Album

This Is A Recording

Lily Tomlin

1971 · Non-Music

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This Is A Recording by Lily Tomlin

This Is A Recording is a Spoken Word album by Lily Tomlin, originally released in 1971. On Gatefold: 27 pressings tracked, owned by 6 collectors.

About

Not only did this album make history as the first female-fronted GRAMMYⓇ winner for comedy, but it also cemented Lily Tomlin’s multimedia star status. It takes the wildly popular character she created for TV’s <i>Laugh-In</i>—Ernestine the busybody telephone operator—and drops her into more outlandish scenarios than she encountered on the show. She winds up getting her wires crossed with everyone from the mob (“The Mafia and the Pope”) to J. Edgar Hoover (“The F.B.I.”), getting mixed up in their business with sidesplitting results.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Alexander Graham Bell2:42
  2. A2Mr. Veedle3:30
  3. A3The Marriage Counselor2:37
  4. A4Joan Crawford3:27
  5. A5Obscene Phone Call0:59
  6. A6The Repairman3:29
  7. A7The Bordello3:04
  8. A8Strike4:10
  9. A9Peeved0:40

Side B

  1. B1Ernestine1:44
  2. B2The Pageant2:36
  3. B3The F.B.I.3:07
  4. B4The Mafia And The Pope3:00
  5. B5Mrs. Mitchell4:39
  6. B6Awards Dinner3:56
  7. B7Boswick 92:27
  8. B8I.B.M.0:55

Sound DNA

  • Spoken Word
  • Comedy
  • clean
  • playful
  • witty

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Recorded live at The Ice House, Pasadena
Writing credits on the label for track A9 are "(Jim Rusk) and Allan S. Manings & Lily Tomlin"; for track B8 they are "(Lily Tomlin) and Allan S. Mannings & Lily Tomlin".
Label matrices are in parentheses.
Runout details are etched except [MR logo] and STERLING stamped.

Credits

The people behind it.

Production & Engineering

Songwriting

  • Allan S. Manings
  • Betty Beaird
  • Donna Sloate
  • Jim Rusk
  • Kenny Hume
  • Lily Tomlin
  • Rod Warren
  • Warren Burton

6 collectors on Gatefold own this · 27 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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