''Burns and Carlin at the Playboy Club Tonight'' is the 1963 first and only

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by the short-lived

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and

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. The album's title is technically a slight exaggeration, because the album was actually recorded at a club named Cosmo Alley in

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; not at the

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. It was recorded in May 1960 but was not released until 1963. By the time of the album's release, Burns and Carlin had already split up amicably in 1962 to pursue separate endeavors, and the rights of the album were given to Carlin as his first album. Burns teamed with

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and the duo were a successful comedy act until their breakup in 1974. Carlin continued to perform stand-up and record comedy albums until his death in 2008. The album has been re-issued twice, both with alternate track listings: in 1972 as ''The Original George Carlin'' and again in 1981 as ''Killer Carlin'' (which itself was re-issued on CD in 1995).

Track listings

1963: ''Burns and Carlin at the Playboy Club Tonight''

1972: ''The Original George Carlin''

1981: ''Killer Carlin''

Track list is the same for the CD re-release of ''Killer Carlin'' in 1995.

References

{{Authority control 1960s comedy albums 1960s spoken word albums 1963 debut albums George Carlin albums Jack Burns albums