8:15 12:15 (1969) is the eleventh album by Bill Cosby. It was his first double-disc album. It was also his first record not produced strictly under the Warner Bros. Records label, but Tetragrammaton Records (which was co-owned by Cosby at the time) instead.

Background

This album was recorded live at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, Nevada. As implied by the title, the album is made of recordings from two shows. The 8:15 show was more family-oriented material and the 12:15 contained more adult humor. Unlike Cosby's Warner Bros. LPs, the album is not divided into "bits" but instead purports to be complete recordings of the two shows.

Much of the record contains material already previously recorded on earlier albums and, indeed, some material performed on the first disc is also performed on the second disc. There are several instances of Cosby interacting with the audience, and at one point he introduces Carroll Shelby, creator of the custom-made Shelby Cobra from "200 M.P.H.".

This album was recorded not long before production began on "The Bill Cosby Show", and on Side One Bill talks briefly about the upcoming series.

There are two versions of the album, one contains a few lines near the end of the 12:15 disc pertaining to his wife's pregnancy and alludes to a failed diaphragm, referring to it as "the midnight tramboline (trampoline)". This last portion of the routine is edited out in some copies of the LP.

Track listing

8:15

Side One

1. "Opening"  17:35

Side Two

1. "Main Dinner Show"  14:00

12:15

Side Three

1. "Opening"  19:30

Side Four

1. "Main Second Show"  20:15

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