“We deem it the central revelation of Western experience,” WFB said in a 1960 address, after Nikita Khrushchev had been invited to address the United Nations, “that man cannot ineradicably stain himself, for the wells of regeneration are infinitely deep. . . . Khrushchev cannot take permanent advantage of our temporary disadvantage, for it is the West he is fighting. And in the West there lie, however encysted, the ultimate resources, which are moral in nature. . . . Even out the depths of despair, we take heart in the knowledge that it cannot matter how deep we fall, for there is always hope. In the end, we will bury him.”

I learn now from Daniel Oliver, for more than four decades a friend, supporter, employee, and board member of National Review, that WFB’s 1960 address was released in the form of a record album, and LP. As best Daniel can recall, WFB delivered the speech in Carnegie Hall—and the LP cover included photographs of both WFB and that most honorable of venues.

Daniel picked up his copy just after his 1962 discharge from the Army, then kept it for years. But in one move or another, he now finds, it finally got lost. Daniel is now searching for another copy, while I myself, never before aware that a recording existed, would simply like to hear the speech—as would, no doubt, every reader of this happy Corner.

Can anyone direct me to a copy of the album? Perhaps finding it in a great-aunt’s attic or a grandmother’s basement? The LP may have been issued half a century ago, but somewhere in America a copy or two must surely exist.