Songs by Tom Lehrer was the debut album of musical satirist Tom Lehrer.
Songs by Tom Lehrer was recorded in a single one hour session on January 22, 1953 at the TransRadio studio in Boston for the total studio cost of $15. The first pressing was an issue of 400 copies, produced at Lehrer's own expense in the then-new 10" LP record format. Records were sold for $3.50, and later $3.95. Later releases were issued in 10" and 12" LP format.
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Songs by Tom Lehrer was the debut album of musical satirist Tom Lehrer.
Songs by Tom Lehrer was recorded in a single one hour session on January 22, 1953 at the TransRadio studio in Boston for the total studio cost of $15. The first pressing was an issue of 400 copies, produced at Lehrer's own expense in the then-new 10" LP record format. Records were sold for $3.50, and later $3.95. Later releases were issued in 10" and 12" LP format.
The songs from Songs by... were rerecorded for the 1960 live album Revisited. Songs by... itself was re-released as part of Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer in 1997 and on the 2000 box set The Remains of Tom Lehrer
In 1966, following the success of That Was The Year That Was, Reprise Records reissued several of Lehrer's previous LPs, but the company was dissatisfied with the technical quality of the original Songs album and persuaded Lehrer to make a new stereo recording of the album. However, in an attempt to make the songs more up to date, Lehrer made...
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