A list of records by or relating to Thomas Andrew Lehrer by jbmorris@mango.ucs.indiana.edu May 1993, August 1994, and April 1995 Thanks to Brian Leibowitz (bml@netcom.com) for some additional information. All records are 12" LP's issued in the U.S. unless otherwise specified. If two catalog numbers are listed for a record, the first is mono and the second is stereo. If you do not enjoy this file, you will certainly not enjoy: LYRICS:LEHRER.REVISITED LYRICS:LEHRER.WASTED LYRICS:LEHRER.TW3 LYRICS:LEHRER.MISC LYRICS:LEHRER.DIFF all available via WWW at http://copper.ucs.indiana.edu/~jbmorris and through the Dementia FAQ List mail server at jbmorris@copper.ucs.indiana.edu by mailing with the appropriate subject line. Songs by Tom Lehrer - Lehrer Records 10" LP TLP-1, 1953 [mono only] Tom's first LP, recorded on his own, paying $15 to get it cut and $700 to get it pressed up on 1000 10" LP's. Fight Fiercely, Harvard The Old Dope Peddler Be Prepared The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be I Wanna Go Back to Dixie Lobachevsky 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 Songs By Tom Lehrer - Decca Records 10" LP (U.K.) LF 1311, 1958 [mono only] The British release of Tom's first LP, with a different cover. The Old Dope Peddler Be Prepared The Wild West I Wanna Go Back To Dixie Fight Fiercely, Harvard Lobachevsky The Irish Ballad The Hunting Song My Home Town When You Are Old And Grey I Hold Your Hand In Mine The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz Songs by Tom Lehrer - Lehrer Records TL 101, 1959 [mono only] Same tracks as previous release of this title, but 12" in diameter. More of Tom Lehrer - Lehrer Records TL-102/102S, 1959 also: Decca Records 10" LP (U.K.) LF 1323, 1959 [mono only] Poisoning Pigeons in the Park Bright College Days A Christmas Carol The Elements Oedipus Rex In Old Mexico Clementine It Makes a Fellow Proud To Be a Soldier She's My Girl The Masochism Tango We Will All Go Together When We Go An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer - Lehrer Records TL-202/202S, 1959 also: Decca Records (U.K.) LK 4332/SKL 4097, 1959 Same track listing as previous record, but a live recording including spoken introductions not found on the studio version. It was recorded in Sanders Theater at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, in March, 1959. Tom Lehrer Revisited - Lehrer Records TL-201, 1960 [mono only] A live recording of the songs on Songs By Tom Lehrer. Side 1 was recorded live in November, 1959, at a concert in Kresge Auditorium at MIT in Cambridge, MA. Side 2 was recorded live at several concerts during Tom's tour of Australia in spring, 1960. Introduction I Wanna Go Back to Dixie The Irish Ballad The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz I Hold Your Hand in Mine My Home Town Lobachevsky The Hunting Song The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be Fight Fiercely, Harvard The Old Dope Peddler When You Are Old and Gray Be Prepared Tom Lehrer Revisited - Decca Records (U.K.) LK 4375, 1960 [mono only] The recordings Tom had made in Australia were of a slightly lower technical quality than those made at MIT for this album. Decca Records declined releasing the Australian recordings, so this album was assembled completely from the November, 1959, MIT concert. The songs and intros on this album that are also on side 1 of the American issue are the same recordings. Introduction I Wanna Go Back to Dixie The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be The Old Dope Peddler Fight Fiercely, Harvard Lobachevsky The Irish Ballad The Hunting Song My Home Town When You Are Old and Grey The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz I Hold Your Hand in Mine Be Prepared "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"/"The Masochism Tango" 45 single, 1960 [mono only] U.S.: Capricorn Records C-451 U.K.: Decca Records 45F-11243 "The Hunting Song" "We Will All Go Together When We Go" Unreleased orchestral versions of these songs, from the same sessions as the above single. Tom gave Dr. Demento copies of these during an interview in fall, 1991, and Dr. Demento has played them on his show several times. Both are in mono. That Was the Year That Was - Reprise Records R/RS 6179, 1965: also: Pye Records (U.K.) same catalog number, 1965 Recorded live at the hungry i nightclub in San Francisco, CA, July, 1965. A recording of songs that Tom wrote for the NBC television series "That Was The Week That Was" a/k/a "TW3", nine of which were used on the series at one time or another (as were some of his older songs). National Brotherhood Week MLF Lullaby George Murphy The Folk Song Army Smut Send the Marines Pollution So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III) Whatever Became of Hubert? New Math Alma Who's Next? Wernher Von Braun The Vatican Rag That Was The Year That Was - Reprise Records promo EP, c1965 [mono only] Pollution National Brotherhood Week New Math The Folk Song Army "Pollution"/"Who's Next" - Reprise Records 45 single, c1965 [mono only] An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer - Reprise Records promo EP, c1966 [mono only] Poisoning Pigeons In The Park In Old Mexico Clementine We Will All Go Together When We Go An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer - Reprise Records R/RS 6199, 1966: Same recording as previous release of this title, but stereo copies are fake stereo created by adding echo to the mono mix. I have never totally figured out why they did not use the true stereo mix, but one possible explanation is that Tom did some minor editing to the master of this (mainly reducing the amount of applause) before its re-release. My guess is that he edited the mono master, and Warner Bros. were too lazy to also edit the stereo master, so they just made the mono master into a stereo one. Fake stereo was sort of big at that time, and wasn't looked upon with as much disdain as it is today. Interview on WTBS, the MIT radio station (now known as WMBR) October 20, 1965, promoting the _That Was The Year That Was_ album. Some of the songs played during the interview were: "The Fifty Russian Composers" (live in studio) "The Folk Song Army" (played from LP) "I Hold Your Hand In Mine" (live in studio) "Harvard" (live in studio - a song he wrote in 1944) Songs by Tom Lehrer - Reprise Records R/RS 6216, 1966: Due to the success of the _That Was The Year That Was_ album (a top 20 album on Billboard), Warner/Reprise decided to reissue Tom's older work. First they reissued the Evening Wasted album (see above). They wanted to release the original classic Songs By Tom Lehrer album, but were not satisfied with the technical quality of it, so Tom came into the studio to re-record it in stereo. In the process, he also noticeably changed some of the lyrics. He later regretted changing them, and changed them back for subsequent projects. (See the LYRICS:LEHRER.DIFF file for details on this.) I Wanna Go Back to Dixie The Old Dope Peddler When You Are Old and Gray The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be Fight Fiercely Harvard Lobachevsky The Irish Ballad The Hunting Song My Home Town The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz I Hold Your Hand in Mine Be Prepared A film of "Pollution", featuring a cartoon of a bird playing a piano at a dump, combined with real scenes of industrial excess from across America, was made in the late 60's by a government agency on the environment (The Environmental Protection Agency?). The Electric Company - Warner Brothers BS 2636, 1972 Tom wrote about 10 songs for the PBS children's program "The Electric Company" in the early 70's. He recorded four of them, of which two ("Silent E" and "L-Y") have been released. Others that he wrote include "O-U" and "Without An S". This record contains his recording of "Silent E". Sesame Street - Children's Television Workshop 22052, 1970's Includes "Silent E". Tomfoolery Original London Cast Revue (Robin Ray, Jonathan Adams, Martin Connor, Tricia George) - MMT LP001, 1980 [stereo only] The original cast recording of the Tomfoolery Revue, which started in London in 1980, the brainchild of British producer Cameron Mackintosh. The revue includes one song of Tom's that he never released, "I Got It From Agnes". He didn't release it because he felt it was too naughty at the time. He revised it for this revue, making it even naughtier, but now says that its innocence borders on naivete. Be Prepared Poisoning Pigeons in the Park I Wanna Go Back to Dixie The Elements Silent 'E' When You Are Old and Grey She's My Girl Wernher Von Braun Who's Next I Got It from Agnes National Brotherhood Week So Long Mom Irish Ballad I Hold Your Hand in Mine The Masochism Tango The Old Dope Pedlar The Vatican Rag We Will All Go Together When We Go That Was "That Was the Week That Was" - Radiola Records, LMR-1123, 1981 [mono only] This is a compilation of highlights of the "TW3" show that Tom wrote several songs for. Five of his songs are included here. The record does not give a track listing, but here is approximately what is on it: Intro with theme song News about Liz Taylor and Republicans Grand Old Flag The Sexual Revolution News about Elections Showdown at the Cow Palace Civil Defense News about Integration Ku Klux Klan Play Presidential Non-Preference Poll Red, Green, Blue, White Nikita's Spy Satellite Byrd Watching Letter about Schools Viet-Nam Summary Ethics Closing That Wonderful War [includes "So Long, Mom"] News about Cigarette Warnings The Drop-Outs March [featuring Allan Sherman] Weekly Round-Up of Delightful News from Everywhere TV Land Political Casting Agency American Embassies Bernie the Bookie Who's Next? Domestic Travel Ad Pollution The Old Dope Peddler News about Last Episode We Will All Go Together When We Go Song about End of Show John Cancellor Closing Dr. Demento's Demented Christmas Picks - Westwood One promo disc, 1982 contains "A Christmas Carol" [from Lehrer TL-202S, w/o intro] Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Volume II: The 1950's - Rhino LP/cassette 821, 1985 contains "The Masochism Tango" [from Capricorn C-451] Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Volume III: The 1960's - Rhino LP/cassette 822, 1985 contains "So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)" [from Reprise RS-6179, w/o intro] Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Volume VI: Christmas - Rhino LP/cassette 825, 1985 contains "A Christmas Carol" [from TL-202S, w/o intro] Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty CD of All Time - Rhino Records CD, 75768, 1988 contains "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" [from Capricorn C-451] Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Christmas Novelty CD of All Time - Rhino Records CD, 75755, 1989 contains "A Christmas Carol" [from Lehrer TL-202, w/o intro] Tom Lehrer Revisited - Reprise CD 26203, 1990 CD release of Decca LP LK 4375 includes bonus tracks: Silent E L-Y Both of these are mono (as is the entire CD), even though "Silent E" had previously been released in stereo on the Electric Company album. An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer - Reprise CD 6199, 1990 CD release of Reprise LP RS-6199 The original issue of this CD used the same fake stereo mix as the 1966 issue of the LP. Tom was wholly unaware that a fake stereo mix ever existed until Dr. Demento pointed it out to him around 1991. After several complaints to Warner Bros. from Tom, they remastered the CD into true mono. This is better than the fake stereo mix, but again I do not understand why they didn't use the true stereo mix. That Was the Year that Was - Reprise CD 6179, 1990 CD release of Reprise LP RS-6179 Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection - Rhino Records, 70743, 1991 Disc Two of this 2-CD set contains "Masochism Tango" and "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" [both from Capricorn C-451] Interview on The Dr. Demento Show recorded fall, 1991. It was aired over three weeks. The first two weeks, it took up 2 segments (approx. 15 minutes each), and the final week it took up one segment. Here are the songs played during the interview: The Dr. Demento Show #91-46, for broadcast the week of Nov. 11-17, 1991 Tom Lehrer interview (Part 1A) including: Poisoning Pigeons In The Park - Tom Lehrer I Hold Your Hand In Mine - Tom Lehrer Mad Dogs & Englishmen - Noel Coward Tom Lehrer interview (Part 1B) including: It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier - Tom Lehrer The Merry Minuet - Katharine Hepburn The Dr. Demento Show #91-47, for broadcast the week of Nov. 18-24, 1991 Tom Lehrer interview (Part 2A) including: Be Prepared - Tom Lehrer Teeny Tiny - Kaye Ballard The Hunting Song (w/orchestra) - Tom Lehrer Tom Lehrer interview (Part 2B) including: Pollution - Tom Lehrer Gunslingers - The Limeliters The Dr. Demento Show #91-48, for broadcast the week of Nov. 25-Dec. 1, 1991 Tom Lehrer interview (Part 3) including: The Masochism Tango - Tom Lehrer Silent "E" - Tom Lehrer I'm Walking Backwards For Christmas - The Goons The Elements - Tom Lehrer ****************************************************************************** RELATED RECORDINGS Jack Eljan Sings Tom Lehrer's Song Satires - Rivoli EP-R 4 double red vinyl EP set, 1956? [mono only] A cover of the entire _Songs By Tom Lehrer_ LP. This came out in the mid-50's when Tom's LP was a bit hard-to-find. Sides 1 & 3 are on one record, and sides 2 & 4 are on another. Be Prepared I Hold Your Hand In Mine The Hunting Song The Old Dope Peddler Lobachevsky My Home Town I Wanna Go Back to Dixie When You Are Old & Gray The Wild West Fight Fiercely, Harvard The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz The Irish Ballad Tom Lehrer's Song Satires - Jack Eljan - Audio Masterpiece LPA 230, 1960? [mono only] A reissue of the double EP set on a single 12" LP. Has the tracks from sides 1 & 2 of the double EP on side 1, and the tracks from sides 3 & 4 of the double EP on side 2. Stan Boreson & Doug Setterberg Yust Go Country and Western - Golden Crest CR 31022, circa early 70's includes a cover of "The Hunting Song" Georgie on My Mind - The Capitol Steps CD/cassette 1008, 1990 contains "The Vatican Flag", a parody of "The Vatican Rag" "Hello, Mom" - Tom Gear An unreleased parody of "So Long, Mom" referring to the Gulf War. It was played on The Dr. Demento Show #91-04, airing week on January 21-27, 1991.