The Lord Buckley Discography, Videography & Filmography
Official Releases
Comic Novelties (“On a Cocoanut Island”)/LP
Solitaire Records, 1949; #: 509. Dick Buckley appears with a short routine and Louis Armstrong-inspired vocals on a track (“On a Cocoanut Island”) from this rare release.
Euphoria/LP
Vaya Records, 1951; #:CPM 10-1715, a 10” mono red vinyl LP, and as Euphoria Vol. I, a 12” mono LP; #:VLP-101/102 in 1954. Produced by Jim Dickson and Peter Grant. Directed by Mel Welles and Dick Zalud. Music under the direction of Dick Smith, assisted by Larry Kinnamon and Bill Richmond. Liner notes by Lord Buckley. Artwork by Andi. Recorded in Los Angeles, California.
“The Nazz,” “Mark Antony’s Funeral Oration,” “Nero,” “Murder”
Euphoria Vol. II/LP
Vaya Records, 1955; #:VLP-107/108. Produced by Jim Dickson. Directed by Mel Welles. Liner notes by Lord Buckley. Artwork by Andi. Recorded in Los Angeles, California.
“Jonah and the Whale,” “Cabenza de Gasca (The Gasser),” “The Hip Gahn,” “The Dog and the Wolf,” “The Grasshopper and the Ant,” “The Mouse and the Lion,” “The Lion’s Breath”
Hipsters, Flipsters, and Finger Poppin’ Daddies, Knock Me Your Lobes/LP & EP
RCA Victor, 1955; #:LPM-3246 (10” 33 rpm LP), #:EPB-3256 (7” 45 rpm LP). Sir Harry M.G. (Harry Geller) Musical Director. Album design by James Flora. Liner notes by Lord Buckley.
“Friends, Romans, Countrymen,” “Hip Hiawatha,” “To Swing Or Not To Swing?,” “Boston Tea Party,” “Is This The Sticker?”
Way Out Humor/LP
World Pacific, 1959; #:WP-1279. Recorded live at the Ivar Theater in Los Angeles, California, February 12, 1959. Reissued by World Pacific in 1964 as Lord Buckley in Concert: #:WP-1815. Released in Great Britain as Lord Buckley in Concert on Fontana: #:68801022, 1966 in Great Britain. Reissued in Great Britain by Demon Verbals, Demon Records Ltd. in 1985 as Lord Buckley in Concert: #:Verb 4. Produced by Richard Bock. Photography by William Claxton. Reissue photography by William Claxton and Ray Avery. Liner notes by Dan James. Reissue liner notes by C.P. Lee.
“Supermarket,” “Horse’s Mouth,” “Black Cross,” “Lions,” “The Naz,” “My Own Railroad,” “Willie the Shake,” “God’s Own Drunk”
The Best of Lord Buckley/LP
Crestview, 1963; #:CRV-801 (mono) & #:CRV7-801 (stereo). Material previously issued on Vaya Records with the addition of “Gettysburg Address.” Reissued in stereo by Elektra, 1969; #:EKS-74047 in United States and #:2410 002 in Great Britain. Produced by Jim Dickson. Engineering by Charles Tacot. Cover design of Crestview release by William H. Harvey. Cover design of Elektra release by Robert Heimall. Collage by Eve Babitz. Liner notes by Charles Tacot. Photography by Jim Marshall.
“The Nazz,” “Gettysburg Address,” “The Hip Gahn,” “Jonah and the Whale,” “Marc Antony’s Funeral Oration,” “Nero”
The Parabolic REVELATIONS of the Late Lord Buckley: A Collection of Six Lessons by the ‘Hip Messiah’/LP
Pye Records/Nonesuch, 1963; #:PPL 208. Originally recorded in Hollywood, California, 1952. Edited under the supervision of Denis Preston by Vic Keary with direction by Ed Randolph. Liner notes by Francis Newton and Ed Randolph.
“Jonah and the Whale,” “Georgia, Sweet and Kind,” “The Nazz,” “Chastity Belt,” “Governor Gulpwell,” “Murder”
Lord Buckley: Blowing His Mind (and yours too)/LP
World Pacific, 1966; #:WP-1849. Recorded live at the Ivar Theater in Los Angeles, California, February 12, 1959, except “Maharaja” and “Scrooge” which were recorded in 1960 at Pacific Recorder studios. Reissued in Great Britain as Lord Buckley: Blowing His Mind (and yours too) by Fontana, 1966; #:TL5396. Reissued in Great Britain as Lord Buckley: Blowing His Mind (and yours too) by Demon Verbals, Demon Verbals Ltd., 1985; #:Verb 3. Produced by Richard Bock. Photography by William Claxton. Reissue photography by William Claxton and Ray Avery. Liner notes by Jim Dickson. Reissue liner notes by Jim Dickson and C.P. Lee.
“Subconscious Mind,” “Fire Chief,” “Let It Down,” “Murder,” “The Gasser,” “Maharaja,” “Scrooge”
Buckley’s Best/LP
World Pacific, 1968; #:WPS-21879; Liberty Records, 1969; #:LBS 83191E in Great Britain. Live performances culled from World Pacific’s previous 1959 Ivar Theater releases plus a previously unreleased Ivar track, “Martin’s Horse.” Produced by Richard Bock. Art direction by Woody Woodward. Design by Gabor Halmos. Photography by William Claxton. Liner notes by Fred Buckley.
“Supermarket,” “The Naz,” “The Gasser,” “Subconscious Mind,” “Willie The Shake,” “Martin’s Horse,” “God’s Own Drunk”
Bad-Rapping of the Marquis de Sade/LP
World Pacific, 1969; #:WPS-21889. Originally recorded in early 1960 at the Gold Nugget in Oakland, California. Reissued in Great Britain by Demon Verbals, Demon Records 1986; #:Verb 6. Produced by Don Mupo (uncredited). Reissue photography by Ray Avery. Front cover design by Roger Chouinard and Ron Wolin. Liner notes by John Carpenter. Reissue Liner notes by John Carpenter and C.P. Lee.
“Bad-Rapping of the Marquis de Sade,” “H-Bomb,” “Chastity Belt,” “The Ballad of Dan McGroo,” “His Majesty the Policeman”
a most immaculately hip aristocrat/LP, CD, Cassette Tape
Straight LP, 1970; #:STS-1054. Reprise LP, 1970; #:RS-6389. Reissued on LP as a most immaculately hip aristocrat in Great Britain by Demon Verbals, Demon Verbals Ltd. in 1989; #:Verb 8. Enigma Cassette Tape, 1989; #:7 73398-4. Rhino-Bizarre/Straight & Enigma CD, 1989; #:7 73398-2. Produced & Engineered by Lyle Griffin. Executive Producer: Herb Cohen. Edited by Frank Zappa. Written by Lord Buckley. Cover by Cal Schenkel. Cover photography by Ed Caraef. Interior photo by Ray Avery. Liner notes by Richard Selnikoff. Originally recorded in 1956, Los Angeles, California.
“Bad-Rapping of the Marquis de Sade—King of the Badcats,” “Governor Slugwell,” “The Raven (The Bugbird),” “The Train,” “The Hip Einie”
The Legendary LORD BUCKLEY Live in Concert/Cassette Tape
A Bruce Mitchell Ignition got Paranoid Plastics Production, 1982. Produced by C.P. Lee. A reissue of material found on Buckley’s previously issued World Pacific recordings.
“The Nazz,” “Horse’s Mouth,” Black Cross,” “H-Bomb,” “God’s Own Drunk,” “Willie the Shake,” “His Majesty, the Policeman,” “The Gasser”
Lord Buckley LIVE: The Tales of Lord Buckley/Cassette Tape
Shambhala, 1991; #:SLE 20. A compilation from various sources. “The Hip Gahn,” “The Gettysburg Address,” “Murder,” “Trouble,” and “James Dean” are drawn from Lord Buckley’s released and probable unreleased output for Hip Records in 1956. “God’s Own Drunk,” “The Nazz,” “The Gasser,” and a re-mastered “Scrooge” are drawn from Lord Buckley’s World Pacific releases. “Is This the Sticker?” is drawn from Lord Buckley’s 1955 RCA Victor release, Hipsters, Flipsters and Finger-Poppin’ Daddies, Knock Me Your Lobes. Finally, “Baa Baa Blacksheep” is a previously unissued track, an outtake probably from the 1955 RCA Victor sessions. Executive Producer: Dan Barrett. Produced by Richard Buckley, Jr. Photography by George Jerman.
“The Hip Gahn,” “The Gettysburg Address,” “God’s Own Drunk,” “Is This the Sticker?,” “The Nazz,” “Trouble,” “Murder,” “Baa Baa Blacksheep,” “Scrooge,” “James Dean,” “The Gasser”
His Royal Hipness, Lord Buckley/CD
“The Nazz,” “Gettysburg Address,” “The Hip Gahn,” “Cabenza de Gasca (The Gasser),” “Jonah and the Whale,” “Marc Antony’s Funeral Oration,” “Nero,” “People (Epilogue)”
Discovery Records, 1992; #:71001. Material originally released on Euphoria and Euphoria Vol. II on Vaya Records and subsequently reissued on Crestview (1963) and Elektra (1969) as The Best of Lord Buckley with the addition of “Cabenza de Gasca (The Gasser)” and the previously unissued “People (Epilogue).” Produced by Jim Dickson. Liner notes by Charles Tacot. Photography by Ray Avery.
Bad-Rapping of the Marquis de Sade/CD
World Pacific/Capital Records, 1996; #:CDP 7243 8 52676 28. Reissue of Bad-Rapping of the Marquis De Sade (WPS-21889) and partial reissue of Lord Buckley: Blowing His Mind (and yours too) (WP-1849). The bulk of the material was originally recorded in early 1960 at the Gold Nugget in Oakland, California. The balance of the material (“Maharaja” and “Scrooge”) was drawn from World Pacific’s Lord Buckley: Blowing His Mind (and yours too) in 1960 at Pacific Recorder. Produced by Don Mupo (uncredited) and Richard Bock. Reissue produced by Michael Cuscuna. Front cover design by Roger Chouinard and Ron Wolin. Liner notes by Oliver Trager.
“Bad-Rapping of the Marquis de Sade,” “H-Bomb,” “Chastity Belt,” “The Ballad of Dan McGroo,” “His Majesty the Policeman,” “Maharaja,” “Scrooge”
The Tales Of Lord Buckley – Wild Truth/CD
BMG Recording Ltd., 2004; #: 5401A. A series of CDs featuring reissued and unreleased material. Produced by Richard Buckley Jr.
“Intro,” “Trouble,” “Murder,” “His Majesty, the Pedestrian,” “His Majesty, the Policeman,” “M.G. Rehearsal,” “M.G. Commercial,” “H-Bomb,” “Subconscious Mind, “Supermarket,” “Governor Slugwell,” “My Own Railroad,” “Chastity Belt,” “My Own Railroad,” “Martin’s Horse,” “The Bad-Rapping of the Marquis de Sade,” “Flowers”
The Tales Of Lord Buckley – Professor of Hiplogy/CD
BMG Recording Ltd., 2004; #: 5402A. A series of CDs featuring reissued and unreleased material. Produced by Richard Buckley Jr.
“The Black Cross,” “The Hip Gahn,” “Nero,” “The Nazz Live,” “Jonah and the Whale,” “The Copout,” “The Gasser,” “The Gettysburg Address in Hip,” “The Gettysburg Address,” “People Worship,” “When the Saints Go Marching In”
The Tales Of Lord Buckley – Drama King/CD
BMG Recording Ltd., 2004; #: 5403A. A series of CDs featuring reissued and unreleased material. Produced by Richard Buckley Jr.
“Willy the Shake,” “Hipsters Flipsters,” “To Swing or Not to Swing,” “The Raven,” “he Boston Tea Party,” “The Wipeout of Swingin’ Danny McGroove,” “The Hip Einie,” “The Horse’s Mouth,” “James Dean,” “Langston Hughes”
The Tales Of Lord Buckley – Hip Classics/CD
BMG Recording Ltd., 2004; #: 5404A. A series of CDs featuring reissued and unreleased material. Produced by Richard Buckley Jr.
“Bah Bah Black Sheep,” “The House Dog and the Wolf,” “The Lion’s Breath,” “Foxie the Fox,” “Hip Ant and The Grasshopper,” “The Mouse and the Lion,” “Louise the Mouse,” “Redfeather,” “Fred and Jim,” “God’s Own Drunk,” “Hip Hiawatha,” “Trains,” “Lonesome Road,” “Flight of the Saucer,” “Wildman from Wildsville,” “Digital Scrooge,” “The Swingin’ Pied Piper”
The Royal Court of Lord Buckley/CD
él Records/Cherry Red Records, 2006; #: ACMEM74CD. Material originally released on Euphoria and Euphoria Vol. II on Vaya Records and subsequently reissued on Crestview (1963) and Elektra (1969) as The Best of Lord Buckley. This product was apparently copied without license and includes the first CD release of Buckley’s Aesop Fables.
“The Nazz,” “Mark Antony’s Funeral Oration,” “Nero,” “Gettysburg Address,” “Jonah and the Whale,” “Murder,” “Cabenza de Gasca (The Gasser),” “The Hip Gahn,” “The Dog and the Wolf,” “The Grasshopper and the Ant,” “The Mouse and the Lion,” “The Lion’s Breath”
Sunday Brunch at the Lighthouse Hermosa Beach/CD
BMG Recording Ltd., 2008; #: 5021A. A series of CDs featuring reissued and unreleased material. Produced by Richard Buckley Jr.
“Intro,” “Sleepy-time Girl,” “The Squirrel Gun,” “Neurotic Crocodile and the Fink,” “Murder,” “Georgia Sweet and Kind,” “The Origin of the Chastity Belt,” “Saints and Jonah,” “This is a Stretch,” “Anything but Love,” “Flowers,” “Pied Piper” (bonus track)
Fred & Charlie/CD
BMG Recording Ltd., 2008; #: 920 A. A series of CDs featuring reissued and unreleased material. Produced by Richard Buckley Jr.
“Engineer,” “Firehouse,” “In The Hold,” “Mermaid,” “Lions & Bananas,” “I Love You,” “Neurotic Crocodile,” “Lions,” “Fire Chief Live,” “Let it Down,” “Redfeather,” “Fred & Jim,” “Gods Own Drunk,” “Speak for Yourself John,” “KDLA Interview,” “Flowers,” Saints”
Singles (Seven inch 45 rpm EPs)
Flight of the Saucer (Parts 1 & 2)
Hip Records, 1956. #:HI-270-1/270-2. By Lyle Griffin & “Lord” Richard Buckley. Music by Lyle Griffin’s All Star “Jazz” Band with Dodo Marmarosa, piano; Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; arrangement by Tommy Talbert; with stratosphonic sound by Danny Gugliemi.
The Gettysburg Address (straight & hipsemantic versions)
Hip Records, 1956. #:HI-301-1/301-2.
James Dean’s (Message to the Teenagers)/ Speak For Yourself, John
Hip Records, 1956. #:HI-302-1/302-2
Compilation Albums
Zapped/LP
Bizarre Records, 1970. #:PRO-368.
“The Train” from the 1956 Lyle Griffin Hip Records sessions that produced a most immaculately hip aristocrat.
Zapped (Bizarre)/Straight Sampler/LP
Bizarre/Straight Records, 1991. #:PRO 2-9086.
“Governor Slugwell” from the 1956 Lyle Griffin Hip Records sessions that produced a most immaculately hip aristocrat.
The Golden Age of Comedy/LP
RCA Victor, 1972. #:LPV-580.
“Friends, Roman, Countrymen.” Outtake from RCA Victor’s 1955 LP/EP releases of Hipsters, Flipsters and Finger-Poppin’ Daddies.
Garden of Delights/LP
Elektra, 1969; #:S3-10.
“The Nazz” from Vaya’s original 1951 recording appearing on Euphoria, Euphoria Vol. 1, The Best of Lord Buckley, and His Royal Hipness can be found on this rare, three-record set.
Bizarre/Straight Sampler/CD
Rhino Records, 1991. #:PRO2 90086.
“The Train” from a most immaculately hip aristocrat.
The Beat Generation/CD
Rhino Records – Word Beat Series, 1992; #: R2 70281.
“The Hip Gahn” from Vaya’s original 1954 Euphoria Vol. II, The Best of Lord Buckley and His Royal Hipness can be found on this popular three-CD set.
“Gimme Dat Harp Boy!” — Roots of the Captain/CD
Ozit Morpheus Records, 1992; #: BS-Ozit CD302. Buckley’s “His Majesty, The Policeman” from a most immaculately hip aristocrat appears on this tribute Captain Beefheart album.
Beat, Beat, Beatsville—Beatnik Rock ’n’ Roll/CD
Bongo Records, Year Unknown; #: 1. This collection includes the soundstrack fromt he 1960 Beany & Cecil cartoon “The Wildman of Wildsville.” Buckley provided the voice of Go Man Van Go.
Unreleased Lord Buckley Recordings
Turk Murphy Acetate Los Angeles, California, 1950. Produced by Turk Murphy.
“The Moronic Father and the Idiot Son,” “Myrtle the Turtle,” “The Nazz,” “Murder”
The Lighthouse Hermosa Beach, California, 1953. Produced by Howard Rumsey.
Buckley is backed by the house band, The Lighthouse All-Stars with pianist Hampton Hawes, throughout his performances. “Jonah and the Whale” and “The Nazz” are both augmented with backing musical rave-ups from the house band of “When The Saints Go Marching In.” “Sleepy Time Gal” and “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” are Louis Armstrong-inspired Buckley vocalese presentations.
“Louis Armstrong,” “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love,” “The Neurotic Crocodile,” “Murder,” “The Nazz,” “Sleepy Time Gal,” “The Judge,” “Pursuit of Morpheus,” “Jonah and the Whale,” “Georgia, Sweet and Kind,” “Chastity Belt”
RCA Victor Outtakes Los Angeles, California. Early January, 1955. Produced by Harry Geller.
Benny Carter-alto saxophone, Maury Harris-trumpet, Milt Burnhart-trombone, Ted Nash-tenor saxophone, Edwin “Buddy” Cole-piano, Red Callender-bass, Lou Singer-drums.
“Baa-Baa Blacksheep,” “Pursuit of Morpheus,” “Jonah and the Whale,” “Speak For Yourself, John,” “Ace in the Hole,” “Meeting of Marc Antony and Cleopatra,” “Leviathan,” “Swingin’ Dan McGroo,” “The Raven”
Possible Hip Records Outtakes Los Angeles, California.Recorded in mid/late 1950s or 1960.
“His Majesty The Pedestrian,” “His Majesty The Policeman,” “The Train,” “Murder,” “H-Bomb,” “Trouble,” “Lonesome Road,” “Hip Talk Rap,” “The Hip Gahn,” “MG Commercial”
WERE-FM Aircheck Cleveland, Ohio. October 6, 1957. Produced by Bill Randle.
“Hip Chris,” “To Swing or Not to Swing,” “Wild Blue Yonder (Lord Buckley Describes Jet Ride),” “Shah’s Embroidered Pants,” “Jehovah & Finnegan,” “The Hip Einie,” “Leviathan,” “Pursuit of Morpheus” (partial), “The Gasser,” “The Raven,” “Swingin’ Pied Piper,” “Satellite Blips” (two takes)
Lost Studio Session September 25, 1958. Location Unknown.
“Swingin’ Pied Piper”
Lionel Hampton Session January 6, 1959. Studio location unknown. Recorded with an unidentified drummer, these two selections musically segue from one to the other.
“Gettysburg Address,” “Swingin’ Pied Piper”
Earl Brown Tapes Recorded at Earl Brown’s home in Beverly Hills, California. February, 1959. The cuts identified with an asterisk (*) were probably recorded at the Gold Nugget in Oakland, California in 1960. Guitarists Earl Brown and Howard Hatmaier accompany Buckley on several tracks.
“The Institution,” “Young Girl,” “Louise the Mouse,” “King of Robins,” “Lions” “Swingin’ Pied Piper (two versions),” “The Love Hook,” “Black Cross (three versions),” “People Worshipper,” “Big Dog (two versions),” “Lucius (The Golden Ass)” (two versions), “The Cow,” “Lanky Linc,” “Circus to the Lions,” “Scrooge,” “The Raven,”* “The Whistle Cord,”* “God’s Own Drunk (three versions)”
Ivar Theatre Outtakes Ivar Theatre, Los Angeles, California. February 12, 13, 14, 1959. Produced by Earl Brown. Peppy Romero plays guitar on “The Nazz,” “Black Cross,” the second take of “Swingin’ Pied Piper,” and “Jonah and the Whale”
“Dogs,” “Lions on Boat,” “High Mass,” “The Hip Gahn (two versions),” “The Moronic Father and his Idiot Son,” “Swingin’ Pied Piper (two versions),” “The Gasser,” “Willie the Shake,” “The Chickens,” “The Shooting of Dan McGroo,” “The Old Man,” “The Nazz,” “Big Dog,” “Black Cross,” “Supermarket,” “Gettysburg Address,” “The Train,” “The Raven,” “Lucius (The Golden Ass),” “Nero,” “Bad-Rapping of the Marquis de Sade,” “Jonah and the Whale”
L.S.D. Party Vanity Fair, Thad Ashby Home, Lake Arrowhead, Ca. 1959.
Buckley holds forth at a party.
“Lions,” “H-Bomb, “Bad-Rapping of the Marquis de Sade”
Performance For Sir Henry Miller Nepenthe. Big Sur, California. September 12, 1959. Recorded by Gary Larsen.
“Hipsters, Flipsters & Finger-Poppin’ Daddies,” “Is This The Sticker?” “God’s Own Drunk,” “The Raven,” “Black Cross,” “Swingin’ Pied Piper” (partial), “Amos ‘n’ Andy” (partial)
KPFA-FM Pacifica Interview with Bill Butler Berkeley, California. September 16, 1959.
“The Gasser,” “People,” “Willie the Shake,” “Hipsters, Flipsters and Finger-Poppin Daddies,” “To Swing or Not to Swing,” “Swingin’ Pied Piper”
Turk Murphy Studio Tape San Francisco, California, 1959.
Musicians: Turk Murphy-trombone, Al Conger-tuba and vocals, Larry Conger-trumpet, Bon Helm-clarinet, Pete Clute-piano, (?) Lammie-banjo, Hal McIntyre-drummer/engineer. Al Conger also reads Robert Service’s “The Ballad of Dan McGroo” in its original form.
“The Ballad of Dan McGroo,” “The Hip Gahn”
Hangin’ at Home Las Vegas, Nevada. December, 1959.
Lord Buckley holds court with friends and family.
Scott Brady’s House Los Angeles, California, 1960. Lord Buckley, Scott Brady, Prince Lewis and others discuss life. Buckley performs “Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen” with Dorris Henderson. Buckley leads the room in a ragged version of “His Majesty, the Pedestrian.” Performance highlight is Henderson’s solo rendition of an old, unidentified folk/blues chestnut.
“Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen,” “Folk/Blues,” “His Majesty, the Pedestrian”
KPUP Aircheck #1 Recorded at Outside at the Inside, Palo Alto, California, February 12, 1960.
“His Majesty, The Pedestrian,” “To Swing or Not To Swing”
KPUP Aircheck #2 Recorded at Outside at the Inside, Palo Alto, California, February 19, 1960.
“Leviathan”
Lost Gold Nugget Tape Recorded at The Gold Nugget, Oakland, California, 1960.
“Return of the Stranger,” “Nero,” “God’s Own Drunk,” “Swingin’ Pied Piper”
Lost Gold Nugget Tape #2 Recorded at The Gold Nugget, Oakland, California, 1960.
“Black Cross,” “The Bugbird,” “God’s Own Drunk,” “Swingin’ Pied Piper”
From a Vanilla Quark Location and date unknown. Probably 1960.
“Jonah and the Whale,” “Murder,” “Chastity Belt,” “The Nazz”
United Artists Archive Probably recorded at The Gold Nugget, Oakland, California, 1960.
“Gettysburg Address (partial),” “His Majesty, The Pedestrian,” “Jonah and the Whale,” “Nero”
From The Cosmos Date and Location unknown but probably recorded in Sausalito, California, 1960.
“The Raven,” “Lucius (‘The Golden Ass’),” “My Own Railroad,” “Black Cross,” “Murder,” “Jonah and the Whale,” “Gettysburg Address”
Note: Performed with unidentified bass and bongo players. The first part of both “The Raven” and “Lucius” are missing.
Charles Campbell Party Tape San Francisco, California. July 3, 1960.
“Blacksheep,” “Sheepherder,” “Myrtle the Turtle,” “Bad-Rapping of the Marquis de Sade,” “His Majesty the Pedestrian”
Second City Chicago, Illinois. August 1960.
“Introduction,” “Black Cross,” “God’s Own Drunk,” “Lucius (The Golden Ass),” “Gettysburg Address”
Studs Terkel WFMT-FM Interview Chicago, Illinois. August 1960.
“Gettysburg Address,” “Hipsters, Flipsters and Finger-Poppin’ Daddies,” “Willie the Shake,” “Swingin’ Pied Piper,” “His Majesty the Pedestrian,” “People,” “The Raven”
George Greif Acetates California Early 1950s-1960.
“Jonah and The Whale,” “His Majesty, the Pedestrian,” “His Majesty the Policeman,” “The Train,” “Murder,” “A-Bomb,” “Gettysburg Address,” “The Raven,” “Leviathan,” “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,” “Swingin’ Pied Piper”
Prince Lewis Foremaster Archive California-New York. 1959-1960.
Along with several of the above-mentioned recordings (Hangin’ At Home, Scott Brady’s House and Second City), Lewis Foremaster haphazardly archived Buckley in a variety of informal settings over the course of the last year or so of Lord Buckley’s life.
Television & Film
The Ed Sullivan Show/Talk of the Town (television)
1949: “Amos ‘n’ Andy”
1949: “Amos ‘n’ Andy”
1955: “Amos ‘n’ Andy,” “Hat Routine”
1959: “Amos ‘n’ Andy”
Club 7 (television)/1949
“Put On Your Easter Bonnet,” “The Sinner”
We’re Not Married (film)/1955
Buckley plays a radio station manager and announcer in a scene with Fred Allen and Ginger Rogers midway through this film.
Tonight Show/Steve Allen (television)/1955
Brief hip rap and tumbling act with Skitch Henderson, Andy Williams and several others.
The Shooting of Dan McGrew/Unknown date and source, probably mid/late 1950s
Buckley performs Robert Service’s poem in an Old West barroom setting.
Spartacus (film)/1960. Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Very brief walk-on in a scene featuring a cast of thousands.
Chicago: 1st Impressions of a Great American City (film)/1960. Directed by Denis Mitchell
Buckley performs climax of “The Nazz” at the Gate of Horn nightclub in this unusual documentary film.
Beanie and Cecil (cartoon)/1960. Produced by Bob Clampett
Buckley lent vocal talents to Go Man Van Go, a beatnik character in the “Wildman of Wildsville” episode of this quirky cartoon.
The Source (film)/1999. Directed by Chuck Workman
Buckley appears via photograph and loose audio reference in this impressionistic documentary about the Beat Generation.