[78-L] Tom Lehrer

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Mon Mar 8 11:38:25 PST 2010


Ten-inch LPs were dead in the US by 1957, except for Folkways. Europe and the 
UK kept them going well into the 60s.

dl

Cary Ginell wrote:
> I have "More Songs" (with the blue flame cover) on a British-issued 10" pressing. Did not know it was not available in that format in the U.S.
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> Cary Ginell
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>>> There was a 2nd 10in one called "More Songs by Tom Lehrer" that shows up less often.] S
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>> The reason why it shows up less often is that it does not exist as a 
>> 10-incher. By the time he recorded the second set of songs he had 
>> already reissued the fiirst set as a 12-incher. The live album "An 
>> Evening Wasted" and the studio album of the second set cam out together, 
>> both only as 12-inchers. Likewise, when he did the first set of songs 
>> with an audience "Revisited", it also came out as a 12-incher. 
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