David Ian Davies

This is currently the only complete, in-order collection of the Sherlock Holmes stories on audio that has a narrator I can stand. It consists of 9 volumes, 6-8 stories per volume. Note that the volume numbers do not correspond with the published collections (for example, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes appears half in Vol 3 and half in Vol 4, and Vol 4 also includes two stories from The Return of Sherlock Holmes).Narrated by David Ian Davies. There are some quirks to the recording. The rhythm of the narration is oddly choppy, often without sufficient natural pauses. (I think this version was produced from another version with sound effects - the last story of volume 9 has the sound effects. Chopping out the sound effects could have chopped out the speech pauses.) Also, in some cases female-range voices are produced by speeding up the narration, but this was done inconsistently, so there are occasional sections where a female voice sounds like something out of Alvin & The Chipmunks. Finally, one can hear modern traffic noises in the background occasionally.If you don't mind these oddities, it's a serviceable narration; Davies does a good job with multiple character voices.… (mehr)