Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Richard Bach Free Audiobook

Written by Richard Bach
Read by Richard Harris
Format: M4B
Unabridged

The original Grammy winning performance of Richard Bach’s timeless classic by Richard Harris.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull is no ordinary bird. He believes it is every gull’s right to fly, to reach the ultimate freedom of challenge and discovery, finding his greatest reward in teaching younger gulls the joy of flight and the power of dreams.

This is a story for people who follow their hearts and make their own rules…people who get special pleasure out of doing something well, even if only for themselves…people who know there’s more to this living than meets the eye: they’ll be right there with Jonathan, flying higher and faster than ever they dreamed.

Irish actor Richard Harris earned a Grammy in 1973 for this acclaimed performance released on LP, which features music composed, arranged and conducted by Terry Jones. To date, Harris’s reading has not been released on any other format. This recording was taken directly from the original LP.

Note: This version is very slightly abridged – a few lines from the book are omitted – presumably to streamline the performance. I marked it as unabridged since unless you are paying close attention you would not even notice.

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A Note on Audio Metadata

One of my frustrations with the audio content I download from ABB is the amount of time I always need to spend fixing the metadata and adding cover art to make it work nicely with Plex/Prologue. With that in mind, all audio content I share on ABB will always have complete and correct metadata, including:

– Author and Title
– Description (using the DESCRIPTION field read that can read by Plex)
– Narrator (using the COMPOSER field which can be read by Prologue)
– Genre Tags (I add all relevant Genres typically taken from Goodreads. These can be used to create smart collections in Plex.)
– Cover Art (I always use the highest resolution image I can find. Where none exists, I will find a suitable image from the internet – often r/audiobookcovers – or create one based on existing artwork.

Furthermore, the audio will always be in m4b format (to support chapter markers and ensure Plex can read the Description tag). The audio will always be correctly chapterized, where necessary, and chapter markers will be correctly named.

This means that all content I share here can be considered Plex/Prologue-ready with all metadata and artwork included. I hope this encourages others to do the same.

(FYI: I typically add metadata using kid3 and chapter markers using Ocenaudio.)