

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http://www.patriots.com/

Soze

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Sep 4, 2008, 4:28:46 PM9/4/08

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JeePee wrote:
> Locutus wrote:
>> "JeePee" <jp.pluij...@quicknet.nl> wrote in message
>> news:af7f1$48bede13$52d9c267$13...@cache70.multikabel.net...
>>> Hi Maiden fans,
>>>
>>> I got a question about the Rime Of The Ancient Mariner song, and
>>> particularly the narrator voice. Does any one of you know who the man
>>> is that speaks these words?
>>
>>
>>
>> Orsen Welles
>>
>
> Hey great! Thanks!! I go hunting again.

I must have listened to this song a thousand times over the last 20 odd
years and never realised it was Orson Welles. Which is odd as I also
love the 2 Manowar songs he narrates ( Defender and Dark Avenger ).

I`ve just googled Orson Welles, Ancient Mariner and it appears to be
from a long deleted short animated film. Anyone seen it?

JeePee

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Sep 5, 2008, 3:09:52 PM9/5/08

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I googled as well ofcourse, and apparently it is released this year may,
on a compilation DVD from Facet Video.
http://www.buy.com/prod/lawrence-jordan-album/q/loc/322/207660297.html
What worries me is under features it says 4-disc set, and under
technical info it says Number of discs 1.

Couldn't find just the mariner disc, or an audio file (that's all I
want) of it.

tarrow...@gmail.com

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Jun 21, 2019, 1:24:50 PM6/21/19

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Indeed that was not Orson Welles although Orson Welles did narrate the entire rhyme as it was written. I too have been trying to find the name of the fellow who did the actual narration on the original album powerslave but I believe that people have been telling me that Bruce Dickinson actually does the narration when they do it live. The narrator on this version a powerslave you can actually hear almost like a vibrato and the air hissing through the nostrils of the narrator but you did not hear that with Orson Welles version