''First Rush'' is the debut album by
American
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comedian
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Chris Rush. The album was released in 1973 on
Atlantic Records
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. Originally on
LP and
8 track, the album was re-released as a
digital download in 2009 by Comedy Spotlight.
"First Rush" is a reference to the state of
euphoria
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one may have after the intake of an
opiate
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. This is known commonly as a
Rush
Rush(es) may refer to:
Places
United States
* Rush, Colorado
* Rush, Kentucky
* Rush, New York
* Rush City, Minnesota
* Rush Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary), Illinois
* Rush Creek (Marin County, California), a stream
* Rush Creek (Mono Cou ...
.
Shorter promotional
flexi discs titled, "This Is Your First Rush" were placed in the July '73 issue of
National Lampoon Magazine
''National Lampoon'' was an American humor magazine that ran from 1970 to 1998. The magazine started out as a spinoff from the ''Harvard Lampoon''. ''National Lampoon'' magazine reached its height of popularity and critical acclaim during th ...
, where Rush was an original contributing writer and editor from 1970-1973.
It was marketed as, "The Cosmic Comedy of Chris Rush" which was written on the back cover.
Track listing
Side one
# Even Nice People Get TV (
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...
) (Puerto Rican Wagon Train) (
Howdy Doody) – 4:32
# Ca-Ca-Ah-Ah-Doody-Poo-Poo - 1:32
#
Grass (Munchie Monster) (The Dealer Man) (El Exigente) (Lawrence Talbot Turns On) (Filtered Prunes) - 9:00
#
Science Fiction (
U.F.O.
An unidentified flying object (UFO), more recently renamed by US officials as a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon), is any perceived aerial phenomenon that cannot be immediately identified or explained. On investigation, most UFOs are ide ...
) (Alien Meets the Wino) (
Star Trek
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) (Getting High in the Future) - 3:49
Side two
# Jesus In A Dope Bust - 3:17
# Sister John Damian's Virgin School - 6:22
# Golden Zits Of The Fifties - 3:00
# Mind Farts - 3:32
#
Naked Ape - 0:55
# Blacula Meets Tar Baby - 2:52
# Abie's Magic Hat - 1:45
Personnel
*Bob Prewitt - Recording and Editing Engineer
*David Kuntz - Assistant Engineer
*George Laccorn - Assistant Engineer
*Johanna Prewitt - Assistant Engineer
*Thomas Hachtman - Art Direction
*Michael Sullivan - Photograph
*Paul Gorgone - Special Thanks
*Linda Meyer - Special Thanks
*Richard Skidmore - Special Thanks
*Bob Warner - Special Thanks
*Landrush Productions INC. - Management
References
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1973 debut albums
Atlantic Records albums
Chris Rush albums
1970s comedy albums