Warner, 1974. Very Good-
Pryor really busted into the mainstream with this one -- as the album secured him a grammy for best comedy LP in the year it was released. Recorded live in San Francisco, at Don Cornelius' Soul Train -- with tracks that include "Wino & Junkie", "Flying Saucers", "Black
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Event, 1974. Very Good+
Ah, the genius of 70s stardom! This one may not play that well for today's kids, but we're floored by the sheer magnitude of the record's stars -- a huge list that includes Don Rickles, Alan King, Rich Little, Suzanne Pleshette, Burt Reynolds, Karen Valentine, McLean Stevenson, Charo, Vincent
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Gordy, 1968. Very Good- Gatefold
Classic Motown album of two of Dr. King's speeches -- "Drum Major Instinct Sermon", from 2/4/68, and "I've Been To The Mountain", from 4/3/68. The latter is especially significant in that it was the last speech King ever made, delivered on the night before he was assassinated.
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Fuel 2000, 1960s. New Copy
A great little live set from the one-and-only Pigmeat Markham -- doing his thing at Boston's Aquarius Theater joined by Baby Seals and others -- with routines that were never previously recorded, and only rarely available! Pigmeat & co. stroll through several bits, occasionally with funky
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Ode, 1973. Very Good-
Worth it alone for the Brighter Side of Darkness send-up "Basketball Jones", but with other classic skits, including quite a few that aren't about pot, believe it or not, like "White World Of Sports", "Evelyn Woodhead Speed Reading Course" and "The Strawberry
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MCA, 1973. Very Good
A classic live set from Bill Cosby -- recorded at Harrah's Hotel in Reno, Nevada -- back in 1973, when he was still pretty darn hip! As you'd guess from the title and cover, the emphasis here is on stories and bits involving Fat Albert -- the Cosby creation that was then playing big time in
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Respect, 1969. Near Mint- Gatefold
A classic speech by Jesse Jackson -- one that became quite a hit for Stax's Respect subsidiary, and which was one of the better selling albums of its type in the early 70s. The album was recorded back in the days before Jesse had become a bit of a cliché, when he appeared to be emerging as
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Folkways, 1977. New Copy Gatefold
A pretty cool collection produced by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee -- focusing on famous speeches by important female African-Americans -- mostly focusing on the civil rights era, but also featuring an early speech by Ida B Wells. Ruby reads the speeches, and works include "I Am A Black
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Folkways, 1981. New Copy Gatefold
One of the coolest records we've ever heard from beat legend Allen Ginsberg -- not just a record of his famous poetry, but one that also features him on harmonium as well! There's a really weird, dark sound to the record -- as Ginsberg plays harmonium and sings/speaks his own words -- older themes
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Folkways, 1966. New Copy Gatefold
A wonderful early bit of psychedelia from an academic perspective -- a record that features Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, and Richard Alpert -- all reading from the book The Psychedelic Experience A Manual Based On The Tibetan Book Of The Dead! The album's divided up into two sections -- "G
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Fantasy, 1959. New Copy
A beautiful beat-era relic! This is one of the few albums that San Francisco-based Fantasy records cut of famous beat poets reading their own work -- and it's probably one of the most enduring! Ginsberg reads "Howl", "Footnote To Howl", "Sunflower Sutra", "Superm
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Folkways, 1967. New Copy Gatefold
A seminal set of righteous underground poetry -- a key bridge between the earlier work of Langston Hughes and some of the bigger spoken sides of the 70s by artists like Gil Scott-Heron or Wanda Robinson! As the title promises, there's a definite undercurrent of jazz in the work -- but mostly in
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Fantasy, Mid 60s/Early 70s. New Copy
Issued after Lenny's death, but a record that contains some of his best bits ever! In fact, the later date of the album probably allowed Fantasy to get away with some rawer material, so you'll hear more of the "true" side of Lenny -- especially on the album's live tracks. We think this
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Folkways, 1980. New Copy Gatefold
A hip batch of underground poetry tracks -- collected together by the Before Columbus Foundation, a group dedicated to promoting the works of African-American and Native American artists! Despite the 1980 date, the collection has a feel that's similar to earlier righteous poetry albums on the
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ESP, 1966. New Copy
One of the weirdest recordings we've ever heard from Timothy Leary -- a 1966 set that features mostly shorter spoken bits on a variety of topics -- done by Tim in a very odd sort of style -- almost like he's a bit shy in the recording studio! There's a slightly self-conscious feel to the record
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Fantasy, 1959/1960. New Copy
A Lenny Bruce 2-fer -- 2 classic albums back to back on a single CD! First up is the album Togetherness -- classic early Lenny Bruce work on Fantasy -- a groundbreaking set of tracks that features some great shorter snippets, plus a few of the longer, more drawn-out routines that soon became Bruce'
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Loma/Collectors Choice, 1967. New Copy
Excellent stuff -- one of Redd's high-quality albums for the Loma label, arguably some of his finest ever -- because the recording quality is always high, and the material is pretty fresh throughout! If you only know Foxx from his work on TV, this album is a key example of the genius that got him
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Arista, 1970s. New Copy
Kind of a revised version of the classic Monty Python album of a similar name -- and one that adds in lots of nice extra bits too! The great thing about a record like this is the way that the Pythons replicate the energy of their highly-visual show in a sonic setting -- using quick verbal
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Chess, 1963. Very Good+
Cover has some water damage near the bottom -- a tiny bit of peeling on the front, and some staining on the back.
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Warner, 1963. Very Good+
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