Album: The First Family

Recorded 56 years ago today, October 22, 1962.

I had that album and listened to it so much that I could recite every line.

In my book on the Toba volcano today I read about Richard Leakey’s discovery of the “Lucy” bones, and then some other bones nearby that they dubbed “The First Family.” This reminded me of Vaughn Meader’s album, which I too grew up with although I was never awfully fond of it. I found the YouTube video of it, downloaded the audio for free then burned a CD-R of it. I may listen to it again when I get old & feeble.

On the day President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Lenny Bruce appeared at a scheduled evening performance in Milwaukee. The first words out of his mouth were, “Boy, is Vaughn Meader fucked.”

I'm not surprised that you were not fond of the album. It was political satire and you were eight years old when it came out.