The First Family: Complete by Vaughn Meader

Vaughn Meader | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 6, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 1962
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Rockbeat Records
• ASIN: B000LXHK5O
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,617 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Experiment

2. After Dinner Conversations

3. The Malayan Ambassador

4. Relatively Spring

5. Astronauts

6. Motorcade

7. The Party

8. The Tour

9. But Vote!!

10. Economy Lunch

11. The Decision

12. White House Visitor

13. Press Conference

14. The Dress

15. Saturday Night, Sunday Morning

16. Auld Lang Syne

17. Bedtime Story

18. An Evening with JFK

19. 1958

20. The Trial

See all 33 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "The First Family: Complete" is identical to "The First Family, Vols. 1 and 2", March 10, 2007

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Bruce in Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The First Family: Complete by Vaughn Meader (Audio CD)

This review is being written because, at the time of this writing, there is no track listing provided for "The First Family: Complete" (2007), and, as yet, no other reviews. By contrast, the previous (1999) version of this CD -- which is listed separately on Amazon but which is no longer available ("The First Family, Vols. 1 & 2") -- explicitly includes all 34 of the tracks that, together, comprised both of the LPs that Vaughn Meader released in 1962-63. The Amazon posting for that earlier release also includes multiple reviewer comments. Having spent some time unsuccessfully trying to find out whether "Complete" includes both of Meader's original recordings, I would like to save other interested buyers from having to go through the same process I did.

"The First Family: Complete" is a 2-CD set that in fact includes all 34 of the tracks that were on both of Meader's 1962-63 releases. It is identical to the "Vols. 1 & 2" CD, the only difference being that Volume 1 and Volume 2 are now each on their own disc, rather than being combined onto one.

As far as the content of the "Complete" CD set is concerned, I basically agree with most of the reviewer comments posted for "Vols. 1 & 2". The heart of the humor is Meader's good imitation of JFK's voice and Boston accent. Meader's skits put silly words into the mouth of a President who, at the time, was viewed as being urbane and glamorous ("The rubber schwan is MINE!"). Unless you remember those 3 years when JFK was President -- i.e., unless you're approaching 60 or older -- much of that humor is going to be lost. This is a nostalgia piece for those of us who owned the original LPs.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The First Family, January 13, 2008

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gsquared (Urbana, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The First Family: Complete by Vaughn Meader (Audio CD)

I remember listening to this as a child in the 60's. It's even funnier now that I understand the political and historical references. Younger kids who don't know much about the Kennedy years would probably not be interested. Great for Baby Boomers or students of history.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless Comedy, March 13, 2007

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Michael A. Newman (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The First Family: Complete by Vaughn Meader (Audio CD)

It's been over 50 years since the Kennedys have been in the White House but the humor in this album is priceless. From the message passing of The Malayan Ambassador to the hilarious business lunch with all the world leaders (Castro, Kruschev, Andenau, DeGaulle,), this album is packed with gut wrenching belly laughs. Vaughn Meader is so convincing as JFK and it is difficult to realize that he was not JFK himself. The comedy here is so good that it is timeless!