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Formats and Editions
1. Craphouse
2. The Law
3. Obscenity
4. Crime
5. Marijuana
6. Lyndon Johnson
7. Ruby
8. Guys Exposing Themselves
9. Midgets 1
10. How the Negro ; Jew Got Into Show Business 1
11. Postman 1
12. Mark Eden 1
13. Method 1
14. Dating Advice 1
15. Guys Don't Cheat on Girls 1
16. Get Even 1
17. Deny It 1
18. Ralph Gleason 1
19. Alaska
More Info:
CD reissue. Lenny Bruce was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and screenwriter. He was renowned for his open, free-style and critical form of comedy which integrated satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. This unexpurgated concert album is a fitting tribute to his ground-breaking observational and revolutionary humor. Perhaps it's existence helped to finally bring about a public pardon for Bruce, some 37 years after his death, from governor of New York George Pataki. His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon, the first in the history of New York state, by then- Governor George Pataki in 2003. He paved the way for future outspoken counterculture-era comedians, and his trial for obscenity is seen as a landmark for freedom of speech in the United States. Executive producer Frank Zappa had good foresight when he brought this recording to public attention in 1969.
