Marlo Thomas - Free to Be You and Me (1972) Vinyl LP • Mel Brooks, Diana Ross

Catalog Number: AL-4003

Record Grading: Excellent (EX), Sleeve Grading: Very Good (VG)

Condition Details:

Illustrated 12-page Lyric Book Included. Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover has light scuffing and some spots of surface abrasions (front/back); discoloration on back with darker spots. Inner-sleeve is original (generic white). Spine is easy-to-read with wear. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. Some surface impressions on one side of label. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

• Free To Be...You And Me (The New Seekers )
• Boy Meets Girl (Mel Brooks and Marlo Thomas )
• When We Grow Up (Diana Ross )
• Don't Dress Your Cat In An Apron (Billy De Wolfe )
• Parents Are People (Harry Belafonte and Marlo Thomas )
• Housework (Carol Channing )
• Helping (Tommy Smothers )
• Ladies First (Marlo Thomas )
• Dudley Pippin And The Principal (Billy De Wolfe, Robert Morse, and Marlo Thomas )
• It's All Right To Cry (Roosevelt Grier )
• Sisters And Brothers (Sisters And Brothers )
• My Dog Is A Plumber (Dick Cavett )
• William's Doll (Alan Alda and Marlo Thomas )
• Atalanta (Alan Alda and Marlo Thomas )
• Grandma (Diana Sands )
• Girl Land (Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones )
• Dudley Pippin And His No-Friend (Robert Morse and Marlo Thomas )
• Glad To Have A Friend Like You (Marlo Thomas )

About The Record:

Free to Be You and Me is a children's entertainment project, conceived, created and executive-produced by actress and author Marlo Thomas. It was a record album and illustrated book first released in November 1972 featuring songs and stories sung or told by celebrities of the day (credited as "Marlo Thomas and Friends") including Alan Alda, Rosey Grier, Cicely Tyson, Carol Channing, Michael Jackson, Roberta Flack, Shirley Jones, Jack Cassidy, Mel Brooks, Shirley Jones, Harry Belafonte, and Diana Ross. An ABC television special, also created by Thomas, using poetry, songs, and sketches, followed sixteen months later in March 1974. The basic concept was to encourage individuality. A major thematic message is that anyone can achieve anything. Proceeds went to the Ms. Foundation for Women. A number of pieces from the record did not make the special, most for lack of time, although Housework was left off due to the somewhat condescending tone it lent to its description of domestic workers. The album was originally released on Bell Records in 1972 and, since 1975, has been available on Arista Records cassettes and CDs.