Carnegie Hall Concert

Disc 1
1	Introduction by Don Friedman
2	Miracle on 57th Street
3	The Airlines
4	Sound
5	The Kidnap
6	Point of View
7	Ku Klux Klan
8	A What's It Mean
9	Kennedy Acceptance Speech
10	On Humor
11	Nightclubs
12	Dykes and Faggots
13	Girl Singing
14	The Flag and Communism
15	Dear Abby
Disc 2
1	Las Vegas Tits and Ass 52:23
2	The Clap
3	Christ and Moses
4	Equality
5	Internal Revenue
6	Pills
7	Burlesque House
8	Judge Saperstein Decision
9	On Contermporaries
10	Shelly Berman
11	The Operation
12	The Joke
13	The End

Barnes & Noble

It's impossible to trace the full extent of Lenny Bruce's influence, but it's safe to say contemporary comedy, let alone stand-up, would simply not exist as it does today without his daring example. Bruce's free-flowing, jazz-like style was built on improvisatory rhythms, and his stand-up set was the first to blend highly charged political ideas into a wild and funny stream of consciousness. Integration, drugs, gays, lesbians, the generation gap, the Ku Klux Klan, moral philosophy, communism, interracial relationships -- after Lenny, nothing was taboo. THE CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT captures a genius on the creative ascent, and listening to it one hears the clear echoes of those who would follow his lead: Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Sam Kinison, and many others. The masterwork of a true visionary, this record marks the birth of modern American comedy. Donald Gray

All Music Guide

Lenny Bruce's legendary Carnegie Hall concert from 1961 was originally released as a 40-minute album in the '60s and was replaced in the '70s by a complete triple-LP set. In 1995, it was released on two CDs. In any format, the concert demonstrates what an intelligent and viciously funny talent Bruce was. Stephen Thomas Erlewine