Great Speeches of the 20th Century

Various Artists - Great Speeches of the 20th Century [1991/CD/MP3/V8(VBR)]
113 MB | RS & HF | Release Date : 1991-09-24


Label: Rhino Wordbeat
Country: US
Type: Album
Length: 278:02

The most ambitious undertaking of its kind, the 4-CD/cassette Great Speeches Of The 20th Century box set encapsulates this incredible modern age as no other collection has ever done. Documented are 70 key excerpts from the greatest political speeches, historical events, inspirational messages, and topical/controversial coverage ever recorded. Featured are such major figures as Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Charles Lindbergh, Lou Gehrig, Amelia Earhart, FDR, Winston Churchill, Alan Freed, Joseph McCarthy, JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Neil Armstrong, Richard Nixon, Hank Aaron, Muhammad Ali, and Jesse Jackson, and Ronald Reagan. Cleaned up for ultimate sound quality, Great Speeches Of The 20th Century makes history come alive, and gives a brand-new perspective and appreciation of the people and events that shaped our time, and our future.

Tracklist:

disc 1: The Political Arena
1. William Howard Taft - The Farmer and the Republican Party (2:03)
2. Woodrow Wilson - Address to the American Indians (1:44)
3. Theodore Roosevelt - Address to the Boys' Progressive League (1:31)
4. Franklin D. Roosevelt - Inaugural Address (1:15)
5. Franklin D. Roosevelt - Inaugural Address (2:30)
6. Thomas E. Dewey - Election Eve Campaign Speech (1:09)
7. Harry S. Truman - Inaugural Address (2:29)
8. Richard M. Nixon - Checkers Speech (11:09)
9. Adlai Stevenson - Presidential Campaign Address (4:28)
10. Dwight D. Eisenhower - Republican Convention Address (5:37)
11. John F. Kennedy & Richard M. Nixon - Presidential Debate (5:38)
12. Barry Goldwater - Presidential Campaign Address (1:57)
13. Lyndon B. Johnson - Address to the Nation (0:37)
14. Robert F. Kennedy - Presidential Campaign Address (5:22)
15. Richard M. Nixon - Inaugural Address (2:18)
16. Spiro Agnew - Resignation Address (2:02)
17. Richard M. Nixon - Resignation Address (3:37)
18. Jimmy Carter - Democratic Convention Acceptance Speech (1:34)
19. Ronald Reagan - Inaugural Address (2:34)
20. Mario Cuomo - Keynote Address for the Democratic Convention (10:26)
21. Jesse Jackson - Address to the Democratic Convention (5:22)

disc 2: The Changing World
1. Len G. Spencer - First Recorded Promotional Message on the Edison Phongraph (2:09)
2. James Gerard Watson - The Germin Peril (2:54)
3. General J.J. "Black Jack" Pershing - Address From France (0:32)
4. Calvin Coolidge - On Lindbergh's Return to the United States (feat. Charles Lindbergh) (2:19)
5. King Edward VIII - Abdication Address (6:42)
6. Neville Chamberlain - On His Return From the Munich Conference (1:08)
7. Adolf Hitler - On the Occasion of Germany's Occupation of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia (3:05)
8. Neville Chamberlain - Declaration of War With Germany (2:58)
9. Winston Churchill - First Radio Address as Prime Minister (7:38)
10. Franklin D. Roosevelt - Declaration of War Against Japan (7:45)
11. Harry S. Truman - The First Atomic Bomb Attack on Japan (0:26)
12. Douglas MacArthur - Address to Congress (5:03)
13. John Foster Dulles - On the Fall of Dien Bieu Ph (3:45)
14. Radio Moscow - Announcement of the Launching of Sputnik (0:18)
15. John F. Kennedy - The Cuban Missile Crisis (7:34)
16. Adlai Stevenson - Confrontation Over Presence of Russian Missiles in Cuba (4:43)
17. Lyndon B. Johnson - On Signing of the Civil Rights Bill (3:45)
18. Edward Kennedy - Eulogy for Robert F. Kennedy (1:12)
19. Richard M. Nixon - The End of the Vietnam War (3:39)
20. George H. W. Bush - On Commencement of the Bombing of Iraq (6:31)

disc 3: The Dreams, the Inspirations, the Accomplishments
1. William Jennings Bryan - The Ideal Republic (2:09)
2. Amelia Earhart - On the Future of Women in Flying (2:03)
3. Lou Gehrig - Farewell to Baseball (0:21)
4. Winston Churchill - Address to the Nation on the R.A.F. (1:38)
5. Princess Elizabeth & Princess Margaret - Greetings to the Children of England (0:44)
6. Babe Ruth - Farewell to Baseball (3:53)
7. Casey Stengel - Address to Congress (1:02)
8. Dwight D. Eisenhower - Farewell Address (9:54)
9. John F. Kennedy - Inaugural Address (13:58)
10. John Glenn - The First American in Earth Orbit (2:47)
11. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Address to Civil Rights Marchers in Washington, D.C. (16:15)
12. Frank Borman - Christmas Greeting From Space (0:36)
13. Neil Armstrong - The Moon Landing (4:23)
14. Hank Aaron - Address to Congress (0:22)
15. Ronald Reagan - Address to the Nation on the Berlin Wall (1:57)

disc 4: Best of Times, Worst of Times
1. Charles Lindbergh - Address on U.S. Neutrality (9:15)
2. Joseph McCarthy - Address to the Chicago Irish Fellowship Club (12:38)
3. Vice-President Nixon And Premier Nikita Khrushchev - The Kitchen Debate (7:25)
4. Alan Freed - Farewell to Fans (The Payola Scandal) (0:27)
5. Richard M. Nixon - Concession Speech (16:17)
6. Malcolm X - On Black Power (1:17)
7. Jerry Rubin - Address to the Yippie Convention (4:48)
8. Mayor Richard Daley - Press Conference on Riots at the Democratic Convention (0:18)
9. Spiro Agnew - Address on Vietnam War Protests (2:16)
10. Gloria Steinem - Address to the Women of America (0:30)
11. Richard M. Nixon - On Releasing the Watergate Tapes (1:28)
12. Lt. Col. Oliver North - Testimony at the Iran-Contra Hearings (9:53)



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