LILY TOMLIN This is a Recording Comedy Record

LILY TOMLIN This is a Recording Comedy Vinyl 33RPM LP Record

Vinyl 33RPM LP Record LILY TOMLIN This is a Recording

This Is a Recording is a comedy album released in 1971 by American actress-comedian Lily Tomlin. The album consists of comic sketches of Tomlin in her most famous character, Ernestine, the nosy, aggressive, and sharp-tongued telephone operator. The album's tracks include monologues in which Ernestine tangles over the phone with Joan Crawford, Gore Vidal ("Mr. Veedle"), Martha Mitchell, and J. Edgar Hoover. It was recorded live at the intimate Ice House in Pasadena, California.

SIDE ONE
    1. Alexander Graham Bell 2:42
    2. Mr. Veedle3:30
    3. The Marriage Counselor 2:37
    4. Joan Crawford3:27
    5. Obscene Phone Call0:59
    6. The Repairman3:29
    7. The Bordello0:59
    8. Strike 4:10
    9. Peeved 0:40
  1. SIDE TWO
    1. Ernistine 1:44
    2. The Pageant 2:36
    3. The F.B.I. 3:07
    4. The Mafia and the Pope 3:00
    5. Mrs. Mitchell 4:39
    6. Awards Dinner 3:56
    7. Boswick 9 2:27
    8. I.B.M. 0:55

This Is a Recording is Lily Tomlin's first album. It won her a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording.
The This Is a Recording album peaked at #15 on the Billboard Hot 200 albums list, the highest charting solo comedy album by a woman ever on the chart.

Tomlin became the first woman to win this award for a solo recording (in 1962 Elaine May won for an album with Mike Nichols; in the years since only Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Griffin, and Tiffany Haddish among female comedians have won the award.)

MATRIX NUMBERS:
Side 1: T 1 POLP 80177-1B STERLING
Side 2: T 1 POLP 80178-1B STERLING

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1 Item
Used
The jacket is worn and in rough condition, but the Vinyl Record is EXCELLENT without scratches or significant scuffs.

Data sheet

Type
LP
Features
Original Inner Sleeve
Material
Vinyl
Style
Improvisational Comedy
Observational Comedy
Artist
Lily Tomlin
Format
Record
Language
English
Case Type
Cardboard Sleeve
Genre
Comedy
Spoken Word
Record Label
Polydor Records
Release Year
1971
Release Title
LILY TOMLIN This is a Recording
Record Size
12"
Speed
33 RPM
Record Grading
Excellent (EX)
Catalog Number
24-4055
Number of Audio Channels
Stereo
Sleeve Grading
Good (G)

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