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This information was researched from various websites and cannot be guaranteed to be accurate.
This table lists recording sessions in chronological order. Each is assigned an index code, and production notes are given.
Index | Date | Location | Producer | Engineer | Orchestration |
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5a | 1/22/53 | Trans-Radio Recordings, Boston, MA | Tom Lehrer | ||
5b | 3/20/59-3/21/59 | Sanders Theater, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA | Tom Lehrer | Stephen Fassett | |
5c | 7/8/59 | RCA Victor Studios, New York, NY | Tom Lehrer | ||
5d | 11/23/59-11/24/59 | Kresge Auditorium, MIT, Cambridge, MA | Tom Lehrer | Stephen Fassett | |
6a | 1/21/60 | RCA Victor Studios, New York, NY | James Stagliano | Ray Hall | Arranged and conducted by Richard Hayman. |
6b | 60 | Australia | |||
6c | 7/26/65-7/31/65 | the hungry i, San Francisco, CA | Jimmy Hilliard | Don Geis | |
6d | 65 or 66 | Warner/Reprise studio | |||
71 | 71-72 | Media Sound Studios, New York, NY | Joe Raposo | Fred Christie w/ Joe Jorgenson | Arranged and conducted by Joe Raposo. |
93 | 11/2/93 | WGBH Studios, Allston, MA | Tom Lehrer | ||
96 | 10/8/96 | Sound Techniques, Boston, MA | Tom Lehrer | ||
99 | 10/26/99 | Sound On Sound Recording, New York, NY | Rob Fisher | Cynthia Daniels w/ Max Feldman | Arranged by Russell Warner and Rob Fisher. Conducted by Rob Fisher. |
This table lists record releases in chronological order. Each is assigned an index code, and catalog and content notes are given. Record releases which are purely reissues are not listed separately, but instead are combined with the original issues. Compilations containing no new material are not listed at all, but see below for a partial list of compilations containing Tom Lehrer material.
Index | Title and Content Notes | Catalog Notes |
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S1 | Songs By Tom Lehrer | Trans-Radio TR-740 (mono, 10" LP), 1953 Lehrer Records TLP-1 (mono, 10" LP), 1953 Lehrer Records TL 101 (mono) Decca Records LF 1311 (mono, 10" LP), 9/1958 |
M | More Of Tom Lehrer | Lehrer Records TL 102 (mono), TL 102S (stereo), 1959 Decca Records LF 1323 (mono, 10" LP), 1959 |
AEW | An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer | Lehrer Records TL 202 (mono) and TL 202S (stereo), 1959 Decca Records LK 4332 (mono) and SKL 4097 (stereo), 1959 Reprise Records R 6199 (mono) and RS 6199 (simulated stereo), 1966 Reprise Records CD 6199 (mono or simulated stereo) |
single | "Poisoning Pigeons In The Park"/"The Masochism Tango" | Capricorn C 451 (single), 1960 Decca 45F 11243 (single), 1960 |
TLR1 | Tom Lehrer Revisited A side from the MIT concert B side from the Australia concert series |
Lehrer Records TL 201 (mono), 1960 |
TLR2 | Tom Lehrer Revisited A and B sides from the MIT concert |
Decca Records LK 4375 (mono), 1960 |
YTW | That Was The Year That Was | Reprise Records R 6179 (mono) and RS 6179 (stereo), 1965 Pye Records R 6179 (mono), 1965 Reprise Records CD 6179 |
S2 | Songs By Tom Lehrer Warner/Reprise re-recording/reissue |
Reprise Records R 6216 (mono) and RS 6216 (stereo), 1966 |
EC | The Electric Company | Warner Bros. BS 2636, 1972 CRA/Sesame Street CTW 22052, 1974 |
R3 | Tom Lehrer Revisited Reissue of LK 4375 with bonus track |
Reprise Records CD 26203, 1990 |
D25 | Dr. Demento: 25th Anniversary Collection: More Of The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time |
Rhino CD/CS 72124, 8/22/95 |
S&M | Songs & More Songs By Tom Lehrer | Wea/Atlantic/Rhino ASIN: B00000340N, 1997 |
ROT | The Remains Of Tom Lehrer Disc 1: Studio Recordings With Piano. Disc 2: Live Performances. Disc 3: More Live Performances + Studio Recordings With Orchestra. |
Rhino |
This table lists songs in the order in which they were first recorded. Each non-blank cell identifies a record release on which the song appears. In the cell is given the disc number, track number, and recording session index number (D/T:RR). Reissued (duplicate) tracks are in italics.
Song Title | Record | ||||||||||||
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S1 | M | AEW | single | TLR1 | TLR2 | YTW | S2 | EC | TLR3 | D25 | S&M | ROT | |
Fight Fiercely, Harvard | 1:5a | 5:5d | 5:5d | 5:6d | 5:5d | 1:5a | 1/1:5a; 2/5:5d | ||||||
The Old Dope Peddler | 2:5a | 4:5d | 4:5d | 2:6d | 4:5d | 2:5a | 1/2:5a; 2/4:5d | ||||||
Be Prepared | 3:5a | 13:5d | 13:5d | 12:6d | 13:5d | 3:5a | 1/3:5a; 2/13:5d | ||||||
The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be | 4:5a | 3:5d | 3:5d | 4:6d | 3:5d | 4:5a | 1/4:5a; 2/3:5d | ||||||
I Wanna Go Back To Dixie | 5:5a | 2:5d | 2:5d | 1:6d | 2:5d | 5:5a | 1/5:5a; 2/2:5d | ||||||
Lobachevsky | 6:5a | 6:5d | 6:5d | 6:6d | 6:5d | 6:5a | 1/6:5a; 2/6:5d | ||||||
The Irish Ballad | 7:5a | 7:6b | 7:5d | 7:6d | 7:5d | 7:5a | 1/7:5a; 2/7:5d | ||||||
The Hunting Song | 8:5a | 8:6b | 8:5d | 8:6d | 8:5d | ?:6a | 8:5a; 26:6a | 1/8:5a; 2/8:5d; 3/17:6a | |||||
My Home Town | 9:5a | 9:6b | 9:5d | 9:6d | 9:5d | 9:5a | 1/9:5a; 2/9:5d | ||||||
When You Are Old And Gray | 10:5a | 10:6b | 10:5d | 3:6d | 10:5d | 10:5a | 1/10:5a; 2/10:5d | ||||||
I Hold Your Hand In Mine | 11:5a | 12:6b | 12:5d | 11:6d | 12:5d | 11:5a | 1/11:5a; 2/12:5d | ||||||
The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz | 12:5a | 11:6b | 11:5d | 10:6d | 11:5d | 12:5a | 1/12:5a; 2/11:5d | ||||||
Poisoning Pigeons In The Park | 1:5c | 1:5b | 1:6a | 13:5c; 24:6a | 1/13:5c; 2/14:5b; 3/15:6a | ||||||||
Bright College Days | 2:5c | 2:5b | 14:5c | 1/14:5c; 2/15:5b | |||||||||
A Christmas Carol | 3:5c | 3:5b | 15:5c | 1/15:5c; 2/16:5b | |||||||||
The Elements | 4:5c | 4:5b | 16:5c | 1/16:5c; 2/17:5b | |||||||||
Oedipus Rex | 5:5c | 5:5b | 17:5c | 1/17:5c; 2/18:5b | |||||||||
In Old Mexico | 6:5c | 6:5b | 18:5c | 1/18:5c; 2/19:5b | |||||||||
Clementine | 7:5c | 7:5b | 19:5c | 1/19:5c; 2/20:5b | |||||||||
It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier | 8:5c | 8:5b | 20:5c | 1/20:5c; 2/21:5b | |||||||||
She's My Girl | 9:5c | 9:5b | 21:5c | 1/21:5c; 2/22:5b | |||||||||
The Masochism Tango | 10:5c | 10:5b | 2:6a | 22:5c; 25:6a | 1/22:5c; 2/23:5b; 3/16:6a | ||||||||
We Will All Go Together When We Go | 11:5c | 11:5b | 23:5c; 27:6a | 1/23:5c; 2/24:5b; 3/18:6a | |||||||||
Introduction [spoken] | 1:5d | 1:5d | 1:5d | 2/1:5d | |||||||||
National Brotherhood Week | 1:6c | 3/1:6c | |||||||||||
MLF Lullaby | 2:6c | 3/2:6c | |||||||||||
George Murphy | 3:6c | 3/3:6c | |||||||||||
The Folk Song Army | 4:6c | 3/4:6c | |||||||||||
Smut | 5:6c | 3/5:6c | |||||||||||
Send The Marines | 6:6c | 3/6:6c | |||||||||||
Pollution | 7:6c | 3/7:6c | |||||||||||
So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III) | 8:6c | 3/8:6c | |||||||||||
Whatever Became of Hubert? | 9:6c | 3/9:6c | |||||||||||
New Math | 10:6c | 3/10:6c | |||||||||||
Alma | 11:6c | 3/11:6c | |||||||||||
Who's Next? | 12:6c | 3/12:6c | |||||||||||
Wernher von Braun | 13:6c | 3/13:6c | |||||||||||
The Vatican Rag | 14:6c | 3/14:6c | |||||||||||
L-Y | 14:71 | 3/19:71 | |||||||||||
Silent E | ?:71 | 3/20:71 | |||||||||||
O-U (The Hound Song) | 3/21:71 | ||||||||||||
S-N (Snore, Sniff, and Sneeze) | 3/22:71 | ||||||||||||
That's Mathematics | 1/25:93 | ||||||||||||
I Got It From Agnes | 28:96 | 1/24:96 | |||||||||||
N Apostrophe T | 3/23:99 | ||||||||||||
Trees | 3/24:99 | ||||||||||||
Selling Out | 3/25:99 | ||||||||||||
(I'm Spending) Hanukkah In Santa Monica | 3/26:99 |
This table lists some compilation albums which contain only previously released tracks.
1966 Reprise 7" Mono 45rpm PRO 224 Includes "Clementine" and three other songs |
196-? SEPL LP 1-3 Three-record set, released in Denmark, containing all three Lehrer albums |
1980 MMT Stereo LP LP001 Tomfoolery Original London Cast Revue; includes "The Elements." (Note: the Tomfoolery Canadian cast recording omits "The Elements.") |
Tom Lehrer In Concert. Reissue of An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer and
Tom Lehrer Revisited together as a two-volume set. Eclipse 844 241-2 (stereo), 1994. |
The following records have Tom Lehrer tracks but I don't have information about the tracks. |
Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection. Rhino CD/CS 70743 (1991) |
Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes No. 4. Demento Society (12/1995) |
Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty CD of All Time. Rhino CD 75768 (1988) |
Dr. Demento Greatest Novelty Songs: Volume II:The 1950s. Rhino 821 |
Dr. Demento Greatest Novelty Songs: Volume III:The 1960s. Rhino 822 |
Dr. Demento Greatest Novelty Songs: Volume VI:Christmas. Rhino 825 |
Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Christmas Novelty CD of All Time. Rhino CD 75755 (1989) |
But Seriously: The American Comedy Box 1915-1994. Rhino CD/CS 71617 (1995) |