Before he was doubling over audience members with profanity-laced sketches and stories, thus igniting a comic revolution, Richard Pryor was a young joke man struggling with his identity. In the late 1960s and early 1970s Pryor transformed himself from a nonthreatening, middlebrow comic to a controversial, X-rated sensation, and in turn forever transformed the landscape of comedy in the process. For the first time, those contrasting worlds have been brought together on Evolution/Revolution: Early Years (1966-1974), a 2-CD set chronicling the groundbreaking metamorphosis that predated Pryor's 1974 breakthrough album, That Nigger's Crazy.
Track Listings:
1 Peoria Pryor 4:04
2 Improv, Pt. 1 Pryor 3:32
3 Heart & Brain Pryor 1:05
4 Taxi Cabs & Subways Pryor 2:20
5 Playboy Club Pryor 0:39
6 Rumpelstiltskin Pryor 8:30
7 Slippin' in Poo Poo Pryor 0:33
8 Birth Control Pryor 0:54
9 Nigger Babies Pryor 1:53
10 Faith Healer Pryor 3:23
11 Black Power Pryor 1:39
12 I Feel Pryor 1:44
13 Jail Pryor 4:41
14 Prison Play (AKA Black Ben the Blacksmith) Pryor 9:26
15 Directions Pryor 1:53
16 Movie Stars in the Bathroom Pryor 0:53
17 War Movies Pryor 4:39
18 The Army Pryor 2:27
19 Hipp Dippys Pryor 4:10
20 Hank's Place Pryor 10:49
21 Improv, Pt. 2 Pryor 3:35
22 Mankind Pryor 6:30
23 Prelude Pryor 0:55
24 Gettin' High Pryor 1:05
25 F**k from Memory Pryor 2:34
26 Big Tits Pryor 0:55
27 Gettin' Some Pryor 0:45
28 The President Pryor 0:35
29 Ass-Hole Pryor 2:55
30 The Line-Up Pryor 4:15
31 Masturbating Pryor 0:11
32 Religion Pryor 2:12
33 Black Preachers Pryor 1:47
34 Being Born Pryor 0:12
35 Blow Our Image Pryor 0:34
36 Blackjack Pryor 0:28
37 I Spy Cops Pryor 1:26
38 Sugar Ray Pryor 1:31
39 White Folks Pryor 0:54
40 Indians Pryor 0:39
41 Ass Wupin' Pryor 0:52
42 Got a Dollar Pryor 0:59
43 Pres' Black Baby Pryor 0:10
44 Dope Pryor 0:13
45 Wino Pathers Pryor 0:16
46 After Hours Pryor 0:50
47 280 Pound Ass Pryor 0:39
48 Crap Game Pryor 5:21
49 Insurance Man Pryor 0:27
50 Black and Proud Pryor 0:25
51 Gettin' the Nut Pryor 0:41
52 F**k the Faggot Pryor 0:25
53 Jackin' Off Pryor 0:16
54 Snappin' Pussy Pryor 0:29
55 Fartin' Pryor 1:20
56 Wattstax Monologue: Niggers/The Handshake/Rummage Sale/Stylin'/Whitey/ Pryor 9:48
57 Whorehouse, Pt. 1 Pryor 1:01
58 Whorehouse, Pt. 2 Pryor 2:32
59 Niggers & Italians Pryor 1:41
60 Jim Brown [Alternate Version] Pryor 2:30
61 Black Films Pryor 2:33
62 Jesus Saves Pryor 1:33
63 Street Corner Wino (Wino & Junkie Intro) Pryor 7:42
64 Wino & Junkie Pryor 7:59
65 Interview