Vietnam
1975 · Earth E-1003 · USA
- Artist
- Sam Moss
- Title
- Vietnam
- Release
- Vietnam / Painting
- Year
- 1975
- Label
- Earth # E-1003
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Sam Moss
- Genre
- Spoken Word · Comedy
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Vietnam (Moss, Sam) (Earth # E-1003) Spoken-word, comedy
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation
Vietnam (Porter, Sam)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Earth E-1003-P (EALP 1075), Earth Records, 322 W. 48th St., New York; "Vietnam", time 1:01, "From the album ELPS 1003 I Am Curious (Jewish)"; produced by Jack Luskin. The parent LP, Earth ELPS-1003 (stereo, 33⅓ RPM, side matrix EALP 1071-A), is "A Motzah Ball Production" and is "Rated כשר X – For Mature Audiences Only". Its side one lists "Painting" (:35), "Hormones" (3:55), "Toilet Seat Cover" (2:57), "Noodle Soup" (4:00), "Vietnam" (1:02) and "Plumber and the Parrot" (2:30), and the label credits "Arr., Conceived & Prod. by: Jack Luskin". The back cover notes by Jack Luskin present Moss as "Baltimore's own super salesman of appliances and home improvements". The cover pictures him in a dark tonal portrait on the front and with a startled expression on the back. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Comedian born in East Baltimore and raised in its Jewish community, known locally as a 'salesman extraordinaire' in the appliance and home-improvement trade and as an impromptu entertainer at dinner parties, Bar Mitzvahs and weddings; 'I Am Curious (Jewish)' was billed as his professional debut. [Source: record sleeve and labels]