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November 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Comedy on Vinyl: Stand-Up Comedy LPs
There was a time when I would listen to Bill Cosby records. But as I told you all recently that time is most certainly over. I still retain some affection for the idea of a comedy record – and by that I mean an LP, a stand-up comedy show pressed to vinyl. There’s something wonderfully indulgent about […]Archive
June 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 684
Bill Cosby, Bill Cosby Talks To Kids About Drugs (1971) Has there been a public bonfire of this sick cunt’s records yet? There should be. You can’t give them away. Well, you can – I inherited this one just recently, hiding in a pile of records I bought for my son…I wrote a while back […]Archive
January 14, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 967
Bill Cosby, The Best of Bill Cosby (1969) I used to have Bill Cosby’s debut comedy album, Bill Cosby Is A Very Funny Fellow…Right! (I used to think Bill Cosby was a very funny fellow). Now it’s a bit tough to decide. I talked a bit about the Bill Cosby thing here. But I’d recommend anyone […]Archive
November 20, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Hey, Hey, Hey – It’s Fat Chance of a Comeback: Bill Cosby’s Artistic Death
We’re watching our heroes go down. They’re dying, or being smoked out – being found out. Humiliating themselves, falling. The pop culture boom from the mid/late 1960s is what drew a lot of us, directly or indirectly to music and movies, TV and reading. For every sad story of someone passing there’s a terrible reminder […]Archive
September 14, 2011 by Simon Sweetman