The First Family (1962) Vinyl LP • Comedy, Vaughn Meader, JFK, Kennedy

Catalog Number: CLP-3060

Record Grading: Excellent (EX), Sleeve Grading: Very Good (VG)

Condition Details:

Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover looks good; a few creases near edges; light-scuffing and surface impressions (front/back); slight discoloration with darker spots on back. Inner-sleeve is (original) generic white. Spine is unreadable with wear and developing split near center. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

• Act I
• Scene 1: The Experiment (with Vaughn Meader )
• Scene 2: After Dinner Conversations (Vaughn Meader, Naomi Brossart, Norma Macmillan, and Earle Doud )
• Scene 3: The Malayan Ambassador (Bob McFadden, Bradley Bolke, Jim Lehner, Earle Doud, Norma Macmillan, and Vaughn Meader )
• Scene 4: Relatively Speaking (Naomi Brossart, Vaughn Meader, Sara Dolley, and "The First Family" Cast )
• Scene 5: Astronauts (Earle Doud, Bob McFadden, Jim Lehner, and Bradley Bolke )
• Scene 6: Motorcade (Earle Doud and Vaughn Meader )
• Scene 7: The Party (Bob McFadden, Vaughn Meader, and Naomi Brossart )
• Scene 8: The Tour (with Naomi Brossart and Vaughn Meader )
• Act II
• Scene 1: But Vote!!
• Scene 2: Economy Lunch (Chuck McCann, Vaughn Meader, Earle Doud, Jim Lehner, Bob McFadden, George Foster, and Bradley Bolke )
• Scene 3: The Decision (Jim Lehner, Bradley Bolke, Vaughn Meader, and Bob McFadden )
• Scene 4: White House Visitor (Jim Lehner, Bradley Bolke, Earle Doud, Vaughn Meader, and Mark Hunter )
• Scene 5: Press Conference (Vaughn Meader, Jim Lehner, Earle Doud, Bob McFadden, Zahma Cunningham, and Chuck McCann )
• Scene 6: The Dress (Earle Doud and Naomi Brossart )
• Scene 7: Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (Vaughn Meader and Naomi Brossart )
• Scene 8: Auld Lang Syne (Vaughn Meader, Naomi Brossart, Norma Macmillan, and Earle Doud )
• Scene 9: Bedtime Story (Vaughn Meader and Norma Macmillan )

About The Record:

The First Family is a comedy album, a good-natured parody of President John F. Kennedy, both as Commander-in-Chief and as a member of a large, well-known political family. The album was honored as the "largest and fastest selling record in the history of the record industry" selling at more than a million copies per week for the first six and one-half weeks in distribution, by January it had sold more than 7 million copies. Cadence president Archie Bleyer credited the album's success to radio airplay.