They`re not superb.'' At the American Foundation for the Blind studios in New York City, manager Don Weightman remembers Scourby as ''one of a kind.'' ''We`re talking about an X quality here. I always used to say Alex could read the phone book and make it interesting.'' 'Comparing Scourby to some of today`s best audio-book readers, Anthony Ditlow said, ''They`re all good, but they`re just good. What the elder Ditlow likes is Scourby`s ''He never over-emphasized, but you knew at all times all the various scales of emotion. When you hear him, it goes right to your heart.' 'Ditlow`s father, Anthony, is blind and was well-acquainted with Scourby`s readings when he founded the Listening Library in 1958. He cites ''the warmth, the resonance'' of Scourby`s voice and concludes, ''If I could name exactly what it was, I`d probably diminish it. But they all agree on one He was a man with a truly rare gift.' 'For Listening Library`s Tim Ditlow, Scourby`s readings are ''totally believable, and I`m totally transported'' to the period of the story. He is heralded as having the greatest voice ever recorded.' 'What made Scourby so great? People who try to describe it generally stutter through glowing adjectives and adverbs, concluding that it`s an intangible, indefinable quality. NEXT TO SCOURBY, MOST READERS ARE `JUST GOOD Sandy Bauers, Knight-Ridder Newspapers CHICAGO TRIBUNE Febru'The late Alexander Scourby is reputed to have been the world`s best audio-book narrator, bar none. You can Google it and read the entire article. The Chicago Tribune wrote that Alexander Scourby has the greatest voice ever recorded. The combination of Scourby Voice reading the King James Bible is an unequaled listening experience. The King James Bible is still the most accurate and majestic reading in the World.

Scourby is regarded as the Voice of the Bible. Although many have recorded the Bible since then, no one could ever match Scourby's unparalleled narration, which has become the standard. Alexander Scourby was the first to record the Bible on long play records in the early 1950s. The King James Bible - Genesis Narrated by Alexander Scourby.

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