Lily Tomlin - This is a Recording (1971) and 50 similar items

Catalog Number: 24-4055 Condition Details: Still in ORIGINAL SHRINK-WRAP (opened); loosened on back near top left . Vinyl plays with occasional crackles (play-graded). Cover has light-scuffing and some discoloration along opening where shrink is loose (front/back); small surface impression near front top center. Inner-sleeve is original (red with Polydor ads); one seam partially split. Spine is easy-to-read with mild wear. Minor shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.) Tracks: Alexander Graham Bell Mr. Veedle The Marriage Counselor Joan Crawford Obscene Phone Call The Repairman The Bordello Strike Peeved Ernestine The Pageant The F.B.I. The Mafia And The Pope Mrs. Mitchell Awards Dinner Boswick 9 I.B.M. About The Record: This is a Recording, by Lily Tomlin, is a comedy album. The album consists of comic sketches of Tomlin in her most famous character, Ernestine, the nosy, aggressive, and sharp-tongued telephone operator. The album's tracks include monologues in which Ernestine tangles over the phone with Joan Crawford, Gore Vidal (Mr. Veedle), Martha Mitchell, and J. Edgar Hoover. It was recorded live at the intimate Ice House in Pasadena, California. The album, Tomlin's first, won her a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording. Tomlin became the first woman to win this award for a solo recording (in 1962 Elaine May won for an album with Mike Nichols; in the years since only Whoopi Goldberg and Kathy Griffin among female comedians have won the award.) The album peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 200 albums list, the highest charting solo comedy album by a woman ever on the chart.