Tom Lehrer – The Remains Of Tom Lehrer

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Label:	Rhino Records (2) – R2 79831, Warner Archives – R2 79831
Format:	3 x CD, Compilation, Remastered Box Set
Country:	US
Released:	May 23, 2000
Genre:	Non-Music, Pop
Style:	Music Hall, Comedy, Vocal, Parody

Tracklist

	Disc 1: Studio Recordings With Piano
	Songs By Tom Lehrer (1953)
1.01	Fight Fiercely, Harvard	1:25
1.02	The Old Dope Peddler	1:26
1.03	Be Prepared	1:32
1.04	The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be	2:03
1.05	I Wanna Go Back To Dixie	1:53
1.06	Lobachevsky	3:11
1.07	The Irish Ballad	3:01
1.08	The Hunting Song	1:18
1.09	My Home Town	2:39
1.10	When You Are Old And Gray	1:52
1.11	I Hold Your Hand In Mine	1:27
1.12	The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz	1:55
	More Of Tom Lehrer (1959)
1.13	Poisoning Pigeons In The Park	2:13
1.14	Bright College Days	2:06
1.15	A Christmas Carol	1:42
1.16	The Elements Music By – Sir Arthur Sullivan	1:26
1.17	Oedipus Rex	1:39
1.18	In Old Mexico	4:08
1.19	Clementine	4:18
1.20	It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier	2:40
1.21	She's My Girl	1:48
1.22	The Masochism Tango	3:03
1.23	We Will All Go Together When We Go	3:26
	Recent Recordings
1.24	I Got It From Agnes	1:47
1.25	That's Mathematics	1:31
	Disc 2: Live Performances
	Tom Lehrer Revisited (1960)
2.01	Introduction	3:14
2.02	I Wanna Go Back To Dixie	2:53
2.03	The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be	2:31
2.04	The Old Dope Peddler	1:42
2.05	Fight Fiercely, Harvard	2:44
2.06	Lobachevsky	4:20
2.07	The Irish Ballad	5:10
2.08	The Hunting Song	1:58
2.09	My Home Town	2:58
2.10	When You Are Old And Gray	2:25
2.11	The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz	2:21
2.12	I Hold Your Hand In Mine	2:01
2.13	Be Prepared	2:29
	An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959)
2.14	Poisoning Pigeons In The Park	2:37
2.15	Bright College Days	3:04
2.16	A Christmas Carol	2:55
2.17	The Elements Music By – Sir Arthur Sullivan	2:11
2.18	Oedipus Rex	3:41
2.19	In Old Mexico	6:24
2.20	Clementine	4:41
2.21	It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier	4:53
2.22	She's My Girl	2:53
2.23	The Masochism Tango	3:32
2.24	We Will All Go Together When We Go	5:30
	Disc 3: More Live Performances + Studio Recordings With Orchestra
	That Was The Year That Was (1965)
3.01	National Brotherhood Week	2:36
3.02	MLF Lullaby	2:24
3.03	George Murphy	2:09
3.04	The Folk Song Army	2:12
3.05	Smut	3:15
3.06	Send The Marines	1:46
3.07	Pollution	2:14
3.08	So Long Mom (A Song For World War III)	2:23
3.09	Whatever Became Of Hubert?	2:13
3.10	New Math	4:30
3.11	Alma	2:25
3.12	Who's Next?	3:03
3.13	Wernher Von Braun	1:47
3.14	The Vatican Rag	2:22
	The Richard Hayman Sessions (1960)
3.15	Poisoning Pigeons In The Park	2:08
3.16	The Masochism Tango	2:55
3.17	The Hunting Song	1:49
3.18	We Will All Go Together When We Go	2:40
	The Joe Raposo Sessions (For The Electric Company) (1971-72)
3.19	L-Y	2:12
3.20	Silent E	1:34
3.21	O-U (The Hound Song) Music By – Giuseppe Verdi	1:12
3.22	S-N (Snore, Sniff, And Sneeze)	2:33
	The Rob Fisher Sessions (New Recordings, 1999)
3.23	N Apostrophe T	2:13
3.24	Selling Out	2:25
3.25	(I'm Spending) Hanukkah In Santa Monica	1:48

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Rhino Entertainment Company
Copyright © – Rhino Entertainment Company
Recorded At – Trans-Radio Recordings
Recorded At – RCA Victor Studios, New York
Recorded At – Sound Techniques, Boston
Recorded At – WGBH Studios
Recorded At – Kresge Auditorium
Recorded At – Sanders Theatre
Recorded At – the hungry i
Recorded At – Mediasound
Recorded At – Sound On Sound Recording Studios
Published By – Maelstrom Music
Glass Mastered At – WEA Mfg. Olyphant – Y12188

Credits

A&R [A&R Editorial Coordination] – Shawn Amos
Arranged By – Rob Fisher (4) (tracks: 3.23 to 3.25), Russell Warner (tracks: 3.23 to 3.25)
Arranged By, Conductor – Joe Raposo (tracks: 3.19 to 3.22), Richard Hayman (tracks: 3.15 to 3.18)
Art Direction – Hugh Brown (3)
Artwork [Cover Art] – Tim Eames*
Bass – George Shaw (tracks: 3.15 to 3.18), Richard Sarpola (tracks: 3.23 to 3.25)
Cello – Seymour Barab (tracks: 3.15 to 3.18)
Clarinet – Lawrence Feldman (tracks: 3.23 to 3.25)
Clarinet, Flute, Contractor – Seymour Red Press (tracks: 3.23 to 3.25)
Conductor – Richard Hayman (tracks: 3.15 to 3.18)
Conductor, Piano – Rob Fisher (4) (tracks: 3.23 to 3.25)
Coordinator [Project Coordination] – Jo Motta
Drums – Arnold Kinsella* (tracks: 3.23 to 3.25)
Engineer – Don Geis (tracks: 3.01 to 3.14), Fred Christie (tracks: 3.19 to 3.22), Ray Hall (tracks: 3.15 to 3.18), Stephen Fassett (tracks: 2.01 to 2.24)
Engineer [Assistant] – Max Feldman (tracks: 3.23 to 3.25)
Engineer [Associate] – Joe Jorgenson* (tracks: 3.19 to 3.22)
Flute, Clarinet – Thomas Parshley (tracks: 3.15 to 3.18)
French Horn – Ray Alonge (tracks: 3.15 to 3.18)
Guitar – Art Ryerson (tracks: 3.15 to 3.18)
Guitar, Banjo – Jay Berliner (tracks: 3.23 to 3.25)
Liner Notes [Discographical Annotation] – Gary Peterson (2)
Lyrics By – Tom Lehrer
Music By – Tom Lehrer (tracks: 1.01 to 1.15, 1.17 to 2.16, 2.18 to 3.20, 3.22 to 3.25)
Other [Licensing] – Craig Kamins & Wendi Cartwright
Other [Project Assistance] – Amy Dean, Cheryl Kraus, Emily Cagan, Steve Woolard, Thane Tierney
Other [Special Thanks] – Gary Stewart, Gregg Geller
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Hugh Brown (3)
Photography By [Grand Canyon Photo] – F.J. O'Neil
Piano – Morris Wechsler* (tracks: 3.15 to 3.18)
Piano [Uncredited] – Tom Lehrer (tracks: 1.1 to 2.24)
Producer – James Stagliano (tracks: 3.15 to 3.18), Jimmy Hilliard (tracks: 3.01 to 3.14), Joe Raposo (tracks: 3.19 to 3.22), Rob Fisher (4) (tracks: 3.23 to 3.25), Tom Lehrer (tracks: 1.01 to 1.25, 2.01 to 2.24)
Producer [For Release] – Barry Hansen, Bill Inglot, David McLees, Tom Lehrer
Recorded By, Mixed By – Cynthia Daniels (tracks: 3.23 to 3.25)
Remastered By – Bill Inglot, Dan Hersch
Research [Editorial Research] – Daniel Goldmark
Research [Research Assistance] – Patrick Milligan
Supervised By [Editorial Supervision] – Vanessa Atkins
Tenor Saxophone – Al Klink (tracks: 3.15 to 3.18)
Trombone – Jack Gale (tracks: 3.23 to 3.25)
Trumpet – John Frosk (tracks: 3.23 to 3.25)
Violin – Alex Cores* (tracks: 3.15 to 3.18), Andrew Stein* (tracks: 3.23 to 3.25), Arcadie Birkenholz (tracks: 3.15 to 3.18), Ralph Silverman (tracks: 3.15 to 3.18)
Violin, Contractor – Mac Ceppos (tracks: 3.15 to 3.18)
Vocals – Tom Lehrer
Xylophone, Percussion – Bradley Spinney (tracks: 3.15 to 3.18)

Notes

80-page hardback booklet with liner notes, photos and lyrics.

Some tracks recorded in mono: tracks 1.01 to 1.23, 2.14 to 2.24. CD3 in stereo.

Tracks 1.01 to 1.12 recorded at Trans-Radio Recordings, Boston, MA, 1/22/53.
Tracks 1.13 to 1.23 recorded at RCA Victor Studios, New York, NY, 7/8/59.
Track 1.24 recorded at Sound Techniques, Boston, MA, 10/8/96.
Track 1.25 recorded at WGBH Studios, Allston, MA, 11/2/93. Previously unreleased.
Track 2.01 to 2.13 recorded at Kresge Auditorium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 11/23/59 & 11/24/59.
Tracks 2.14 to 2.24 recorded at Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 3/20/59 & 3/21/59.
Tracks 3.01 to 3.14 recorded at the hungry i, San Francisco, CA, 7/26/65 - 7/31/65.
Tracks 3.15 to 3.18 recorded at RCA Victor Studios, New York, NY, 1/21/60.
Tracks 3.19 to 3.22 recorded at Media Sound Studios, New York, NY (1971-1972). From the Children's Television Workshop series "The Electric Company". Tracks 3.21 and 3.22 previously unreleased.
Tracks 3.23 to 3.25 recorded at Sound On Sound Recording, New York, NY, 10/26/99.

Music for "The Elements" based on The Major-General's Song from The Pirates of Penzance.
Music for "O-U (The Hound Song)" based on "Caro Nome" from "Rigoletto."

The songs on this record are copyright 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1972, 1980, 1990 & 1999 by Tom Lehrer, and he is welcome to them.

Published by Maelstrom Music (ASCAP).

This compilation ©2000 Warner Bros. Records Inc. & Rhino Entertainment Company.

Credits for known orchestra members for tracks 3.15 to 3.18 and 3.23 to 3.25 included in booklet.

"If you do not like these songs, then you will certainly not care that the words and music of most of them are available in "Too Many Songs By Tom Lehrer", published by Pantheon Books, New York."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Scanned (Box)): 081227983123
Other (ISBN): 0-7379-0133-0
Rights Society: ASCAP
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): [wea mfg. OLYPHANT logo] Y12188 3 R2 79831-2.1 01 M1S7
Mastering SID Code (Disc 1): ifpi L903
Mould SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI 2U4D
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): [wea mfg. OLYPHANT logo] Y20427 3 R2 79831-2.2 RE-1 01 M1S2
Mastering SID Code (Disc 2): ifpi L903
Mould SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI 2U7N
Matrix / Runout (Disc 3): [wea mfg. OLYPHANT logo] X18169 3 R2 79831-2.3 RE-1 01 M1S1
Mastering SID Code (Disc 3): ifpi L902
Mould SID Code (Disc 3): IFPI 2U2W

Other Versions (2)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	The Remains Of Tom Lehrer (74×File, MP3, Compilation, 256 kbps)	Not On Label (Tom Lehrer Self-released)	none	US	2022
Recently Edited	The Remains Of Tom Lehrer (3×CD, Compilation, Remastered, Repress, Box Set, )	Rhino Records (2), Warner Archives	R2 79831	US	Unknown