The Remains of Tom Lehrer
Released: May 23, 2000
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Released: May 23, 2000
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Rhino's three-disc box set The Remains of Tom Lehrer presents 75 tracks from the satirist's four decade career. The first disc concentrates on Lehrer's studio output, including pieces from his 1953...
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Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer
Released: May 5, 1997
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Released: May 5, 1997
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Tom Lehrer recorded rather sporadically starting in the 1950s then abruptly retired in the mid-'60s from his unique solo musical comedy act. He's a competent pianist with a voice that is perfect...
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Songs by Tom Lehrer - WARNER BROTHERS
Released: Oct 17, 1990
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Released: Oct 17, 1990
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During his mid-60s burst of popularity, Lehrer re-recorded an album of songs he'd originally issued on his own label in the early 50s. They're often caustic parodies ("I Wanna Go Back to Dixie"),...
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Songs by Tom Lehrer - LEHRER
Released: 1953
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Released: 1953
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Lehrer's 1953 debut album was a cheaply recorded (though the sound is reasonable) studio set in which the singing comedian accompanies himself on piano. In general Lehrer's work has dated so that...
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More of Tom Lehrer
Released: 1959
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Released: 1959
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On Lehrer's second studio album, he got a little more daring and biting, particularly on "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park," "The Masochism Tango," and "We Will All Go Together When We Go." Six years,...
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That Was the Year That Was
Released: 1965
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Released: 1965
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Tom Lehrer's work always had a biting, satirical edge to it, but never was this more obvious than on this album, a collection of songs regarding events of the year 1965. Very little was sacred from...
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Revisited
Released: 1960
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Released: 1960
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Revisited includes the same songs as the two separate studio dates called Songs by Tom Lehrer (one on Lehrer Records, reissued on a Rhino CD and the other on Reprise), except the versions heard...
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Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer
Released: 1959
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Released: 1959
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In 1959, when the so-called "sick humor" of Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, and Shelley Berman was the new rage among America's hipsters (and would-be hipsters), the acid-penned musical satire of Tom...
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