On Nov 19, 9:41*pm, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> Dick R. wrote:
> > Hi Mark and all,
> > To make a short story long, I remember riding my bicycle down to the local
> > record shop in the very early 50s. When there weren't any adults around,
> > the proprietor would play some Tom Lehrer records. I still have a Tom
> > Lehrer 45 extended play album issued in the early 50s. Ah, memories. *:-)
>
> Cool story, Dick. *He came to my parents' attention when played some
> shows at the Hungry I in SF in the late '50s, so we had all his albums
> on vinyl when I was growing up. *I still have those 3 LPs on vinyl and
> am slowly transferring them to MP3s using a USB turntable that I got for
> Xmas. *As a chemist married in the Catholic church, "The Elements" and
> "The Vatican Rag" are two of my all-time favorites, though there are
> just too many good songs to choose from.

I am old enough to remember Tom Lehrer releases on vinyl. There have
been a few transfers to CD. The most complete likely is a fairly
recent 3 CD set called "The Remains of Tom Lehrer", and it recently
appeared in a Collectors' Choice catalog for US$44.95. They have site
at www.ccmusic.com . The set includes albums, unreleased material,
photos, notes, a disc of his 1959 concerts at MIT, etc.

In the same catalog I noticed a nearly complete 20 CD collection of
nearly everything that Edith Piaf recorded including material never
released before. The collection is called "L'Integrale . There are 413
tracks in all. She did not appear on film much, but she can be seen in
a small part in the French movie "Paris Cancan". This makes a very
tedious connection with wine because customers are drinking a lot of
Champagne in the Moulin Rouge where Piaf is singing :-).