How To Speak Hip + DIY Psychoanalysis Kit
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Released 13/07/2009. The legendary Del Close, influential improvisational theatre figurehead, comic mentor, teacher and sometime actor, is known primarily for the long list of household names who found themselves under his tutelage at some time or other (Ackroyd, the Belushi brothers, Candy etc) and a handful of bit part roles in some great movies, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and The Untouchables among them. But before all this, as his comedic ideas and talent were blossoming, Close cut these two fantastic spoken word albums, one for Mercury (Hip, recorded with John Brent in 1958) and the other for the little known Hanover label. Very much both of their time and timeless, these brilliant discs both satirized and cashed in on the How To. And Teach Yourself album craze that hit America in the late 1950s, combining some great knowing humour with a couple of fantastic characters and concepts.Over the years, these albums, and particularly How To Speak Hip, have earned cult status and become increasingly difficult to come by, but we re now proud to present this two-fer with both albums re-mastered, collected onto one disc and packaged with a to-scale recreation of the amazing booklet originally included with HTSH. Of course it goes without saying that, here at Wisecrack, we’d never condone the use of illegal or contraband consciousness expanding materials, but if you do happen to find yourself in the grip of something you d rather not tell your mother about, these albums might just provide the perfect aural accompaniment. Two-fer ! Both albums remastered and squeezed onto one disc. Both titles long since out of print and unavailable on CD anywhere in the known universe.
 How To Speak Hip - Introduction / Basic Hip / Vocabulary Building / The Loose Wig / The Riff / The Hang Up / Put On, Put Down, Come On, Come Down, Bring Down / Cool / Uncool / Field Trip #1 / Field Trip #2 / Field Trip #3 / Summary / The DIY Psychoanalysis Kit - General Introduction To Psychoanalysis / Psychological Testing / Diagnosis And Therapy / The Psychoanalytic Session / The Diagnosis Of Dr Siegfried Gesalt |
