CD</br>recorded in July 1965</br>made in USA</br></br>Product Description</br></br>1965?? to be exact?? when the Hah-vahd Professor issued such belly-laughin' broadsides as Pollution; Send in the Marines; National Brotherhood Week; The Vatican Rag?? and more.</br></br>Amazon.com</br></br>Harvard-educated mathematician by trade and sociopolitical humorist and satirist by avocation?? ivory tickler Tom Lehrer sang irreverent ditties that both outraged and delighted listeners during his on-again?? off-again heyday of public performance in the late 1950s through the 1970s. Perhaps best known for his "ning Pigeons in the Park??"Lehrer combined razor-sharp wit with dry delivery inspired by everything from vaudeville and ragtime to whimsical show tunes and faux folk. Though a tad dated?? Lehrer's wickedly pointed <i>That Was the Year That Was</i> is as good a representation of the mid-'60s American social and political climate as any. Recorded live in 1965 and composed largely of songs from the contemporaneous NBC series <i>That Was the Week That Was</i>?? the album takes on boho Americana ("e Folk Song Army")?? censorship ("mut")?? and the atomic bomb ("ho's Next"). Devilishly funny as well are the outstanding "Vatican Rag" and the puzzle that is "New Math." <i>--Paige La Grone</i></br><br/>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002KO77 MP3 Ring