The Times of Our Lives
Telmak TMAK 137
Released June 1985
Original recommended retail price: $
An Australian documentary LP conceived and compiled by Glenn A. Baker, assembling historic speeches and broadcasts, including recordings of The Beatles speaking during their June 1964 Australian visit.
Tracks

Side 1

Side 2

1. Edison and the Phonograph

1. The Inauguration of President John F. Kennedy

2. Marconi - The Father of Radio

2. Martin Luther King - March on Washington

3. The Great War 1914–1918

3. The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

4. Charles Kingsford Smith – Aviation Pioneer

4. The Beatles in Australia

5. The Great Depression

5. The Vietnam War

6. The Abdication of King Edward VIII

6. The Moon Landing

7. The Explosion of the Hindenburg

7. Howard Hughes Speaks

8. War of the Worlds Scare

8. President Richard Nixon Quits

9. World War II 1939–45

9. Prime Minister Gough Whitlam Sacked

10. The Nuremburg War Crimes Trials

10. The Death of Elvis Presley

11. The Iron Curtain Closes

11. The Royal Wedding – Charles & Diana

12. The Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi

12. The America's Cup

13. HM Queen Elizabeth II

 
Pressing & Mastering

First Issued

Side 1

Side 2

Parts

Jun-85

✎TMAK 137-A DB

✎TMAK 137 -D DB

AU
Overview
Released in Australia in June 1985 as Telmak TMAK 137, The Times of Our Lives presented a selection of historic speeches, news reports and interviews under the subtitle “20th Century Actualities Which Shaped History”. Conceived, researched, compiled and annotated by Glenn A. Baker, the album carried his 1985 copyright and was issued under an exclusive arrangement by Telmak Teleproducts.

Australian events appeared alongside international developments, combining political upheaval, wartime announcements, technological achievements and popular culture. The programme ranged from recordings associated with Thomas Edison and Guglielmo Marconi to the abdication of Edward VIII, the Second World War, the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the Moon landing. Australian material included Charles Kingsford Smith’s Southern Cross, the dismissal of the Whitlam government and Australia’s 1983 America’s Cup victory.

The Beatles were represented by spoken recordings from Darwin and Adelaide on 11 and 12 June 1964. Their inclusion placed the excitement surrounding the Australian tour within a broader historical narrative, documenting Beatlemania through the group’s own voices rather than a musical performance.

The inner gatefold combined historical photographs with annotations providing context for the recordings. Click the sleeve image above to view the inner gatefold.

The album was mastered at Studios 301 by Don Bartley.
Labels
AUVALP137.a