Burns and Carlin at the Playboy Club Tonight

Burns and Carlin at the Playboy Club Tonight is the 1963 debut album by the comedy duo of Jack Burns and George Carlin. The album was actually recorded at a club named Cosmo Alley in Hollywood, California and not at the Playboy Club.^[2] It was recorded in May 1960 but was not released until 1963.^[3]

By the time of the album's release, Burns and Carlin had already split up amicably in 1962 to pursue separate endeavors. Burns teamed with Avery Schreiber and the duo were a successful comedy act until their breakup in 1974. Carlin continued to perform stand-up and record comedy albums until his death in 2008.

The album has been re-issued twice, both with alternate track listings: in 1972 as The Original George Carlin and again in 1981 as Killer Carlin (which itself was re-issued on CD in 1995).

Track listings

Original

Side 1

1. Mothers Club - 5:41
2. Killer Carlin - 3:00
3. Captain Jack & Jolly George - 4:17
4. War Pictures - 4:39

Side 2

1. Herb Coolhouse - 5:54
2. Edward R. Murrow - 4:05
3. Lenny Bruce-Mort Sahl - 5:46

1972 release

Side 1

1. Mother's Club - 4:35
2. Herb Coolhouse - 4:23
3. The Original "Person to Person" - 3:50
4. Captain Jack and Jolly George - 2:34

Side 2

1. Lenny Bruce - 2:05
2. Mort Sahl - 3:31
3. Killer Carlin - 3:00
4. War Pictures - 4:33

1981 release

1. Mothers Club – 4:39
2. Killer Carlin – 2:47
3. Capt. Jack and Jolly George – 4:01
4. War Pictures – 3:42
5. The Cool World – 5:16
6. Person to Person – 3:34
7. The Sickest – 1:54

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