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Val Andrews recreates the master in Tell Them You Saw Dante and takes you back to the days of Sim Sala Bim. Val Andrews impersonates Dante. A remarkable insight into Dante the man and the performer. Val takes us behind the scenes with this great performer and the whole recording is rather in the style of a radio broadcast featuring extracts from Dante.

This recording was originally created and released by Val Andrews. In 1977 it was purchased by Martin Breese and is now owned and copyrighted by Lybrary.com.

runtime 45min

This is Val's own life story. Val is one of magic's most prolific writers and he draws from his vast magical experience as he recounts the story he knows best - his own. To people who know magic and the Show-Biz scene this is a marvelous recording to listen to.

This is a licensed reproduction of the famous Magicassette series created by Martin Breese - now owned by Lybrary.com.

runtime 1 hour

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These two episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

The Black Steps
In this thrilling episode, the...

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These two episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

Photographic Memory
Princess Nadji invites her...

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These two episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

The Spell of Dimitri
Chandler, Dot and the kids...

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These two episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

The Temple at Karnak
When the infamous Nazi chemist...

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These two episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

The House of Fear
This episode finds Frank Chandler...

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These two episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

The Ominous Sahara (aka The Ominous, Deadly Sahara)...

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These two episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

Island of Disappearing Men (Temple Under the Sea...

Listen to the adventures of government agent Frank Chandler, a practitioner of the ancient arts of mysticism now known as Chandu: The Magician. These adventures are from the two final series of Chandu adventures when the format changed from daily 12 minute cliffhangers to half an hour stand alone weekly stories. They begin with Chandler returning to America after many years to see his sister and her family!

Thanks to the format change, you can enjoy these stories without being familiar with any of the earlier radio recordings or the movie serials (Chandu the Magician, 1932, or The Return...

Included in this MP3 download is music for every type of act: Manipulators, Jugglers, Children's Performers and others. The musical styles vary widely, from slow, serious pieces to upbeat tunes.

There are 16 different pieces, each running between 3 and 5 minutes. The perfect length for magic acts and other performing artists. In addition there is music for Openers, Marches, Fanfares, Announcements and Presentations. Plus a selections of sound effects perfect for magic.

A total of 43 items in all. All original music requiring no fees or licensing for commercial use. So, you can use them...

This is the second volume of this popular royalty free music collection. More tunes in various styles and more sound effects.

• Discodreams
• Soft Illusion
• Easy Going
• Quick Steps
• Gliding
• Barbier
• Fresh Air
• High Speed
• Spanish Wizzard
• Country Waltz
• Reggae
• Indian Magic
• Hai Tai Pi
• Vanishing Radio
• Ace of Hearts
• HypnoWave
• Luna Park
• Big Shuffle
• 5 different fanfares
• 7 announcements
• 9 sounds, noises and atmospheres

All titles composed, arranged and produced by Martin Wichtl and Gerhard Wessely. Recorded at Soundborn Studios in Vienna. Special guest on "Big Shuffle": Martin Oswatitsch,...

This recording gives all the secrets of grafting or pitching. Walt reveals the secrets that enabled him to earn a handsome living pitching such items as Svengali decks, the coin and glass, three card trick, and other tricks of the grafter's trade. You will find everything from the grafter's own language and terminology, to the pitches, and how to make the products.

Walt Lees is a born pitchman. His voice draws you in. It plays with your mind, you are getting interested, intrigued, fascinated, excited, until you can't hold it anymore - you must have this trick - you buy it, and the pitchman...

This recording contains excellent card effects with every detail carefully explained. The highlight is perhaps Walt's own Astrology/Mentalism routines actually used professionally by him for a number of years.

Originally released in the Martin Breese Magicassette series.

runtime 1 hour 20 minutes

All these episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops, and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

1. That Ghost That Trapped A Killer
   Blackstone is asked by the police to help prove a suspect is a murderer. He sets out to do so, with the help of a ghost!
   Blackstone teaches how to knock a match off a nickel while it is under a glass. Originally broadcast 10/03/1948
2. The Reluctant Buzzsaw
   Rhoda, Blackstone's assistant, witnesses a robbery, and when the criminals return to silence her they find that they must deal with...

All these episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops, and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

7. The Whispering Buddha
   Blackstone's new Buddha, like everything in his studio, comes with a story. When Blackstone and Rhoda stumble onto black marketers, only magic can save them!
   The episode ends with Blackstone teaching Don, Rhoda and you his magic lie detector routine. Originally broadcast 11/14/1948
8. The Organ Murder
   Blackstone's new organ comes, of course, with a story attached. Rhoda's friend comes to Blackstone...

All these episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops, and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

13. Murder on Stage
    Rebuffed by Rhoda and angry at Blackstone, stage assistant Steve tries to murder Blackstone and Rhoda. Can the Magic Detective escape his water tank in time to keep Steve from strangling Rhoda!
    Don challenges Blackstone to name a card before Don chooses instead of after...Blackstone does and then teaches the audience how to as well! Originally broadcast 12/26/1948
14. The Midway Robberies
    When Don asks about...

All these episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops, and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

19. The Curse of the Yogi
    A yogi's chimes haunt a bank teller into attempting suicide. Luckily Blackstone saves him. But can Blackstone defeat the ghostly yogi?
    Then, Blackstone baffles his friends with the Floating Cigarette and teaches you the secret. Originally broadcast 02/06/1949
20. The Coin of Cleopatra
    A discussion of Blackstone's collection of medals commemorating great magicians leads to the story of how the Magic...

All these episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops, and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

25. The Missing Palmist
    This episode begins with Rhoda and Blackstone practicing their second sight routine. This leads to a story about dishonest carnival workers (as if there is another kind).
    Then, a handkerchief forms a makeshift pocket around a quarter that then disappears. Don and Rhoda can not figure it out, but Blackstone will let you know the secret! Originally broadcast 03/20/1949
26. The Ladder of Wealth
    A legendary...

All these episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops, and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

31. The Curse of Kali
    "Rhoda" says Blackstone, "India is a queer place." Blackstone and his beautiful assistant must help a young maharaja who has been threatened by the Thugs of Kali. Can Blackstone's magic overcome the curse of Kali?
    Blackstone ends the episode by teaching you how to look at the portrait of Washington on a dollar bill and predict if the serial number is odd or even. Originally broadcast 05/01/1949
32. Footsteps...

All these episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops, and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

37. The Hindu Sword Cabinet
    "Hello, Don. I'll be with you in a second; I just want to finish sticking knives in Rhoda," says Blackstone...and so begins this thrilling episode, which centers on this famous trick. Blackstone explains how he used the trick to foil the plans of yet another crooked swami.
    Don and Rhoda then learn to perform Blackstone's card trick "The Whispering Queen." Originally broadcast 06/12/1949
38. The Face...

All these episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops, and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

43. Crime in the Stars
    Astrology...hypnotism...and organized crime! The police suspect fortune-teller Madame Stella is behind a rash of robberies but can not prove it. Will Rhoda and Blackstone be able to foil her plans?
    Afterwards, Blackstone teaches Rhoda, Alan and you how to summon your own Tapping Ghost. Originally broadcast 07/24/1949
44. The Devil's Cauldron
    While on a trip to "the islands" before the War, Blackstone helps...

All these episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops, and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

49. The Vanishing Brooch
    While attempting to get his watch repaired, the jewelers ask Blackstone to solve a rash of robberies that are leaving their own detectives baffled. Could one of the store's oldest and best customers be to blame?
    After another mystery is solved by magic, Blackstone teaches a strange little card trick with a singing revelation. Originally broadcast 09/04/1949
50. Crimes on a Merry Go Round
    The police are...

Listen along to the thrilling adventures of Blackstone, the Magic Detective. Each week he will solve a variety of mysteries with magic. Along with his main assistant, the beautiful Rhoda Brent (voiced by Fran Carlon) and their radio announcers Alan Kent and Don Hancock (or here and there John, played by Ted Osborne, who may be Rhoda’s boyfriend) we get to hear thrilling inside stories about the mementos he has collected when solving fantastic crimes or the magic apparatus Blackstone has used to solve them. Then, Blackstone lets us in on the magic we can do at home and “reveal the guarded secrets of...