With their potent mixture of slapstick and fractured German dialect comedy, the pioneering vaudeville duo of Joe Weber and Lew Fields can rightly be called the granddaddy of all American comedy teams. They conquered Broadway with a series of hit burlesque comedies that pointed the way towards "Forbidden Broadway" and Mel Brooks' "The Producers" and laid the foundation for later comedy teams the Marx Brothers, Abbott and Costello, and the Three Stooges. Now for the first time, all of the pair's comedy recordings have been masterfully restored and compiled in one collection that tells the story of this hugely influential duo. Includes a 32-page booklet with new scholarship by celebrated authors Trav S.D., L. Marc Fields, and Richard Martin. List price: $16.99
OVERVIEW
- Catalogue number: ARCH 5023
- UPC: 868490000265
- Original release date: May 31, 2019
- Running length: 55:20 / 17 tracks
- Notes & packaging: Includes a 32-page full-color booklet
- Tracks recorded: 1912-1937
- In Archeophone’s Pioneers series
| Tracklist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hypnotic Scene | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1912 | |
| 2. | Drinking Scene | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1912 | |
| 3. | Mosquito Trust | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1912 | |
| 4. | Heinie at College | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1912 | |
| 5. | Etiquette Scene | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1912 | |
| 6. | Race Horse Scene | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1912 | |
| 7. | Contract Scene | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1912 | |
| 8. | Stock Exchange Scene | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1912 | |
| 9. | Insurance Scene | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1912 | |
| 10. | Singing Scene | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1912 | |
| 11. | Restaurant Scene | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1915 | |
| 12. | Trust Scene | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1915 | |
| 13. | The Marriage Market Scene | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1916 | |
| 14. | Baseball Game | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1916 | |
| 15. | Mike and Meyer at the Football Game–Part 1 | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1933 | |
| 16. | Mike and Meyer at the Football Game–Part 2 | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1933 | |
| 17. | Drinking Scene [live on radio] | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1937 | |