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Tom Lehrer Discography

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This information was researched from various websites and cannot be guaranteed to be accurate.

Recording sessions

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
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.

Record releases

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
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

Discography

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
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

Compilations

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)

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