Woody Allen (album)

Woody Allen
Live album by Woody Allen
Released	July 1964
Recorded	March 1964
Venue	Mister Kelly's, Chicago
Genre	Comedy
Length	c.37 minutes
Label	Colpix CP 518 [1]
Woody Allen chronology
Woody Allen (1964) Volume Two (1965)

Woody Allen is a live 1964 comedy album by the American comedian ^[2] and later notable film director Woody Allen. This was Allen's debut recording, and was recorded at Mister Kelly's nightclub in Chicago. ^[3] It was the first of three comedy albums released by Allen.

Overview

It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Performance at the 7th Annual Grammy Awards in 1965; it lost to Bill Cosby's album I Started Out as a Child , which coincidentally had also been recorded at Mister Kelly's. ^[3]

The album peaked at No. 63 on the Billboard Top LPs during an eleven-week stay on the chart. ^[4]

Reception

Billboard magazine highlighted the album as a Comedy Spotlight in their July 25, 1964 issue and wrote that "He is a very funny fellow. The material is uniformly hilarious throughout the album. Of course Allen's delivery is polished to a point whereby he may soon be the nation's No 1. comedian". ^[5]

Track listing

1. "Private Life"
2. "Brooklyn (incl. Floyd)"
3. "The Army"
4. "Pets (incl. Spot)"
5. "My Grandfather"
6. "My Marriage"
7. "The Bullet"
8. "N.Y.U."
9. "A Love Story"
10. "The Police (incl. Library Book, Neanderthal)"
11. "Summing Up"

Personnel

• Scotty Schacter, Jerry De Clercq – engineer
• Don Bronstein – photography
• Jack Lewis – producer

Influence

Many comedians have cited Allen's influence on them and their work. In an interview John Mulaney specified that he had listened to Allen's 1965 album. ^[6]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1964	Grammy Award	Best Comedy Album	Woody Allen Album	Nominated	[7]

1964–1968

Three albums, Woody Allen, recorded at Mr. Kelly’s in Chicago, March 1964 (Colpix release #515); Woody Allen Volume 2, recorded at The Shadows, Washington D.C. (Colpix release #488), April 1965; and The Third Woody Allen Album, recorded at Eugene's ("a cabaret dedicated to raise money to aid Eugene McCarthy" ^{[8] [9]} ), San Francisco, August 1968 (Capitol #2986); ^{[10] [11]} were reissued, in 1972, as a gatefold 2-LP record set, Woody Allen: The Night Club Years 1964-1968, ^{[12] [13] [14]} in 1978, as a gatefold 2-LP record set, Woody Allen: Standup Comic, ^[8] and in 2014, as a CD boxset, Woody Allen: The Stand-Up Years: 1964–1968. ^{[15] [16]}

Woody Allen On Comedy

Woody Allen On Comedy was released by Laugh.Com, tracks, of which, are provided to YouTube. ^{[17] [18]}

Charts

Chart (1964)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs [4]	63

References

1. "Woody Allen – Woody Allen". discogs.com. June 1964. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
2. Stang, JoAnne (November 3, 1963). "Verbal Cartoons: They happen when Woody Allen talks of life, death and why his toaster hates him" (PDF). The New York Times Magazine. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 16, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2023. Woody Allen profile
3. Marion Meade (2000). The Unruly Life of Woody Allen: A Biography. Simon and Schuster. p. 62. ISBN   978-0-684-83374-3.
4. Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top LPs, 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 8. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
5. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 25, 1964. p. 50. ISSN   0006-2510.
6. Koster, Rick (November 10, 2012). "John Mulaney talks standup, "SNL" and pirates". The Day . Retrieved September 17, 2021.
7. "Woody Allen". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
8. • Allen, Woody (1978). "Woody Allen: Standup Comic". discogs. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
   • Allen, Woody. "Woody Allen: Standup Comic". cover
9. • "Political Cabaret Opens With Tribute to Dr. King". The New York Times. April 9, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
   • Carmody, Deirdre (April 25, 1968). "EUGENE'S FACING STATE TAX CHECK; McCarthy Fund Donations at Cafe Under Study". The New York Times. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
   • "Today in History, April 30". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved September 15, 2023. Sen. Eugene McCarthy responds to questioning newsmen during a visit to Eugene's, a political cabaret, in New York, April 30, 1968. Some 250 person welcomed the senator to the cabaret at 1034 second avenue.
   • "A SECOND 'EUGENE'S' IS OPENED ON COAST". The New York Times . Special to The New York Times. May 12, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
10. "WELTANSCHAUUNG, VOL. 3" (PDF). HiFi/Stereo Review. worldradiohistory.com. January 1969. p. 75. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
11. "Rare Woody Allen Stand-Up Comedy From the 1960s to Be Released". Time.com . September 22, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
12. Allen, Woody (1972). "The Night Club Years 1964-1968". discogs.com. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
13. Allen, Woody (1978). "Woody Allen standup comic, 1964-1968". Stanford University library. Los Angeles, Calif: United Artists. Retrieved September 5, 2023. First performance. Private life (5:43); Brooklyn (3:47); The army (1:20); Pets (1:06); My grandfather (:53); My marriage (2:47); Bullet in my breast pocket (:47); N.Y.U. (2:27); A love story (3:32); The police (5:08); Down south (3:49); Summing up (1:25) Second performance. The vodka ad (4:54); Vegas (1:34); Second marriage (7:48); The great Renaldo (2:11); Mechanical objects (5:38); The moose (2:38); Kidnapped (2:54); Unhappy childhood (2:43); The science fiction film (1:48); Eggs benedict (1:36); Oral contraception (:27); European trip (5:43); The lost generation (2:21).
14. "Woody Allen : Night Club Years 1964-1968 (LP, Vinyl record album)". dustygroove.com. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
15. "Woody Allen's Sixties Stand-Up Albums Reissued". Rolling Stone magazine. September 22, 1964. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
16. Murphy, Mary Jo (January 15, 2015). "Woody Allen's Early Stand-Up Years". The New York Times. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
17. Allen, Woody; Wilde, Larry (July 24, 2001). "Writing". youtube. Laugh.com, Inc. Retrieved September 12, 2023. Wood Allen on Comedy
18. Allen, Woody. "Woody Allen On Comedy; Laugh.Com – LGH 1043". discogs. Retrieved September 12, 2023.