First recorded in 1935–40
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Each stunning string instrument leaning against the stark white wall is a tally and talking book, marking the value of a period of relative solitude and reflection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025
From its inception, the talking book faced a lot of the same questions over its relationship to text that audiobooks do today.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 16, 2019
As Rubery notes, “The talking book only exists because a group of people had no access to books.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2016
That was before the D-word revolutionised the talking book market.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2012
In spite of his lack of physical prowess, however, he commanded a certain unwilling respect because of his power of "talking book talk."
From Rainbow Valley by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
On October 24, 1972, Stevie Wonder released his 15th album "Talking Book" and the world heard the infectious grooves and seamless vocal delivery of the song "Superstition" for the very first time.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2022
“It’s still a little newish for us,” says Sarah Jacobson, director of the Texas Talking Book Program in Austin.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2022
“Superstition” comes from 1972’s Talking Book, which opens with “You Are the Sunshine of My Life,” a song that sounds so perennial I used to think he was covering some old standard.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2016
Rubery, author of the book "The Untold Story of the Talking Book," published by Harvard University Press, said he was surprised he was able to find a copy of the record set.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2016
He’d later buy me my first album, Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book, which I’d keep at his house on a special shelf he designated for my favorite records.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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