disc 3: 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; poisoning pigeons in the park; the masochism tango; the hunting song; we will all go together when we go; L-Y; silent e; o-u (the hound song) music based on "caro nome" from "rigoletto" by verdi; s-n (snore, sniff, and sneeze); n apostrophe t; selling out; (i'm spending) hanukkah in santa monica.
25 tracks on cd#3, last 3 from the rob fisher sessions 1999, previous 4 from the joe raposo sessions for _the electric company_ 1971-2, previous 4 from the richard hayman sessions 1960. tracks 21-25 incl. previously unreleased. tracks 1-14 = that was the year that was 1965.
disc 2: live performances: tracks 1-13 = tom lehrer revisited 1960, tracks 14-24 = an evening wasted with tom lehrer 1959.
disc1: studio recordings with piano: tracks 1-12 = songs by tom lehrer (1953), tracks 13-23 = more of tom lehrer, tracks 24-5 recent recordings: 24 1997, 25 1993, 25 previously unissued.
box set includes hardcover, b+w and colo(u)r-printed, properly bound in sewn signatures, 80pp + endpapers book with complete lyrics, photos, interview(ish) & biblio.
produced for release by tom lehrer, david mclees, barry hansen & bill inglot. "remastered in rhinophonic "authentic sound", but cds do not bear a rhino any prouder than other parts of the warner archives reprise cartouche, and the cat# is a reprise no.
Release date, partial box scans, CD scans and hardcover book cover scans added. Thanx ppint 4 all your work on this!! Now y'all know I usually scan EVERYTHING that comes in a set, but this has an 80-page hardcover book, so I have 2 kinda take a pass on doing all that scanning!!
...Anyway, Tom Lehrer has put just about all his music online 4 download 4 FREE!! until 31 December 2024,,, ♥