Freiberg V30 [Import]
Freiberg V30 [Import]
Track Listings
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1. Freiberg V3.0 (Original)
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2. Freiberg V3.0 (Radio Europe)
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3. Freiberg V3.0 (Helium Remix)
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4. Freiberg V3.0 (I Like Giorgio Remix
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5. Freiberg V3.0 (Remis By And The Lefthanded And Special Guest)
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6. Freiberg V3.0 (Original Verion By Toctronic)
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7. Freiberg V3.0 (Club Europe)
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Electronica: Including Remixes by Heiko Laux, Miss Kitten and the Hacker.
Freiberg V30,Tocotronic Vs Console,L'Age D'Or
Average customer rating:
- They are right
- A comedic gem (Vol. 1, that is)
- Five stars for Volume 1; one star for Volume 2
- Ten Stars for Volume 1
- A classic (if a bit corny)!!
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Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America, Vol. 1, The Early Years, And Vol. 2, The Middle Years
Stan Freberg
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0000033TV
Release Date: 1996-07-02 |
Tracks:
- Vol. 1, The Early Years: Overture
- Vol. 1, The Early Years: Columbus Discovers America 'It's A Round, Round World'
- Vol. 1, The Early Years: Pilgrim's Progress 'Take An Indian To Lunch'
- Vol. 1, The Early Years: The Thanksgiving Story (Under The Double Turkey)
- Vol. 1, The Early Years: The Sale Of Manhattan 'Top Hat, White Feathers, And Tails'
- Vol. 1, The Early Years: The Boston Tea Party
- Vol. 1, The Early Years: Declaration Of Independence 'A Man Can't Be Too Careful What He Signs...
- Vol. 1, The Early Years: The Midnight Ride Of Paul Revere
- Vol. 1, The Early Years: Betsy Ross And The Flag 'Everybody Wants To Be An Art Director'
- Vol. 1, The Early Years: The Discovery Of Electricity
- Vol. 1, The Early Years: Washington Crosses The Delaware (Command Decision)
- Vol. 1, The Early Years: Yankee Doodle Go Home (Spirit Of '76)
- Vol. 1, The Early Years: The Battle Of Yorktown
- Vol. 1, The Early Years: Finale 'So Long, Friend...'
Tracks:
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: Intro And Overture
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: Madison, Jefferson, Franklin & Osbourne: The First Advertising Agency...
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: 'Madison, Jefferson, Franklin & Osbourne'
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: Madison, Jefferson, Franklin & Osbourne (Part 2)
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: America! America!
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: Madison, Jefferson, Franklin & Osbourne (Part 3)
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: Rumplemeyer's Horseshoes: The Francis Scott Key Story
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: 'Rumplemeyer's Horseshoes'
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: Stephen Foster, Beloved Songwriter
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: Samuel F.B. Morse Sends The First Telegram
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: Abe Lincoln In Analysis
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: 'Show Folk'
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: Abe Lincoln At Home In The White House
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: Barbara Freitchie, Martyr Of The Year
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: 'Shoot If You Must'
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: Lincoln At Shiloh, With General Grant
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: 'As Long As You're Up'/'A Sober Life's A Hard Life'
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: The Appomattox Courthouse Bar & Grill
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: 'There'll Never Be Another War'
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: Custer's Last Stand
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: Alexander Graham Bell And The First Phone Call
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: Thomas Edison Invents The Light Bulb! The Phonograph! (Part 1)
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: 'Perserverance'
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: Thomas Edison Invents The Light Bulb! The Phonograph! (Part 2)
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: 'Planned Obsolescence'
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: The Wright Brothers At Kitty Hawk
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: Henry Ford Invents Detroit
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: 'Perserverance' (Reprise)
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: The Sinking Of The Lusitania
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: Two Tin Pan Alley Songwriters
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: 'U-Boat'/'The Guns Of August'
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: 'Hello, Peace, Hello'
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: 'There'll Never Be Another War' (Reprise)
- Vol. 2, The Middle Years: Finale 'America! America!' (Reprise)
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When Stan Freberg released The United States of America in 1961, it was one of the first comedy concept albums ... and perhaps the funniest musical comedy never performed onstage. With a cast that included Jesse White and June Foray (as well as a dead-on Orson Welles impression by voice-over master Paul Frees), Freberg presented a madcap version of history that began with Christopher Columbus's insistence that "It's a Round, Round World." His crew, however, was unconvinced:
Crazy kind of scheme
It's a cockamamie dream
If we don't sight land we're gonna scream.
Later, a cautious Ben Franklin would express suspicion of the declaration Thomas Jefferson brought by for him to sign: "You go to a few harmless meetings, sign a few harmless petitions, and forget all about it.... Ten years later you get called up before a committee. No thank you! I'm not going to spend the rest of my life writing in Europe!"
For decades, fans were frustrated by the lack of sequels that would carry the story beyond the Revolutionary War. (After attempts to turn the material into a real Broadway musical were ruined by heavy-handed producer David Merrick, Freberg went on to a lucrative career in advertising.) Finally, in 1996, Freberg went into the studio with the surviving members of his original cast--as well as stars David Ogden Stiers, Sherman Hemsley, Tyne Daly, Lorenzo Music, and John Goodman--with a new batch of songs and skits that covered the period from the founding of the United States government in 1789 to the end of World War I.
Volume 2 is not quite as strong as volume 1, but that's like saying that Babe Ruth didn't hit as many home runs as Hank Aaron. There's still plenty of great material in "The Middle Years," like Francis Scott Key's first draft of his most famous composition: "Rumplemeyer's horseshoes are the best you can use, what so proudly he's nailed onto all kinds of horses." Or Ulysses S. Grant demanding a drink so he can keep on...
Pursuing the South
Over the hills
Fearless and brave, minus a shave
And crocked to the gills.
The two-CD set includes the original liner notes from the 1961 release; a 1989 CD reissue of the first volume; and the notes by Freberg, Dr. Demento, and Ray Bradbury for the sequel. It also contains a complete lyric sheet. Although some of the jokes on the first CD may be too arcane for younger listeners, The United States of America can still be called, without overstatement, a work of genius. --Ron Hogan
Customer Reviews:
They are right.......2006-06-30
The reviewers above who said the first volume is one of the funniest records ever made are right.
I listened to it when it came out and tracks like "A Man Can't Be Too Careful What he Signs these days" (Jefferson and Adams trying to get Franklin to sign the Declaration of Independence) and the one where Betsy Ross presents the new flag to George Washington are still indescribably funny.
But you can still buy the two volume set, pour yourself a nice dry Martini in a damp frosted glass, and use the disk with volume 2 for a coaster.
O;-)
A comedic gem (Vol. 1, that is).......2005-07-05
I have been a BIG fan of this album for well over two decades, since I came across the LP at the local library as a teenager. I was simply in stitches, and searched at used record stores until I found a copy of my own, which I eventually wore out in my repeated listenings.
So I was excited when I heard that after all these years, Vol. 2 was finally coming. But what a disappointment.
Vol. 1 has great songs like "Round Round World", "Take an Indian to Lunch" and "A Man Can't be Too Careful What He Signs These Days" that not only sparkle with satiric wit, but are great tunes I sometimes find myself humming.
The songs in Vol. 2, however, fall flat and just feel, well, forced. And that applies to all of Vol. 2 as well. The sense is that they had a list of punch lines they were set on, and didn't stop to think if it was funny or not. Funny is not a word that can be applied to Vol. 2, sadly.
So buy it for Vol. 1. You can just discard the other disc.
Five stars for Volume 1; one star for Volume 2.......2005-04-19
"Vol. 1, The Early Years" is without a doubt the best comedy recording I have ever heard. I personally discovered it back in the mid-80s, when I came across a copy of the album one Saturday at the radio station where I worked. It was listened to many a time "in cue" or after sign-off. I simply could not get enough of it. I also listened repeatedly to his "Original Cast" greatest hits album and the classic "Freeberg Underground" live recording he did in the mid-60s at the Hollywood Bowl.
Ever since then, I had hoped that a) Vol. 1 would someday come out on CD, and b) that he would eventually make good on his promise in the original album's liner notes to bring out a Vol. 2.
Well, both of my wishes came true. Vol. 1 is out on CD and as good if not better than I remember it. Plus, they added back in some parts that were cut so the original recording could fit on one LP. Vol. 2, on the other hand, is a *major* disappointment.
Vol. 2 simply tries too hard. It tries to tackle a huge amount of American history (from the late 1700s through the end of World War I) in 34 tracks on one CD (a virtually impossible task). It tries to satirize events during the Civil War (a hopeless task). And, its satire lacks the "let's not take ourselves too seriously" light-heartedness of Vol. 1, which is another way of saying it is trying to be Politically Correct.
It's a shame Vol. 2 wasn't written and produced soon after Vol. 1. I honestly believe Stan and Co. would have come up with another classic.
I too wish Rhino still offered Vol. 1 separately. From a marketing/business standpoint, I understand why they don't do it.
Still, if you don't have Vol. 1, it's worth the sacrifice to buy the two-volume set just to get it. Who knows? You may end up liking Vol. 2. If not, it makes a good (albeit expensive) coaster.
Ten Stars for Volume 1.......2005-02-10
My mom turned me on this LP and I listened to it repeatedly. It makes history SO funny! I have not heard this LP in years and years but I can still remember so much of it word for word.
Chris Colomubus and his duet with King Ferdenand is great!
Chris: It's a round, round world, it's a round, round world. I contend its round and its goin' be found, it's a round world now and its always been!
Kind Ferdindad: It's a flat, flat world, it's a flat, flat world, I contend its flat, as a welcoming mat, and you're sailing off the end, it's a flat world now and its always been!
If you are Stan Freberg fan, this is a MUST HAVE! And while you are at it, get yourself a nutcup and a couple of french horns!
A classic (if a bit corny)!!.......2004-12-24
This is a classic bit of Americana.
A must-have for anyone who enjoys good comedy and great production value.
Average customer rating:
- found an olde classic
- "Stan Freberg Here..."
- The Right Intro To Stan "The Man" Freberg
- Stan Freberg-In A Class By Himself
- Stan Freberg is almost as funny as he thinks he is
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The Very Best of Stan Freberg
Stan Freberg
Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00000AF8G
Release Date: 1998-08-11 |
Tracks:
- John & Marsha
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- That's My Boy
- Try
- The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
- St. George And The Dragonet
- Little Blue Riding Hood
- Christmas Dragnet (Yulenet) Part 1
- Christmas Dragnet (Yulenet) Part 2
- C'est Si Bon (It's So Good)
- A Dear John & Marsha Letter
- Sh-Boom
- The Yellow Rose Of Texas
- The Great Pretender
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Rock Island Line
- Banana Boat (Day-O)
- Tele-Vee-Shun
- Wun'erful, Wun'erful! (Side Uh-One)
- Wun'erful, Wun'erful! (Side Uh-Two)
- Green Christmas
Customer Reviews:
found an olde classic.......2006-11-03
I have always liked olde time radio broadcasts and like Allan Sherman; Stan Freeburg is one of the masters in the field.
"Stan Freberg Here...".......2003-12-31
this CD contains 21 hilarious singles from Stan Freberg, the original music satirist decades before "Weird Al" came along. technically a satirist, Freberg didn't parody pop songs like Weird Al...Freberg tore them apart!! Called a hater of rock music by the '50s generation, Freberg nonetheless poked fun at what he seen as mediocre music being passed off as brilliant pieces of music. however, it all started for him musically with "John and Marsha", a satire on soap operas, in 1951. prior to this, Freberg was half of the puppet show "Time for Beany" with voice legend Daws Butler, who also played a huge part in Freberg's recording career too. Freberg was "Cecil" and "Dishonest John" while Butler was "Beany" and "Captain Huffenpuff". This show ran from 1949-1954. but...prior to that puppet show, Freberg was a teenage voice actor on Warner Brothers cartoons along side Mel Blanc. Freberg is the one who uttered the immortal phrase: "which way did he go, George? which way did he go?" in several cartoons spoofing "Of Mice and Men" characters Lenny and George.but, getting back to this CD. Freberg's recording career started with "john and marsha" in which Stan simply says the two people's names over and over in different emotions. somehow it's funny! don't ask me to over-analyze it! Freberg's stock in trade was satire of course. His wicked take on Johnny Ray on the song "Try" (a parody on Johnny's song, "Cry") is unreal! The Stan Freberg/Daws Butler/June Foray classics are here, too: "St. George and the Dragonet", "Little Blue Riding Hood", and "Christmas Dragnet". On "Heartbreak Hotel" we hear Freberg tackle Elvis and fight with the echo-chamber. On "Yellow Rose of Texas" Freberg delivers a southern dialogue...and is constantly bickering with the snare drummer. "C'est Ci Bon" is hilarious too. His mis-understood single, "Green Christmas", features Daws Butler and Marvin Miller as Bob Cratchit and Crass. Freberg is Scrooge of the advertising world. some critics said that Freberg was nuts for writing and recording a single that roasted his "other job" (Freberg wrote and produced comedy commercials for TV and radio in addition to his recording career and cartoon work). Country singers Ferlin Huskey and Jean Sheppard had a pop hit, "A Dear John Letter", but in Freberg's hands it became "A Dear John and Marsha Letter". His hatred for R&B is showcased on "Sh-Boom". Lawrence Welk doesn't escape Freberg neither and here we have the classic "Wun'nerful, Wun'nerful" which on the original '45 RPM single it was broken into Side Uh-One and Side Uh-Two. Stan Freberg remained a prominent figure in advertising well into the late '80s. In 1990 he started a 5 minute radio commentary called "Stan Freberg Here" that ran until 1998. Old-Time radio also used Freberg's famed voice as host of "When Radio Was" from 1991-1999, still being heard in countless re-runs everynight on AM radio. Freberg's recent project was supplying the voice to that screetching oddball Pete Puma in a cameo role in the recent Looney Tunes movie.
The Right Intro To Stan "The Man" Freberg.......2001-09-20
Stanley Victor Freberg's brilliance was summerized by Stephen Holden, music critic of the NY Times, who noted that Freberg's parodies were more than just of passing fads, but were superb self-contained radio comedies. The twenty-one tracks on this compilation serve up some of the best of his work during the 1950s.
Born in 1926 as the son of Baptist minister Victor Freberg, Stan first entered show business with his uncle, Raymond Freberg, whose stage act was as Conray the Magician. "Radio was my first library," Freberg has said, as he grew up during the audio medium's golden age and thus became enamored of the effect sound created. After graduation from Alhambra High School, Stan hopped a bus to Hollywood and set up a voice audition with Warner Brothers in 1944. Termite Terrace's legendary directors, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson, and Isadore "Friz" Freleng hired Freberg on the spot and he started work alongside the equally legendary Mel Blanc.
Soon Stan was branching out more and more, doing cartoon voice work for the majority of the studios as well as a steady diet of work on radio. The Army then beckoned, and after his discharge in 1947 he was contacted by ex-Warners director Bob Clampett, for a puppet TV series he was developing. This became "Beany and Cecil" and became an all-time TV classic.
Then in 1951 he released "John and Marsha," a two-word satire of soap operas that became an instant classic. His career in musical satire thus launched, he compiled more such satires.
Among his best are his "Dragnet" parodies. In "St. George an the Dragonet" Freberg uses June Foray as a near-devoured maiden and Daws Butler (with whom he'd worked during "Beany & Cecil") as the dragon (voiced as a typical Dragnet heavy) and also the skipper of the woods' homicide division.
On "Little Blue Riding Hood" Freberg takes on the famed fairy tale as Sgt. Wednesday, with Little Blue and her grandma running a "goodies" ring - his use of the term "goodies" makes the listener genuinely take the term as police jargon for illicit substances.
Capitol made Freberg do one more Dragnet parody, the brilliant two-parter "Yulenet." Sgt. Wednesday and his partner, Frank Jones, interrogate Grudge, a non-believer in Santa Claus (as well as a non-believer in the Easter Bunny or Columbus - or Cleveland or Cincinatti, though he can't make up his mind about Toledo) who leaves Frank quite shaken and Joe determined to prove Santa's bona-fides.
The greatest strength of Freberg's Dragnet parodies is their attention to the show's detail - Daws Butler, who co-wrote "Yulenet," voices Frank, and perfectly captures the mannerisms Ben Alexander imbued in the character in his time on the real "Dragnet," while Freberg not only parodies the monaural delivery of Jack Webb, he also rattles off believable spoofs of the arcane numerical jargon used by police in reporting crimes - most brilliantly at the track's beginning. "Yulenet's" other enduring quality is its good-natured approach - the ending is believably happy, so much so that comes across as a legitimate "Dragnet" episode rather than just a parody. The real Sgt. Friday couldn't have done it better himself.
Music parodies continued for Freberg, and his funniest was "Banana Boat," his savaging of the embarassing Harry Belafonte hit "Day-O." Freberg exaggerates the song's absurd title and ludicrous lyrics, and the foolishness of the whole enterprise is displayed by the interruptions of Peter Leeds, a friend of Stan's from his radio days, who plays a too-hip bongo player who forces Stan to leave the studio repeatedly to sing.
"Banana Boat" was Leeds' third track with Stan - the first was Stan's take-off on "Great Pretender," followed by Freberg's "skiffle band" parody, a send-up of Lonnie Donegan's "Rock Island Line" and the common folk song trait of backgrounding the song's story more than necessary before going into the actual number.
The calypso form of "Day O" is then used in one of Freberg's tracks that is among his funniest and at the same time one of his most serious. "Tele-Vee-Shun" rips into circa-1957 television and with its terrific jokes and puns makes a serious point about the downside of the medium. There is a caustic nature to this parody that is used to greater effect on his controversial 1958 skewering of Christmas commercialization, "Green Chri$tma$," qualities reflecting his birth as a Baptist minister's son.
While by no means a complete compilation of Freberg's work, this CD is the right place to start in appreciating his work.
Stan Freberg-In A Class By Himself.......2000-11-06
Stan Freberg is the best satirist of all time-His thought provoking sketches & song parodies have made him a hit throughout the English speaking world-This CD is nothing short of spectacular-My favorite cuts are "St.George & The Dragonet","John & Marsha",& "Green Christmas"-For those who are unfamiliar with Freberg's work,this CD is a great place to start.
Stan Freberg is almost as funny as he thinks he is.......2000-05-28
This is a reissue of the excellent Capitol Collectors Series CD from a decade ago. Kudos to Collectables for bringing this back. Stan Freberg can be described as the Weird Al Yankovic of the 50's and 60's. Of course, the man is much more than just a recording artist, but these comedy sketches and parodies are classics and these recordings form a large part of Freberg's legacy. The most dated and least funny tracks on this CD are still funny. The most funny are hysterical. The Dragnet skits never get old, and send ups of Mitch Miller, Les Paul/Mary Ford and the Lawrence Welk TV show are dead on and fall down funny. Green Christmas is in a category all by itself and should be a Yuletide tradition for everyone. This is a great compilation and contains most of his best known work. Those of you who are looking for The Old Payola Roll Blues (perhaps the funniest thing he ever did), Point of Order and The Lone Psychiatrist should veer toward the Tip Of The Freberg box set. But if you're just wanting an introduction to this comic genius, this is the best starting place.
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- The Great American Satirist
- This is indeed only the tip
- Stan the Man! A Wonderful Trip Down Memory Lane!
- Classic Song Parodies Just Tip of Classic Freberg
- WARNING: Satire is all in fun, no offense meant...
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Tip Of The Freberg (Includes Video)
Stan Freberg
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00000JNIO
Release Date: 1999-08-17 |
Tracks:
- John & Marsha
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- That's My Boy
- Try
- The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
- C'est Si Bon (It's So Good)
- A Dear John & Marsha Letter
- Sh-Boom
- The Yellow Rose Of Texas
- The Great Pretender
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Rock Island Line
- Banana Boat (Day-O)
- Tele-Vee-Shun
- Wun'erful, Wun'erful! (Side Uh-One & Side Uh-Two)
- Ya Got Trouble
- The Old Payola Roll Blues (Parts 1 & 2)
- The Worst Of The Town (The Most Of The Town)
- That's Right, Arthur
Tracks:
- St. George And The Dragonet
- Little Blue Riding Hood
- Christmas Dragnet (Yulenet) (Parts 1 & 2)
- Point Of Order
- Person To Pearson
- The Honey-Earthers
- The Lone Psychiatrist
- Elderly Man River
- Freberg In Advertisingland
- Ban Gunleigh, U.S. Marshall Field
- Incident At Los Voraces
Tracks:
- Green Christmas
- Overture
- Columbus Discovers America: It's A Round, Round World
- Pilgrim's Progress: Take An Indian To Lunch
- The Thanksgiving Story (Under The Double Turkey)
- Declaration Of Independence: A Man Can't Be Too Careful What He Signs These Days
- Betsy Ross And The Flag: Everybody Wants To Be An Art Director
- Stephen Foster, Beloved Songwritier
- Barbara Frietchie, Martyr Of The Year
- Shoot If You Must
- Alexander Graham Bell And The First Phone Call
- Thomas Edision Invents The Light Bulb! The Phonograph (Part 1)
- Perserverance
- Thomas Edision Invents The Light Bulb! The Phonograph (Part 2)
- Planned Obsolescence
- Henry Ford Invents Detroit
- Perserverance (Reprise)
- Omaha! (Parts 1 & 2): Overture/Whatta They Got In Omaha/Ohmaha Moon/Omaha/I Look In Your Face And...
- Folk Songs For Our Time: Oh Dat Freeway System
- Folk Songs For Our Time: Which Is The Girl: Which Is The Boy?
- Anybody Here Remember Radio?
Tracks:
- Puffed Grass From 'Ban Gunleigh, U.S. Marshall Field'
- Who Listens To Radio?
- Empire State Building/Who Puts Eight Great Tomatoes In That Little Bitty Can?
- Truth In Advertising
- Hot Dog Hot Dog Hot Dog!
- Stretching The Imagination
- The Milk And I
- Gilbert & Sullivan Spoof
- Beat Poet
- James Bond Spoof
- Goldnoodle
- Can I Have A Bite Of Your Pencil?
- Floor Show Now Going On
- Who Put The Handles On The Can?
- The 1966 Chun King
- Winding The War Down-McGovern-Hatfield Amendment To End The War
- Vietnamatic 3-McGovern-Hatfield Amendment To End The War
- Moby Dick
- Painting On Radio
- Today The Pits, Tomorrow The Wrinkles! (Bed Time Story)
- Funnier Than Cleopatra/It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
- Drink Big (Freedle Family Singers)
- Supercharger
- What's That Bottled Revelation?
- Clark Smathers Faces Life
- Sunburn Remedy?
- The Ineffectual Drumroll
- A Star Is Born
- Shluderberg & Kurdle: Song & Dance Men!
- Toastal Engineering
- Dr. Zhivago
- The Irving Bell Story
- Fantastic Sound System
- Tom Sweet And His Electric Milky Way Machine
- The Modern Army Song
- Jazz On Rubberbands
- Bad Hair Day
- Talk Radio
- North By Northgate
- Scared Witless
- The Golf Date
- Do People Really Listen To Radio Commercials?
- Omaha!
- A Dinner For The Common Cold?
- Taco Bell In China?
- Name Confusion: Mia? Tia? Lisa?
- Elton John Could Write A Song For You!
- A 'Smart' Toilet Seat?
- A Territory's Great But You Gotta Have A State
- Oregon, Oregon
- Show Opening: 'The New Stan Freberg Show'
- Pop Faithcorn: Trend Predictor
- Theater Of The Mind
- The Freberg Zone
- Father Of The Year
- Spy Interview
- The Conspiraski Theory
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Tip of the Freberg presents four CDs and one VHS-format videotape of classic comedy from the legendary master who paved the way for Saturday Night Live and National Lampoon. This is the definitive collection of the sarcastic but sophisticated Freberg magic, including the best of his famous routines and satirical songs plus unreleased goodies new and old. The set also contains the first-ever CD of his hilarious radio ads and the video has award-winning TV commercials that he wrote and directed. The snappy package comes complete with an actual X-ray of Freberg's skull and it is lovingly annotated with details of who played the music (exotica big kahuna Les Baxter wrote some of the band arrangements), what Freberg's writing and working methods were, and who supplied the characters' voices. (Not surprisingly Freberg did many of the vocal parts himself--he's a capable singer and actor.) The older material remains funny stuff, and the liner notes provide the depth of historical context. This is not a box set that will be played once and then put on the shelf. Everything on Tip of the Freberg is good for repeat plays and hours of laughs in the years ahead. --John Sulak
Customer Reviews:
The Great American Satirist.......2007-03-28
As a child, I heard "Green Chri$tma$" on the radio and laughed myself silly, delighted that someone had the guts to take on the commercialization of the holidays. When I learned it was a man named Stan Freberg and he had recorded it many years earlier, I determined to learn more about this wonderfully funny man. In the generation to come, I read, listened to, and enjoyed as much Freberg as I could get my hands on. Then came this incredible box set, the ultimate anthology of Stan's amazing career. With the sole exception of cartoon and puppet voices, virtually every aspect of his life in show business and advertising is represented in loving detail. It is the career tribute Stan so richly deserves, and displays the stunning range and versatility of his genius. Be prepared for hours of laughter from one of America's most original minds.
This is indeed only the tip.......2006-07-19
The title says it all. Stan Freeberg's contributions to the world of musical comedy spans five decades, so it would be ridiculous to make the assumption that everything could be contained in this mere 4-CD collection.
While this will most certainly be a hit with die-hard fans, newcomers will find that this collection serves as the perfect introduction to the world of Freeberg by highlighting some of his best work. This is an essential in any CD library.
Stan the Man! A Wonderful Trip Down Memory Lane!.......2006-03-04
My dad used to listen to Freberg Lp's and I never heard him laugh so loud! Now it's my turn!
Classic Song Parodies Just Tip of Classic Freberg.......2004-01-09
Twice during this exceptional, deacdes-spanning box set, Stan Freberg asks you to imagine Lake Michigan filled with hot chocolate, topped with whipped cream from dump trucks, and topped with a cherry flown by a Royal Canadian Air Force plane to cheers of 25,000 extras. He first does it trying to sell radio as an advertising medium ("Doesn't TV stretch the imagination?" "Up to 27 inches.") , one among hundreds of influential, Clio-winning campaigns. The second time, joined by his daughter and legendary voice actress June Foray, he simply asks, "Does Anyone Remember Radio?" Stan Freberg, heard and seen here with a career spanning 4CD box set and accompanying video, is our last link to that legendary theater of the mind.
Joined by a troupe of actors including voice-over giants June Foray, Paul Frees, and Daws Butler, and helped by Broadway-brassy Billy May arrangements, Freberg recorded sonically accurate but hilarious pop song parodies. An overechoed "Heartbreak Hotel" features Freberg's ersatz Elvis tearing three pairs of pants and a piano solo "close enough for jazz." "Sh-Boom" features inarticulate doo-woppers coached by a Stanley Kowalksi impersonator. (In his exhaustive liner notes, written with movelty music curator Barrett "Dr. Demento" Hansen, Freberg denies racism motivated his stinging attacks on the then-new music. He said he just liked jazz and wanted to understand the lyrics, which hardly explains his collaboration with Jesse White on hilarious if mean-spirited "The Old Payola Roll Blues".)
A "Yellow Rose of Texas" features an overactive snare drum which became a Freberg in-joke on subsequent hit records. Freberg also bit the TV hand which later fed him, parodying Lawrence Welk, Ed Sullivan and, in "Tele-Vee-Shun" practically putting Newton Minnow's "vast wasteland" speech to music. (But the version included here omits Freberg's closing shot, "But is it art?/Don't make me laugh." )
"Green Christmas," a huge, controversial 1958 hit, is arguably Freberg's finest moment. Transposing Dickens' "Christmas Carol" to Madison Avenue he successfully combines satire, (hear what happens to Tiny Tim) clever songs and genuine righteous anger to show ad agency Scrooges (who Freberg later served in his own fashion) "who's birthday we're celebrating." Coming when it did at a season in an era dominated by advertising, it's as clever and reverent to the true meaning of Christmas as any traditional holiday song, not to mention twice as funny.
"Tip of the Freberg" also includes portions of his two remarkable "Presents the United States of America" CDs, recorded nearly 40 years apart. But the last two discs lose some momentum. Apart from a haunting, darkly humored ad aimed at cutting off Vietnam war funding, you hope the milk and chow mein products Freberg wrote for had less filler than their ad upon ad repetition does on Disc 4. (Rhino, whose gathered some remarkable box sets, could cleverly have interspersed Freberg's commercials throughout the set for a more evenly funny listen.)
"The Conspiraski Theory" puts three of 1998's infamous news personalities into a smile-inducing but slight ditty, where prime Freberg could have turned it into a grand slam sketch. (That, plus his NPR "Stan Freberg Here" commentaries link him more closely to Fred Allen than Andy Rooney.) Even so, anyone wanting to understand the satirical, pun-filled, even seething 1950s humor - which inspired "Bullwinkle," the Firesign Theater, National Lampoon, David Letterman, Jerry Seinfeld and every single commercial you've ever laughed at, should hear Freberg's work. Highly recommended, but if budget prohibits choose any of Freberg's one-disc Capitol collections or multi-disc sets from his radio show.
WARNING: Satire is all in fun, no offense meant..........2003-01-18
this box set is wun'erful, wun'erful! i just had to say that, forgive me!! anyway, i love this box set and the video of his TV commercials are hilarious. i love the one about the Turkey and Giblets with James Mason and this southern talking woman! i also laugh at the Gene Rayburn lookalike on the frozen pizza commercial where he slaps this woman with the pizza box. the hilarity comes from the guy's deadpan delivery. the video also includes two commercials with his son, Donavan "Encyclopedia Brittanica" Freberg. the music/comedy skits are also hilarious but on the Volume 3 CD containing a majority of his "Presents the United States of America" routines, from 1961 and from the sequel in 1996, Stan's voice comes in crystal clear but his co-stars voices sound miles away. i don't know if it was intentionally recorded that way or not...but that's the way the routines sound on the Volume Three CD. the producer or engineer might've forgot to turn on his co-star's mikes? don't let that distract you from getting this career spanning box set, though. well, i played volume three on my brother's CD player and it sounded terrific and so i realized that my speaker had a short in it and i went out and bought me a new CD player and Volume Three is alright! the booklet is fabulous and every aspect of Stan's career is showcased except his cartoon work for Warner Brothers...one thinks Rhino should've added an audio version of a classic cartoon that Stan and Mel Blanc voiced? maybe someone else will examine Stan's cartoon work? Tip of the Freberg is stunning and mind blowing with all the facts and trivia. on the video, Stan performs "The Conspirasky Theory", and it's delightful to see/hear Stan continue to satirize politics.
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- Greatest Hits!...with a couple missing
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Stan Freberg - Greatest Hits
Stan Freberg
Manufacturer: Curb Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000000D69
Release Date: 1993-05-18 |
Tracks:
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Customer Reviews:
Greatest Hits!...with a couple missing.......1999-02-18
Classic Stan Freberg, I didn't know how much I missed listening to him until I bought this, I wish it would have included "The Great Pretender" and it would have been complete in my eyes, I miss a couple of others, but great, great CD, I enjoyed it very much, brought back some "wunderful wunderful" memories :o) Dayyyyyyyyyoooo!
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Manufacturer: Emi Gold
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00009V3OO
Release Date: 2003-07-01 |
Tracks:
- Yellow Rose of Texas
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- Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)
- C'est Si Bon
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Album Description
16 track collection from Hollywood vocal impressionist. Copy Controlled. EMI Gold. 2003.
Album Details
Freeberg was a Record Studio Master Impressionist/Comedian who Started Out in the Warner Bros., Parmount and Walt Disney Studios of the 1950's. He Developed a Summer Radio Show Replacement for Jack Benny Where He Expanded the Comedy Platform and Achieved his Greatest Fame. His Sarcastic, Sardonic Wit Pushed the Envelope on Many of his Works. This Collection Includes Some of his Best Bits with Parodies of the Pop Fare of his Day on his Renditions of "The Yellow Rose of Texas", "Rock Island Line", "Heartbreak Hotel" and "The Great Pretender" and More
.all Classic Comedy!
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- Very Funny for those with a Sense of Satire!
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Binding: Audio CD
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- Two Tin Pan Alley Songwriters
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Customer Reviews:
Very Funny for those with a Sense of Satire!.......1998-06-18
I started with his first volume as a child, and was happy to learn of a second. A few parts are not as hysterical as I had hoped, but definitely this CD is a Must Hear. My brother & I listened to it as we drove to his wedding, and were singing along, loudly, laughing the entire time. If you can appreciate a good spoof, than this is your best history lesson.
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The tracks are: 1.The Flying Saucer (Parts 1 & 2), 2. Heartbreak Hotel, 3. Transfusion, 4. Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots, 5. Beep Beep, 6. Rubber Biscuit, 7. Witch Doctor, 8. The Purple People Eater, 9. Short Shorts, 10. Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu, 11. The Return Of Jerry Lee, 12. Ahab The Arab, 14. The Blob, 15. The Monster Mash, 16. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, 17. Long Tall Texan, 18. Haunted House, 19. They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!, 21. Paralyzed.
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Master Satirist
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Release Date: 2007-07-17 |
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The Stan Freberg Show
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ASIN: B000007O0G
Release Date: 1995-11-01 |
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