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TOM LEHRER -- ORIGINAL! BOOK & RECORD - $85 (Gramercy)
19th Street near 3rd Ave.
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This is the original 10" recording released by Tom on his own label in 1953.
From the back cover:
"His lyrics, his music, his so-called voice, and his piano.
"The songs on this record are copyright, 1952,1953 by Tom Lehrer, and he is welocme to them."
Recorded January 22, 1953 - this is the rare 10" record along with The Tom Lehrer Song Book - Introduction by Al Capp and Illustrated by Grisha Dotzenko
Side 1
FIGHT FIERCELY, HARVARD
THE OLD DOPE PEDDLER
BE PREPARED
THE WILD WEST
I WANNA GO BACK TO DIXIE
LOBACHEVSKY
Side 2
THE IRISH BALLAD
THE HUNTING SONG
MY HOME TOWN
WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND GRAY
I HOLD YOUR HAND IN MINE
THE WIENER SCHNITZEL WALTZ
Book Description: Crown, New York, 1954. Hard Cover.
Drawings by Grisha Dotzenko (illustrator) 64 pp, full page b/w illustrations, music score/lyrics for 12 songs (all of the selections from his first LP album entitled Songs by Tom Lehrer, except Lobachevsky is replaced by A Christmas Carol.)
"The advantage of this book over his record album is that you are spared his voice; not an unpleasant voice -- it is an offended voice." - snip-quoting Al Capp.