Tap Dancing on Woody’s Windpipe

In one of my more forgettable recent posts I mentioned Woody Allen’s great standup comedy recordings from the mid-1960s. Mrs. QC kindly dug out my vinyl compilation of these recordings, “The Nightclub Years 1964-1968″, which evidently is available on CD only as an import with different cover art.

Here is some historical background from the liner notes of “Nightclub Years”:

In 1964 [Allen] recorded his first album live at Mr. Kelly’s in Chicago. The following year he recorded a second album at The Shadows, a small cabaret in Washington, D.C. Finally, in 1968, he recorded his third album in concert at Eugene’s in San Francisco.

If I recall correctly, my parents saw Allen perform standup live at The Bitter End nightclub in Greenwich Village. That must have been awesome.

Anyway, I was about to get away from the ‘puter and listen to “Nightclub Years” on the ole’ hi-fi when I realized YouTube probably has a lot of this material. And I was right.