Live at the Comedy Store, 1973

Description

Richard Pryor contained multitudes, each fully inhabited character funnier and more insightful than the last, so it’s no wonder when he took the stage at The Comedy Store in Hollywood in 1973, it’d be a full 15 minutes before he spoke to the adoring audience as himself. No, he needed to start where he started, on the streetcorner, with all the wit, wisdom, and general jackassery of ‘Wino & Junkie’. Throughout a set full of hard jokes and detailed character sketches (including the men of the Saturday night police lineup in his hometown of Preoria, Illinois-the first and riskiest stage he knew), the audience has the chance to get caught up in the silliness so inherent to Pryor while never losing sight of the issues America had yet to face (and hasn’t still).

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Introduction – Richard Pryor
2. Street Corner Wino – Richard Pryor
3. Wino & Junkie – Richard Pryor
4. Fighting – Richard Pryor
5. Masturbating – Richard Pryor
6. Dope – Richard Pryor
7. Sex – Richard Pryor
8. Religion – Richard Pryor
9. Acid – Richard Pryor
10. Black Movie Stars – Richard Pryor
11. Cops – Richard Pryor
12. The Line-up – Richard Pryor
13. Nixon – Richard Pryor
14. Celebrities in the Audience – Richard Pryor
Disc 2
1. Death – Richard Pryor
2. Niggers & Italians – Richard Pryor
3. Jim Brown – Richard Pryor
4. Black Films – Richard Pryor
5. Jesus Saves – Richard Pryor
6. Street Corner Wino (Evolution/revolution Edit) – Richard Pryor