The summer of 1957 witnessed radio's first real triumph since the advent of television when, for 15 weeks on the CBS radio network, Stan Freberg entertained millions with his unique brand of humor. This is a collection of the first seven broadcasts from that famed 1957 radio show. 4 cassettes.
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The Second Half of the Complete Collection,
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This review is from: The Stan Freberg Show: Volume 2 (Smithsonian Historical Performances) (Audio CD)
Suprised to find this in the "books" section - it is also listed in the "music" section, along with its companion volume. When Smithsonian issued the complete Stan Freberg Shows Collection back in 1997, they issued it in two volumes - this is the second of the two (the first is listed elsewhere at Amazon). Stan was at his artistic peak when these shows were produced. After this, he would go into advertising with increasing success. This collection (both volumes), and the first volume of "United States Of America" (also available on CD, thankfully) can be considered the apogee of his entertainment career. True, there may be some folks who don't want to sit through the enire show just to hear their favorite bit. That is what "breakout" collections (like the 2LP Capitol set, "The Best Of The Stan Freberg Shows") are for. If you like what you hear on the "best of" collections, odds are you'll love the complete shows that those bits came from. And they're all here on these two volumes.
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What my dad liked,
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This review is from: Stan Freberg: The First 7 Episodes (4-CD set) (Smithsonian Historical Performances) (Audio CD)
I forgot when I started to listen to my dad's old LP's in England, (Children's Garden... and the two Best of...), but the humour was something extraordinary. It was my first experience of an American Radio Show and had no comparison to anything playing on the BBC at the time. I never did get into the Goons.
Some years ago, I was able to buy my dad the 2nd collection on cassette tape (he never did have a CD payer), and a copy for me on CD....and now I own the 1st collection too with all my original favourites, especially "Incident at Las Varoces" and "The Banana Boat Song", (which dad had on '78). It is strange to think that I was not even born when these shows went out, but the sharp and witty humour continues and I now have it on a medium that I can pass on to my boys.
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CORRECTIONS TO THE AMAZON LISTING,
This review is from: The Stan Freberg Show (Audio CD)
Amazon has the wrong track listing for this CD. Also one of the images (the rainbow colored cover) is incorrect. This is NOT the multiple disc set. This is one disc and features two Stan Freberg shows. * Program #4: August 4, 1957 * Program #7: October 6, 1957 (Radiol CDMR-1166) Comedy Series #49 Radiola Release #166 UPC: 016509900543
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