The Tip of the Freberg: The Stan Freberg Collection 1951-1998 (1999)

About this title: Tip of the Freberg: The Stan Freberg Collection 1951-1998 is a massive four-CD set, not only including oodles of material from all facets of Stan Freberg's recorded work (largely from the '50s and '60s, although it goes all the way up to the late '90s), but there's also a 20-minute video with his humorous television commercials. The first disc is devoted to his musical parodies from the '50s, and on both an entertainment and significance level, it's the best of the four. Besides his debut hit "John & Marsha," there are fairly funny and expertly produced, if sometimes mean-spirited, spoofs of ... read more

Tracks:

1. John & Marsha [Freberg/Stone/Liebe]
2. I've Got You Under My Skin [Porter]
3. That's My Boy [Freberg]
4. Try [Freberg/Raksin]
5. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise [Seitz/Raskin]
6. C'Est Si Bon [Betti/Hornez/Seelen]
7. A Dear John & Marsha Letter [Freberg/Liebert/Bar]
8. Sh-Boom [Feaster/Keyes/Feast]
9. The Yellow Rose of Texas [George]
10. The Great Pretender [Ram]
11. Heartbreak Hotel [Axton/Durden/Presle]
12. Rock Island Line [Leadbelly]
13. The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) [Axton/Durden/Presle]
14. Tele-Vee-Shun [Freberg]
15. Wun'erful, Wun'erful [Side Uh-One & Side Uh-Two] [Freberg]
16. Ya Got Trouble [Willson]
17. The Old Payola Roll Blues, Pts. 1-2 [Freberg]
18. The Worst of the Town [The Most of the Town] [Freberg/Butler]
19. That's Right, Arthur [Freberg/Butler]
20. St. George and the Dragonet [Schumann/Butler/Fre]
21. Little Blue Riding Hood [Freberg/Butler/Schu]
22. Christmas Dragnet (Yulenet), Pts. 1-2 [Freberg/Butler/Schu]
23. Point of Order (Baa, Baa Black Sheep) [Freberg/Butler]
24. Person to Pearson [Freberg/Butler]
25. The Honey-Earthers [Freberg/Butler/May]
26. The Lone Psychiatrist [Freberg/Butler/Lark]
27. Elderly Man River [Freberg/Barnum/Kern]
28. Freberg in Advertisingland [Freberg/Barnum]
29. Bang Gunleigh, U.S. Marshall Field [Freberg/Barnum]
30. Incident at Los Voraces [Freberg/Barnum]
31. Green Chri$Tma$ [Freberg]
32. Overture [Freberg]
33. Columbus Discovers America [It's a Round, Round World] [Freberg]
34. Pilgrim's Progress (Take an Indian to Lunch) [Freberg]
35. The Thanksgiving Story (Under the Double Turkey) [Freberg]
36. Declaration of Independence (A Man Can't Be Too Careful What He ...) [Freberg]
37. Betsy Ross and the Flag (Everybody Wants to Be an Art Director) [Freberg]
38. Stephen Foster Beloved Songwriter [Freberg]
39. Barbara Frietchie Martyr of the Year [Freberg]
40. Shoot If You Must
41. Alexander Graham Bell and the First Phone Call [Freberg]
42. Thomas Edison Invents the Light Bulb! The Phonograph!, Pt. 1 [Freberg]
43. Perseverance [Freberg]
44. Thomas Edison Invents the Light Bulb! The Phonograph!, Pt. 2 [Freberg]
45. Planned Obsolescence [Freberg]
46. Henry Ford Invents Detroit [Freberg]
47. Perseverance (Reprise) [Freberg]
48. Omaha!, Pts. 1-2 [Freberg]
49. Folk Songs for Our Time (Oh Dat Freeway System) [Freberg]
50. Who Listens to Radio? [Freberg]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.