Six of Richard Pryor’s comedy albums from 1974 to 1983 have been compiled right into a 7xLP field set titled I Hope I’m Humorous: The Warner Albums. The expansive reissue arrives tomorrow, April 18th through Rhino Data.
Restricted to simply 1,000 copies, the gathering contains the next six albums: That N*****’s Loopy, …Is It One thing I Mentioned?, Bicentennial N*****, a double LP of Needed/Richard Pryor Dwell in Live performance, Dwell on the Sundown Strip, and Right here and Now. Pre-orders are ongoing.
Every of those releases earned Pryor a Grammy nomination for Greatest Comedy Album, and he took dwelling awards for all however Needed/Richard Pryor Dwell in Live performance. Notably, Right here and Now was recorded when the legendary comedian was sober for the primary time since he was 14 years outdated.
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The liner notes had been penned by College of California English professor Scott Saul, that includes a quote from comic Paul Rodriguez saying that “there are two durations in comedy in America: earlier than Richard Pryor and after Richard Pryor.”
Saul added, “The Age of Pryor has by no means ended. Throughout the six albums collected right here, Pryor blew open what a comic may do onstage, and it’s the uncommon comic who shouldn’t be one way or the other in his debt.”
See the packaging and full tracklist for I Hope I’m Humorous: The Warner Albums beneath.
I Hope I’m Humorous: The Warner Albums (1974-1983) Paintings:
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I Hope I’m Humorous: The Warner Albums (1974-1983) Tracklist:
That N*****’s Loopy
Aspect A
01. I Hope I’m Humorous
02. N****r with a Seizure
03. Have Your Ass House by 11:00
04. Black & White Life Kinds
05. Exorcist
06. Wino Coping with Dracula
Aspect B
01. Flying Saucers
02. The Again Down
03. Black Man/White Lady
04. N****s vs. the Police
05. Wino & Junkie
…Is It One thing I Mentioned?
Aspect A
01. Eulogy
02. Scarcity of White Folks
03. New N****s
04. Cocaine
05. Simply Us
06. Mudbone – Intro
Aspect B
01. Mudbone – Little Feets
02. When Your Lady Leaves You
03. The Goodnight Kiss
04. Girls Are Lovely
05. Our Textual content for At this time
Bicentennial N*****
Aspect A
01. Hillbilly
02. Black & White Girls
03. Our Gang
04. Bicentennial Prayer
Aspect B
01. Black Hollywood
02. Mudbone Goes to Hollywood
03. Chinese language Restaurant
04. Acid
05. Bicentennial N****r
Needed/Richard Pryor Dwell in Live performance
Aspect A
01. New Yr’s Eve
02. White and Black Folks
03. Black Funerals
04. Self-discipline
Aspect B
01. Coronary heart Assaults
02. Ali
03. Holding in Form
04. Leon Spinks
Aspect C
01. Canine and Horses
02. Jim Brown
03. Monkeys
04. Children
Aspect D
01. Nature
02. Issues within the Woods
03. Deer Hunter
04. Chinese language Meals
05. Being Delicate
Dwell on the Sundown Strip
Aspect A
01. Girls
02. Jail
03. Africa
Aspect B
01. Mafia Membership
02. Mudbone
03. Freebase
04. Hospital
Right here and Now
Aspect A
01. Right here and Now
02. Southern Hospitality
03. Slavery
04. Motherland
05. I Met the President
06. Hearth Exit
07. Mudbone (Half One)
Aspect B
01. Mudbone (Half Two)
02. Inebriated
03. One Evening Stands
04. One Day at a Time
05. I Like Girls
06. Being Well-known
07. I Keep in mind