Country | United States |
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Language | English |
Genre | humor |
Publisher | National Lampoon |
Publication date | 1976 |
National Lampoon Songbook was an American humorous songbook which was issued in 1976. Although it appears to be a book in its own right, it was a "special issue" of National Lampoon magazine and as such it was only sold on newsstands. People who had a subscription to the magazine would still have to buy these special issues; they were not included in the subscription.
Many of the songs in the songbook were from the musical stage show, Lemmings . A few other songs, including the whole musical "Moby!" were from The National Lampoon Radio Hour . Other songs were from the album Goodbye Pop . There were also some visual print pieces (illustrations and photographs) included. The first piece in the songbook is Deteriorata , which was on the album Radio Dinner . The musical arrangements were by Dan Fox.
The songbook was edited by Sean Kelly. The cover illustrations was a drawing showing a number of musicians on stage and a row of the audience. The drawing was a group effort by cartoonists Randall Enos, Gahan Wilson, Bobby London, Jeff Jones, Shary Fleniken and Charles Rodrigues. The songbook was designed by the design studio Pellegrini, Kaestle & Gross, Inc.
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