Inside the Archive: The Firesign Theatre (Documentary Short)

Presenting the first short film from Comedy on Vinyl and The Comedy Archive. It’s the story of Taylor Jessen prepping the Firesign Theatre archive to be shipped off to the Library of Congress.

Also, don’t forget to visit Taylor’s blog at taylorjessen.blogspot.com.

 

Episode 385 – Taylor Jessen on Duck’s Breath Mystery Theatre – Out of Season

When I first met Taylor, he was the archivist for The Firesign Theatre only.  Now, he also handles the archived of Duck’s Breath Mystery Theatre, and he’s here to talk about their first record.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
Guest: Taylor Jessen

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Episode 378 – The History of Firesign, Part 7 – Not Insane – with Phil Proctor and Taylor Jessen

Phil Proctor and Taylor Jessen return to discuss the next Firesign album: Not Insane.

Here’s the video version:

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
Guest: Phil Proctor and Taylor Jessen

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Episode 322 – Family Albums Episode 9 – Dick Davy, Part 4

This week, Firesign archivist Taylor Jessen talks with me about two recently-uncovered acetate by Dick Davy!  Taylor digitized and cleaned them up for a good listen, and we discuss their contents and the technical challenges of digital archiving of audio.  (Thanks to Sharon Hoffman for the photo of the album used in this post)

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
Guest: Taylor Jessen

The Dick Davy Digital Archive – bit.ly/dickdavy
Dick Davy on Discogs

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MUSIC CREDITS:
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Thinking Music” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

“Wholesome” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Episode 314 – Video Version – The History of Firesign, Part 6 – Dear Friends

Phil Proctor returns with Taylor Jessen to talk about the next Firesign Theatre album – Dear Friends.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
Guest: Phil ProctorTaylor Jessen

FiresignTheatre.com
Dear Friends on Discogs

Check out Celery Sound Records, my new sketch comedy record label at bit.ly/comedyalbums

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Episode 314 – The History of Firesign, Part 6 – Dear Friends

Phil Proctor returns with Taylor Jessen to talk about the next Firesign Theatre album – Dear Friends.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
Guest: Phil ProctorTaylor Jessen

FiresignTheatre.com
Dear Friends on Discogs

Check out Celery Sound Records, my new sketch comedy record label at bit.ly/comedyalbums

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Episode 269 Video Version– The History of Firesign, Part 5 – I Think We’re All Bozos on This Bus

This episode was a multi-cam failed experiment, where one camera synced perfectly with the audio and the other two decided not to, hence the crazy delay in release.  Still!  Please enjoy the video version of the audio episode originally found here.

Phil Proctor returns to talk about the next Firesign Theatre album with Firesign’s archivist, Taylor Jessen.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
Guest: Phil ProctorTaylor Jessen

FiresignTheatre.com
Bozos on Discogs

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Episode 269 – The History of Firesign, Part 5 – I Think We’re All Bozos on This Bus

Phil Proctor returns to talk about the next Firesign Theatre album with Firesign’s archivist, Taylor Jessen.  Video episode coming soon as well.

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
Guest: Phil Proctor, Taylor Jessen

FiresignTheatre.com
Bozos on Discogs

Check out Celery Sound Records, my new sketch comedy record label at bit.ly/comedyalbums

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Episode 225 – The History of Firesign Part 4 – Don’t Crush That Dwarf


Phil Proctor returns to talk about Firesign’s third studio album!

Host: Jason Klamm
Producer: Mike Worden
Guest: Phil Proctor

Don’t Crush That Dwarf on Vinyl
FiresignTheatre.com

My first documentary feature film is on DVD!  Pick up a copy at bit.ly/soaptowndvd

Comedy on Vinyl is recorded at Fort Awesome Studios in beautiful downtown Burbank. The samples played in these non-commercial (see: free) podcasts are used without permission under the provisions of fair use for the sake of commentary, and are intended to sell more albums, not to endorse Vinyl Piracy.  Please subscribe to us on iTunes, follow us on Twitter and like us at the Facebooks.