8:15 12:15
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8:15 12:15 | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | June 1969 | |||
Recorded | January 12, 1969 Harrah's Lake Tahoe, Nevada | |||
Genre | Stand-up comedy | |||
Length | 71:20 | |||
Label | Tetragrammaton | |||
Bill Cosby chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
8:15 12:15 is the ninth comedy album by
Background
This album was recorded live at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, Nevada. As implied by the title, the album is made of recordings from two shows. The 8:15 show was more family-oriented material and the 12:15 contained more adult humor. Unlike Cosby's Warner Bros. LPs, the album is not divided into bits but instead purports to be complete recordings of the two shows.
Much of the record contains material already previously recorded on earlier albums and, indeed, some material performed on the first disc is also performed on the second disc. There are several instances of Cosby interacting with the audience, and at one point he introduces
This album was recorded not long before production began on The Bill Cosby Show, and on Side One Bill talks briefly about the upcoming series.
There are two versions of the album, one containing a few lines near the end of the 12:15 disc pertaining to his wife's pregnancy and alludes to a failed
The shows on this record were recorded a few hours after Joe Namath's New York Jets' guaranteed win over the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III. On side one, Bill asks how the football game was that day, and makes mention of "a lot of Baltimore people out there just eating".
Track listing
8:15
- Side One
- "Opening" – 17:35
- Side Two
- "Main Dinner Show" – 14:00
12:15
- Side Three
- "Opening" – 19:30
- Side Four
- "Main Second Show" – 20:15
References
- ^ Carruthers, Sean (2011). "Bill Cosby: 8:15 12:15". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 June 2011.