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McGregor would essentially narrate his dreams at conversational volume. As a narrator of his (often terrifying) dreams, Dion adopted various personas but frequently established a
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made an experimental documentary film about McGregor's dreams called
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in 1964. A book of the same name, containing the transcripts of a wider selection of McGregor's dreams, and with illustrations by
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The
Further Somniloquies of Dion McGregor: More Outrageous Recordings of the World's Most Renowned Sleeptalker
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As a songwriter, McGregor's biggest success came when his song "Where Is The Wonder" (cowritten with roommate
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