THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM
This is the story of something that just couldn't happen. It's the story of a baseball team that didn't know it couldn't happen- the 1967 Boston Red Sox, who forged "The Impossible Dream."
This is the team which miraculously came from ninth place in 1966 to a pennant in 1967- a team that refused to recognize the odds against it. When Boston's WHDH Radio first broadcast " The Impossible Dream", just before the 1967 World Series, public response was immediate and overwhelming.
Letters.telegrams and phone calls poured in."Will you repeat the program?" "Are you going to make a record of it?" "Can we get a copy of the poem?"
Two rebroadcasts and a television version only increased the demand. This album is response to those requests.
"The Impossible Dream" was written and produced by John Connelly, WHDH News Supervisor and award-winning writer. He fashioned it from more than twelve miles of tape, linking the dramatic highlights of the 1967 season with fitting music and narration. The "Voice of the Red Sox," WHDH Sports Director Ken Coleman, did the narration.
This album is more than a salute to a baseball team. It's a moving document in sound which captures the spirit and flavor of one of the most remarkable sports stories ever written. It proves once again that no dream is really impossible even if it's "The Impossible Dream".