That Was The Year That Was

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Identifier:
IA.ITM.002701
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Description
That Was the Year That Was is a live album recorded at the hungry i in San Francisco, containing performances by Tom Lehrer of satiric topical songs he originally wrote for the NBC television series That Was The Week That Was, known informally as TW3. All of the songs related to items then in the news.

First U.S. pressing with subdued gold, pink, and green Reprise center labels. Includes one record with liner notes. Inner sleeve features other titles available from the Reprise Records catalog.

Side one:
  1. "National Brotherhood Week" – 2:35
  2. "MLF Lullaby" – 2:25
  3. "George Murphy" – 2:08
  4. "The Folk Song Army" – 2:12
  5. "Smut" – 3:15
  6. "Send the Marines" – 1:46
  7. "Pollution" – 2:17

Side two:

  1. "So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)" – 2:23
  2. "Whatever Became of Hubert?" – 2:13
  3. "New Math" – 4:28
  4. "Alma" – 5:27
  5. "Who's Next?" – 2:00
  6. "Wernher von Braun" – 1:46
  7. "The Vatican Rag" – 2:14

Related person
Tom Lehrer (artist)
Related place
San Francisco (created)
Format
vinyl records (format)