The sound of silence

March 2nd, 2008 in Incredibly Strange by lpcoverlover | 8 Comments

The Best of Marcel Marceao.   MGM Records.     Great for parties!

(26 votes, average: 3.96 out of 5)

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1. #1 porky says:
   March 4th, 2008 at 6:01 pm

   Is his last name spelled incorrectly to avoid a lawsuit? I thought it was “Marceau.”

2. #2 Desiderio says:
   March 6th, 2008 at 2:35 pm

   Check the playlist, on each side:

   1. Silence (19:00)

   2. Applause (1:00)

   OK, them, an inside joke for the record industry. Ha, ha. Check it out at

   http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/ask_the_a_v_club_october_26

   (scroll down for the story or search “Marceau”).

3. #3 GDA says:
   August 17th, 2008 at 6:41 pm

   I don’t how much of an inside of joke it was.

   In high School a review for it appearred “Voice”, a periodical given away, I think, from Scholastic Book Services. It was actually the lead review that issue.

4. #4 GDA says:
   August 24th, 2008 at 4:39 pm

   I also once owned it.

   The liner notes were a real hoot in terms of 1968-1969 pop culture.

5. #5 s.w.a.c. says:
   August 25th, 2008 at 10:38 am

   I remember later there was a gag book (late ’70s?) called The Nothing Book which had a bunch of blank pages, and eventually there was an accompanying Nothing Album.

6. #6 lpcoverlover says:
   August 25th, 2008 at 10:44 am

   I remember the same book with the title “The Wit and Wisdom of Spiro Agnew”

7. #7 Ben says:
   February 23rd, 2011 at 10:32 pm

   Does Anyone Know where to pick up a copy i have looked over ebay about a million times as well as musicstack would love to get a copy of this!

8. #8 Paull says:
   April 18th, 2013 at 3:36 am

   My copy of the album was autographed by Marcel at City Center in NY back in 1973.