FACTORY SEALED - A Wild and Crazy Guy by Steve Martin, Vinyl, LP, Vintage, 1970s

Cover Condition - FACTORY SEALED
Sleeve Condition - FACTORY SEALED Record Condition - FACTORY SEALED This record is FACTORY SEALED from when it was produced.  I am not a grading expert, please see photos for more details.
Description

A Wild and Crazy Guy is an album by American comedian  released in 1978. It reached number two on 's . The album was eventually certified .

It contains the hit novelty single "", backed up by the  performing under the name, the Toot Uncommons. Martin also performed "King Tut" on . It also has Martin revealing his 'real' name, which he admits is the sound of him flipping his lips.

The album was released just as his fame grew and the format reflects this. The first half of the album was performed in front of a small audience at  in , , where his previous album had been recorded. The second half of the album was performed at the . The switchover between venues is handled in a segue in the opening minute of the track "A Wild and Crazy Guy" which opened Side Two of the original vinyl long-player – Steve reads a bogus financial disclosure report to the audience at The Boarding House nightclub, and when he gets to calculating concert revenues he reveals his desire to make over $2 million on a single show; the audience reaction quickly changes from the enclosed intimacy of The Boarding House to the far more raucous, open amphitheatre of Red Rocks near Denver.

Martin reprises his role as Georg, one of the  Festrunk Brothers (a role he had popularized with  on ) on two tracks – the second half of "A Wild and Crazy Guy" and "You Naive Americans".

The album won the  in 1979 for .

In 2015, the album was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the  and selected for preservation in the .

Track listing[] "I'm Feelin' It"  – 5:32 "Philosophy/Religion/College/Language"  – 10:18 "Creativity in Action/"  – 2:25 "A Wild and Crazy Guy"  – 7:00 "A Charitable Kind of Guy"  – 1:38 "An Exposé"  – 2:54 "Cat Handcuffs"  – 1:41 "You Naïve Americans"  – 2:00 "My Real Name"  – 3:06 ""  – 3:40
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