Abbott Vaughn Meader (Waterville, Maine March 20, 1936 – October 29, 2004)
There is a documentary relating to Meader "First Impersonator", available on DVD, and a trailer on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtWpweUUXII
http://www.firstimpersonator.com/Main.html
Vaughan Meader recordings (PLEASE send corrections, additions! Thanks! Thomas.):
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RANGELY [Blue Hill, Maine] VM101 7" 45rpm DATE ????
Going Down to Maine
If You'd Be My Friend
1962 CADENCE CLP 3060 The First Family
1963 CADENCE CLP 3065 The First Family Volume 2
2007 2-CD reissue Image Entertainment UPC: 089353702526
?????????? 2 lp on 1CD ????????
[Laurie LC 5000
Larry Foster and Marty Brill, featuring Toby Deene:
The Other Family (spoof on Khrushchev and other Soviet Leaders) ??2964???]
MGM August 17, 1963
53-XH-678 Goody, Goody unissued
53-XY-679 No Hiding Place MGM K 13169 45rpm
53-XY-680 The Elepahnt Song MGM K 13169 45rpm
1963 VERVE Christmas single - WITHDRAWN ?????????????
1964 VERVE V6-15042 HAVE SOME NUTS!!!
1964 VERVE V -15050 If The Shoe Fits
1969 NICE xxx The Whatever Happened to Vaughn Meader Album
1971 KAMA SUTRA KSBS 2038 The Second Coming
1974 movie "Linda Lovelace for President"
1981 Rich Little comedy album, The First Family Rides Again - Vaughn Meader guest appearance
resumed career in bluegrass and country music - in Maine. ??????????????
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From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Paul Stamler
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 3:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Two more extreme record collecting geeks
On 2/19/2013 7:03 AM, Tom Fine wrote:
> First Family was definitely the biggest comedy thing done at Fine
> Recording, but Nichols and May were also successful. They made most of
> their Mercury records at the studio.
Interesting -- I know most of the material on "N & M Examine Doctors"
was made for the NBC radio program "Monitor", but I didn't realize
they'd done it out-of-house. And who did the "An Evening With..."
remote? Or was that done with an invited audience at Fine?
Peace,
Paul
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