BRUCE, LENNY ~ THE LAW, LANGUAGE AND LENNY BRUCE ~ lp (warner brothers / phil spector records - 1974)
as atlantic records partner and president jerry wexler said to phil spector (who released the lp via a distribution deal with warner bros.): ‘thank you for the test pressing on lenny, i think it’s fantastic. many of the bits in this lp surpass in brilliance, insight and compassion anything i’ve heard of lenny’s. i had come to the point where his juridical musings were beginning to put me off, and i was beginning to his obsession with his trial (and trials) as a bore. i have a new insight. lenny really achieves new dimensions as a prophet when he addresses himself to the nature of the law, the judge and the policemen in the same sense as the old testament prophets did when the attacked kings and commoners alike, exposing the unending cop-outs and rationalizations which with people protect their paltry possessions and nurse their hard-won neuroses and precious foibles. those in power are better able to perpetuate their grip on their baggage, both material and psychic, than those they oppress; but both haves and have-nots are uptight in this regard. when lenny is really popping and cooking, as he is in this lp, i get so turned on that i get a euphoric kick. it is a case of terrific rapport and shared viewpoint, and the electric like viewpoint, and an electric-like phenomenon and awareness takes place, perhaps what james joyce refers to as an “epiphany” in portrait of the artist. lenny induced this in me many times in clubs, but i don’t remember it happening listening to his records until this time.’… perfect SEALED NM+ original copy with very small cutout.
BRUCE, LENNY ~ THE LAW, LANGUAGE AND LENNY BRUCE ~ lp (warner brothers / phil spector records - 1974)
BRUCE, LENNY ~ THE LAW, LANGUAGE AND LENNY BRUCE ~ lp (warner brothers / phil spector records - 1974)
as atlantic records partner and president jerry wexler said to phil spector (who released the lp via a distribution deal with warner bros.): ‘thank you for the test pressing on lenny, i think it’s fantastic. many of the bits in this lp surpass in brilliance, insight and compassion anything i’ve heard of lenny’s. i had come to the point where his juridical musings were beginning to put me off, and i was beginning to his obsession with his trial (and trials) as a bore. i have a new insight. lenny really achieves new dimensions as a prophet when he addresses himself to the nature of the law, the judge and the policemen in the same sense as the old testament prophets did when the attacked kings and commoners alike, exposing the unending cop-outs and rationalizations which with people protect their paltry possessions and nurse their hard-won neuroses and precious foibles. those in power are better able to perpetuate their grip on their baggage, both material and psychic, than those they oppress; but both haves and have-nots are uptight in this regard. when lenny is really popping and cooking, as he is in this lp, i get so turned on that i get a euphoric kick. it is a case of terrific rapport and shared viewpoint, and the electric like viewpoint, and an electric-like phenomenon and awareness takes place, perhaps what james joyce refers to as an “epiphany” in portrait of the artist. lenny induced this in me many times in clubs, but i don’t remember it happening listening to his records until this time.’… perfect SEALED NM+ original copy with very small cutout.