Lenny Bruce - Lenny Bruce Originals 2

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Music Review: More Classic Early Lenny Bruce
Rating: 5 Stars

This CD compilation, like Originals Vol. 1, is an absolute must for all fans of the late, great Lenny Bruce. This volume contains two more early Lenny Bruce albums: I Am Not A Nut, Elect Me and American. Note: a few tracks from American were put on Volume one due to time constraints.

The four albums collected on Originals Volumes 1 and 2 were originally released by Fantasy Records in the late 1950s and pressed onto fancy red vinyl. For the CD release, Fantasy has digitally remastered these recordings. The result is a crisp, clean sound that is a joy to hear. I know - my father owned all the LPs, and as a kid in the 70's, I would listen to them on the family Hi-Fi. The remastering and CD quality is a definite improvement.

While these albums consisted of pre-written routines (in one bit, Lenny states that at the time, he did very little improv) and not the amazing free-form improvisational work of his later career, Lenny's genius and caustic wit shine through.

Some of the classic bits on this CD include White Collar Drunks, My Trip To Miami, Our Governors, Lima Ohio, and Marriage, Divorce, and Motels. Also present are Lenny's all-time great routines like The Steve Allen Show (where he talks about his problems with Allen's censors), The Palladium (Lenny's satire of the working life of a comedian) and How To Relax Your Colored Friends At Parties, where Lenny attacks the casual racism of self-professed "enlightened" white folks of the late 1950s.

These incendiary routines were the real reason why Lenny Bruce was persecuted by the authorities, not his use of vulgar language. Buy this CD and hear for yourself why Lenny Bruce was the most brilliant and daring comedian of all time.

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