Andy and his grandmother [sound recording] / Andy Kaufman.
Material type: SoundPublisher number: DC-410CD | Drag CityCopyright date: ℗2013Description: 1 audio disc : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- spoken word
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- Produced by Vernon Chatman ; edited by Rodney Ascher ; mixed by Bram Meindersma ; mastered by Frans Hendriks.
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult CD | Main Library | CD | COMEDY Kaufman, Andy | Available | 33111007857408 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Released nearly 30 years after his death, Andy Kaufman's "debut comedy album" Andy and His Grandmother is a skittish, strange hodge-podge of half-baked ideas, leftover recordings, and found-sound brilliance, and for folks who take their album titles literally, it contains very little material from his Grandmother. It's also an excuse for the "death hoax" rumor to rear its head again, but it's doubtful that Kaufman would have green-lit such an archival project because there are moments here that are certifiably "hardcore fans only" (a long bit where Andy defends the tag of "genius"; too much relationship talk to take). Preaching to the converted just wasn't his bag. Still, with a scant bit of material available, Kaufman fans will relish this set, which was compiled and edited by Rodney Ascher and pulled from 82 hours of micro-cassette recordings Kaufman captured between 1977 and 1979. The conversations with Grandma ("Does it take pictures?" "No, it records sound", "Sound?" "Yes! SOUND!") are the charming, relatable bits from which the album gets it title, but there are plenty of uneasy girlfriend conversations, too, where fans can eavesdrop on a relationship from the first post-coital talk ("Slice of Life") to its bitter, micro-cassetted end ("I Want Those Tapes"). There are some hilariously brilliant bits, like the cosmic "Sleep Comedy" and the silly wonder called "Andy Can Talk to Animals," plus SNL star Bill Hader provides narration while Jim O'Rourke provides a wee bit of music. This is too unfinished and uneven to call a masterpiece, but Kaufman's loyal fan base should still check out this insightful and wonderfully weird experiment. ~ David Jeffries
Compact disc.
Andy is making a record -- Andy and his grandmother -- Andy's land live -- Andy loves his tape recorder -- Slice of life -- Andy goes to the movies -- Kick in the pants -- Andy can talk to animals -- I'm not capable of having a relationship -- Hookers -- Andy and his grandmother go for a drive -- Sleep comedy -- [Honk] vs. [Dog] A -- [Honk] vs. [Dog] B -- Andy goes for a taxi ride -- Andy's English friend Paul -- I want those tapes.
Produced by Vernon Chatman ; edited by Rodney Ascher ; mixed by Bram Meindersma ; mastered by Frans Hendriks.
Performed by Andy Kaufman.
Selections of recordings made during 1977-1979.