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Released | November 1968 | ||
Recorded | September 1968 | ||
Venue | Troubadour | ||
Genre | Comedy | ||
Length | 33:28 | ||
Label | Dove/Reprise | ||
Producer | Robert Marchese | ||
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Richard Pryor is the debut album of comedian Richard Pryor.[1][2] It was recorded live in 1968 at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, California.[1]Gary Burden, an American artist, designed the album cover which was nominated for Best Album Cover at the 12th Annual Grammy Awards[3][4]
Track listing[edit]
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'Super Nigger' | 3:16 |
2. | 'Girls' | 3:25 |
3. | 'Farting' | 2:02 |
4. | 'Prison Play' | 9:12 |
5. | 'T.V. Panel Show' | 7:09 |
6. | 'Smells' | 2:43 |
7. | 'Army Life' | 4:48 |
8. | 'Frankenstein' | 0:56 |
Album cover[edit]
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Gary Burden, who designed the album cover, said Pryor wanted to do something 'kind of Roots-y' for the cover.[3] Burden thought 'roots' for Pryor would be some kind of tribal or African thing, so he got authentic African artifacts and weapons that fit the idea of a 'tribal bushman'.[3] Pryor said he knew of a cave right near his home in Beverly Hills that would be an ideal location for the shoot. Burden found charred sticks from a previous fire, and Pryor donned the necklace, belt and the authentic brass nose ring, and posed with the bow and arrow for the cover.[3] After seeing the photos, and how primitive Pryor looked in them, Burden thought they had the look of National Geographic.[3][5] Burden then enlisted his friend Rick Griffin to do artwork that resembled their magazine border, which made the cover look 'totally real, like a cover of National Geographic'.[3] Burden said that as a result of that cover, he received two letters: 'one was a letter from the National Geographic Society’s attorneys offering to sue me for defaming their publication. The second letter was a Grammy nomination for the best album cover'.[3] The album was later re-issued with a modified cover, the yellow border was intact, but the inner border of oak and olive leaves was replaced with the Statue of Liberty in what appears to be a lined ruler.[6][a]
Review[edit]
In Scott Saul’s book, Becoming Richard Pryor, Saul opined that in 1968 when Pryor was performing at the Troubadour; 'he invented a style that was as far-out as Frank Zappa and as defiant as H. Rap Brown, and was catalyzed by the fusion of the two movements. On the one hand, the freewheeling ethic of the counterculture shaded Richard’s act with irony, making his more political moves seem provisional and subject to revision. On the other, the militancy of the Black Power movement sharpened his zaniness, giving it a point: his improvisations could cut you open with their poignancy or shock you with their bitterness'.[7]
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Notes[edit]
- ^The modified cover can be seen here - Richard Pryor at AllMusic (click on photo to enlarge); and a side by side comparison of the two covers at National Geographic Collectors Corner.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ abSullivan, James (June 8, 2010). Seven Dirty Words: The Life and Crimes of George Carlin. Da Capo Press. p. 115. ISBN978-0-7867-4592-0.
- ^Luft, Eric (September 21, 2009). Die at the Right Time!: A Subjective Cultural History of the American Sixties. Gegensatz Press. p. 103. ISBN978-1-933237-39-8.
- ^ abcdefgViolet, J. (September 1, 2009). 'Richard Pryor'. Gary Burden.
- ^'Gary Burden'. Recording Academy - Grammy Awards.
Best Album Cover, Richard Pryor (Album)
- ^Haggins, Bambi. Laughing Mad, The Black Comic Persona In Post-Soul America(pdf). Rutgers University Press. p. 51. ISBN978-0-8135-3984-3 – via Arizona State University.
- ^ abWilson, George Thomas (December 5, 2017). 'The National Geographic Society vs. Richard Pryor'. National Geographic Collectors Corner.
- ^Yaffe, David; Saul, Scott (December 10, 2014). 'How Richard Pryor Beat Bill Cosby and Transformed America'. The Daily Beast.
Further reading[edit]
Kreps, Daniel (November 28, 2015). 'Classic Richard Pryor LPs Released Digitally for First Time'. Rolling Stone.
External links[edit]
- Richard Pryor at AllMusic
- Richard Pryor at Discogs
Richard Pryor Albums List
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(CNN) -- Just days after his 65th birthday, groundbreaking comedian Richard Pryor died Saturday of a heart attack, his wife told CNN.
Pryor, who had been ill with multiple sclerosis, died at Encino Hospital near Los Angeles at 7:58 a.m. PT. Jennifer Lee Pryor tried to revive him at their home before paramedics arrived and took him to the hospital, she said.
'He enjoyed life right up until the end,' she said, adding that Pryor had been laughing a lot and was in good spirits in the two weeks preceding his death. 'At the end, there was a smile on his face.'
Jennifer Lee and Richard remarried in June 2001, 19 years after they divorced. (Watch an interview with his wife -- 6:07)
Born Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor in Peoria, Illinois, on December 1, 1940, the funnyman had long suffered from health problems at the time of his death. In addition to his multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 1986, he suffered a massive heart attack and underwent triple-bypass surgery in 1990. (Watch Larry King interview Pryor -- 3:36)
Pryor was known for his raunchy stand-up comedy and a variety of acting roles, including in 'Superman III,' 'The Toy' and 'Harlem Nights,' in which he starred with his comedic predecessor, Redd Foxx, and his heir apparent, Eddie Murphy. (Pryor's filmography)
Though Pryor was known as a comic, Oscar-nominated director Spike Lee said he also was capable of serious roles, such as in 1972's 'Lady Sings the Blues,' a movie that earned five Academy Award nominations. (Watch the serious side of Pryor -- 2:25)
Lee also noted that it was Pryor who gave several entertainers license to inject social commentary into their comedy, acting or art. Lee, best known for his socially charged 'Do the Right Thing,' said he was 'definitely' one of those entertainers.
'For me, Richard was a great. He was an innovator. He was a trailblazer, and the way he showed social commentary in his humor opened up a universe for other comics to follow in his footsteps,' Lee said.
Pryor was arguably the biggest name in stand-up comedy during the 1970s, earning Grammy Awards for his comedy albums.
In addition to appearances in almost 40 films, Pryor also was part of the team that created the script for the Mel Brooks comedy, 'Blazing Saddles.'
He also directed himself in a semi-autobiographical film, 'Jo Jo Dancer Your Life is Calling,' in the mid-1980s, a film he says refused to be written as a comedy.
But despite his achievements on the screen and on stage, Pryor is often remembered for seriously burning over half his body while freebasing cocaine -- an incident he later dubbed a suicide attempt.
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Even that made its way into his comedy, which his wife said was a common theme in his life -- being able to turn crisis into comedy -- and one that scored big with audiences at his stand-up shows.
As his disease became more and more debilitating, Pryor refused to abandon his career. He continued to do stand-up -- sitting down. Many have called it remarkable that he was so determined to keep performing despite his illness.
One is director Martin Scorsese, who said Pryor's resilience was inspiring.
'It's a very savage kind of humor, it comes out of a great deal of pain,' Scorsese said.
Jennifer Lee Pryor said her husband inspired many people by being candid about his own strife.
'He was able to turn pain into comedy,' she said. 'He let the world see it, and that was his inspiration, too.
'People said, 'If he can do it, I can do it.' '
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Pryor was married seven times to five different women and has seven children, Renee, Richard Jr., Elizabeth, Stephen Michael, Kelsey, Franklin and Rain.
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