"Curb your tongue, knave!" was the fourth comedy album recorded by the Smothers Brothers, released November 1, 1963 on Mercury Records. The album was recorded live at Mr. Kelly's in Chicago, Illinois. This was the first of their original albums to be released on CD. The Smothers Brothers are an American musical-comedy team, formed by real-life brothers Tom and Dick Smothers. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...
Track Listing
"Church Bells" (4:25) - Song about the bells of a Catholic Church, a Protestant Church, and a Synagogue during which Dick mistakenly says "Catholic chower."
"American History-1A" (5:09) - Tom tells what he knows about Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, John Henry, and the ballad of Big Ben Covington, a friend of Johnny Appleseed, the main topic of the dissertation. "American History-IIA" and "IIB" are found on Tour de Farce: American History and Other Unrelated Subjects.
"Lonesome Traveler" (4:16) - Tom thinks he is the Whistler, for he walks by night and he knows many things. Some of Tom's best guitar work is featured on this classic folk song.
"Gnus" (2:29) - Tom has thought about being a big game hunter and hunting the vicious gnus.
"The Incredible Jazz Banjoist" (4:24) - Tom attempts to play "Nola" and "Whispering" on the banjo.
"I Talk to the Trees" (3:40) - Dick is singing the showtune from Paint Your Wagon but has to stop to explain to Tom what the song was about. Tom thinks the guy in the song sounds like a nut.
"Flameno" (2:51) - Tom attempts a Flamenco guitar number from his "Spanish homeland."
"Swiss Christmas" (4:35) - Actually the folk song "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, Tzena," which was previous the story of a one-humped camel race on Live at the Purple Onion.
I have been waiting patiently for all of their albums from the sixties, from "The Smothers Brothers at the Purple Onion" to "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" to be released on CD, and now the first one has emerged.
"CurbYourTongue, Knave!" was the fourth Smothers Brothers album and came out in 1963.
I find it rather interesting that "CurbYourTongue, Knave!" was the highest charting Smothers Brothers album just because the sound quality on it was the worst (there is considerably more echo off of their microphones on this one than any other; it is not even close).
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