Billboard ran a short piece on LBJ novelty albums in their Dec. 31, 1966 issue (page 3, last column). It mentions four LPs, but not this one.
Keep in mind that Doud and Robin’s “Welcome To The LBJ Ranch” had been issued around November 1965.
The prominence given to Humphrey, Kennedy, Nixon, and Rockefeller suggests to me that this could date from as late as spring 1968. But I’m still searching, too.
Well, having just heard it twice, I've got it pegged to very early `66. The operation in Nov. was one clue, another was the mention of Lindsay having just been elected mayor of New York which happened around the time as the operation and the way Len mentions it makes me think, Jan. or Feb. `66. As there's no mention of Christmas anywhere, that might also be a clue that it was after Christmas.
Sadly, as it skips 3 times on side one missing one punchline and one entire joke, I'd hasten trying to post it to YT (I've never done that before) which would allow me to post it here. I've finally found several copies and, as soon as I can get one mailed to me and recorded to CD, I'll see what I can do to post it here. Maybe someone else can come up with more clues to pinpoint it even further by listening to it. I found this recording on Internet Archive last night.
As the Earle Doud album, "Welcome To The L.B.J. Ranch!" came out summer `65, I have to wonder if this title, "Meanwhile, BACK At The L.B.J. Ranch!" could mean it was intended as a kind of follow-up.
Break-in-Master, I really hate posting records that I can't add a release year 2. Really I do. Between the Internet and my kazillion books on record collecting, I exhausted my efforts 2 find a release year on this one!! Sometimes I post incomplete stuff, hoping someone can tell me more about a record. I had 2 cry 'Uncle' on this one...
I just heard the bulk of a recording of it (it skipped 3 times on side 1) and it seems be either from VERY late `65 or early `66. It mentions LBJ's recent surgery, which took place Friday, Nov. 8th in `65. As the album is centered around a bar-b-que at LBJ's ranch, including swimming, I MIGHT think it's from spring of `66, unless it's warm enough in the winter in Texas for swimming.