Songs by Tom Lehrer

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Songs By Tom Lehrer
Studio album by Tom Lehrer
Released	1953
Recorded	1953
Genre	Satire
Length	37:13
Label	Lehrer Records
Producer	Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer chronology
Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953) An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959)

Songs by Tom Lehrer was Tom Lehrer's debut album. The original release was an issue of 400 copies, produced at his own expense in the (then) new 10" LP record format, with recording costs of $15 in January, 1953, recorded at the TransRadio studio in Boston. Records were sold for $3.50, and later $3.95. Later releases were issued in 10" and 12" LP format. Songs on this album were re-recorded and/or included in later albums and finally the box set The Remains of Tom Lehrer.

[edit] Track listing

Side 1

1. "The Old Dope Peddler"
2. "Be Prepared"
3. "The Wild West"
4. "I Wanna Go Back to Dixie"
5. "Fight Fiercely, Harvard"
6. "Lobachevsky"

Side 2

1. "The Irish Ballad"
2. "The Hunting Song"
3. "My Home Town"
4. "When You Are Old and Gray"
5. "I Hold Your Hand in Mine"
6. "The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz"

[edit] Sources

http://www.paul-lehrman.com/insider/1997/12insiderfulltext.html