COMPLETE [SS] Household Tales, by the Brothers Grimm - dl

[Kitty]

Thanks for the pronunciation pointer, Sonia.

and nicely copied by you well done. I will PL later, but I was curious to listen to you saying the names.

Sonia

[pjcsaville]

Thank you Peter!
I want section 37 as well then

[Kitty]

and here is my first contribution. I must say, the translation is almost word for word, she did a really good job there to preserve the original ambience.

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_022_grimm_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 7:23 min.

One for you to PL then Beth

Can I further claim 28. The Singing Bone, please ? Another childhood favourite, deliciously creeping me out when I was a kid, when this bone started singing.

Sonia

[Kitty]

Here's story 2: https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_002_grimm_128kb.mp3
Peter

so I had time to listen to your story. Nicely read and I love the different voices you give the animals. As I tend to speak in character as well, I naturally enjoy it when others do that too. Especially for children's stories, I think it is very fitting. I think I hear you slightly smirk when you finally need to say the last name "All Gone"

The story itself has no errors and would be PL ok, but at the end you almost leave 8 seconds of silence, which is a bit much, could you cut a few seconds there, down to 5 seconds, and re-upload ? Then it's ok.

Thanks

Sonia

[Peter Why]

Thanks, Sonia,

Story 2 re-uploaded, three seconds shorter.

Peter

[Kitty]

Story 2 re-uploaded, three seconds shorter.
Peter

perfect, thanks. And this means: the first story of this collection is PL ok.

Sonia

[Veggrower]

Hi - can I claim section 185, The Poor Boy in the Grave, please? Thanks,

Garth

[Elizabby]

Thanks Garth, Sonia, Peter and pjcsaville! The MW is now updated with all of those claims!

Thanks Peter for the first story completed!

(Sonia, I'll PL your story over the weekend, I hope!)

[Kitty]

(Sonia, I'll PL your story over the weekend, I hope!)

there's no hurry, as we are nowhere near completion anyway

Here is my second tale. As I said, the singing was creeping me out when I was a kid...I remember the tune till this day, even after so many years. Therefore I also tried to come up with another eerie melody for the song, so our listeners would have the same sensation

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_028_grimm_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 5:12 min.

Can I claim another dark tale, please: 40. The Robber Bride-Groom. Featuring the rape and killing of a virgin...maybe this one needs parental guidance as well

Sonia

btw you could maybe take the tilde ~ out of the title, since you have a DPL

[pjcsaville]

The Golden Key (Story 200)
1:33
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_200_grimm_128kb.mp3

Rumplestiltskin (Story 55)
6:20
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_55_grimm_128kb.mp3

Are we supposed to say the German title as well as the English? I just want to make sure I did it right.

[Kitty]

Rumplestiltskin (Story 55)
6:20
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_55_grimm_128kb.mp3

Are we supposed to say the German title as well as the English? I just want to make sure I did it right.

thank you for your very entertaining read I loved Rumpelstiltzkin's mean and shifty voice especially and the little song he performed. It's a classic of course.

No errors found and no bits missing, excellently done. I would cut out the German title though. At least I did not include it in my two recordings Maybe wait for Beth what she wants for her project. I'll mark it PL notes for the moment, until we hear back from her.

edit: Beth agrees, please cut out the German title at the beginning.

Also if you do re-upload, please change the number in your file name to "055", the zero must be included as this project has over 100 sections.

Only a word of caution, in the heat of action you sometimes speak too loud. Take care there, because then the recording gets "clipped". You see that in the nasty red lines in audacity. Here in your recording nothing bad happened, because it was short bits that got clipped, but if there's longer parts, it might distort the sound very badly, and this is not a good thing, as it can not be reversed once the sound is distorted.

But as I said, your recording is fine.

Will listen to the golden key later on, I'll put it in the MW for the moment.

Sonia

[Elizabby]

No need for the German title, thanks.

I couldn't work out which German you were talking about! But then I realised that the German titles appear in the index, but not at the start of each story, so let's leave them out.

Thanks Sonia!

[Kitty]

I realised that the German titles appear in the index, but not at the start of each story, so let's leave them out.

yes that was my thinking too, but I wanted to make sure with you

Sonia

[Kitty]

The Golden Key (Story 200)
1:33
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/householdtales_200_grimm_128kb.mp3

probably one of the most nerve-wracking cliffhangers ever

but: excellently read yet again, and no errors. So also here: please cut out the German title and reupload, than I can mark it ok in the MW.

Thanks and looking forward to the next ones.

Sonia

[Peter Why]

I was curious about the "cliff hanger" of The Golden Box, and went to read it. I wonder why they put it in the collection? In the MW, it's given as 7 m 23 secs, but from the entry in this thread, it's only 1m 33.

Peter