Title: Richard Pryor | Black Ben The Blacksmith
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1978, Comedy, Soundtracks, Peoria
Matrix #: A-200
Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great (CC)
Cultural Facts:
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Personal Struggle Pryor turned extreme childhood poverty, abuse, and later addiction into material, which is part of why his comedy could feel brutally personal instead of safely observational.
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Media Narrative By 1978 he was already reshaping stand-up into something rawer and more confessional, making albums like this part of the shift away from old nightclub comedy polish.
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Studio Lore This LP was issued by Laff Records as A-200 in 1978, one of the many Pryor comedy albums that helped build his reputation through vinyl as much as film and TV.
4/18/2026 CC
