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Collection of 8 LP vinyl disc recordings (including double-disc release) of Beat poets reading from their works, with Allan Ginsberg reading also from William Blake

Title
Collection of 8 LP vinyl disc recordings (including double-disc release) of Beat poets reading from their works, with Allan Ginsberg reading also from William Blake [sound recording].
Publication
New York and Munich : Fantasy, Hanover, Loft, et. al., 1959-1981.

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Additional Authors
  • Broughton, James, 1913-1999.
  • Charters, Ann.
  • Corso, Gregory.
  • Everson, William, 1912-1994.
  • Ferlinghetti, Lawrence.
  • Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.
  • McClure, Michael.
  • Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010.
  • Redl, Harry.
  • Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982.
  • Taylor, Steven.
  • Tortora, Vincent R.
Description
8 vinyl discs in jackets ; col. ill.; 31 x 31 cm.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
Note
  • 1. San Francisco poets readings by Brother Antoninus, [Josephine] Miles, [Michael] McClure, [Jack] Spicer, [James] Broughton, [Robert] Duncan, [Lawrence] Ferlinghetti, [Kenneth] Rexroth, [Philip] Whalen, [Alan] Ginsberg; with black-and-white photographs on back of cover of all readers except for Miles and Spicer. New York : Hanover-Signature Records [1959]. ; 2. Alan Ginsberg reads Howl and other poems. [New York?]: Fantasy, [1959]; with 2000-word essay by Ginsberg on back jacket, signed and dated "Independece Day 1959," with black-and-white night photograph by Harold Redl of Ginsberg staring into camera and pointing toward tall building, windows alight, in New York, inset. ; 3. Ginsberg's thing. New York: Douglas Recording Corporation, [1967]; liner notes by Vincent R. Tortora; recording of Ginsberg's performance, including a Buddhist chant and a mantra, at Gian Carlo Menotti's Festival of Two Worlds, in Spoleto, Italy, in 1967, after Ginsberg had been accused of violating Italian laws against obscenity. Ginsberg reads his own poetry as well as English translations of the poetry of his friend Giuseppe Ungaretti. ; 4. Allen Ginsberg/William Blake. New York: Verve/MGM, 1967; record jacket attached to front board, on inside of which are printed brief essays and notes by Ginsberg on the individual poems, signed and dated by Ginsberg in facsimile; with black-and-white photographs of the faces of Ginsberg (by Fred W. McDarrah) and Peter Orlovsky (Jerry Schmidt); front cover with color reproductions of six pages from watercolor copy of Songs of Innocence and Experience and back of disc sleeve printed with performance credits for each poem. Ginsberg reads the poems to musical accompaniment. ; 5. Two evenings with Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Gregory Corso, Steven Taylor. Vol. 1. Songs, music and poetry by Allen Ginsberg / My Pretty Rose Tree and The Tyger by William Blake. Munich: LOFT, 1979; with color photograph in extreme close-up of Allen Ginsberg's face on front and back of record jacket; album sleeve printed with the poems and songs. ; 6. Allen Ginsberg, First Blues: Rags, Ballads and Harmonium Songs. New York: Folkway Records, 1981; with monochrome photograph in umber, by Beat historian Ann Charters, on front of record jacket, showing Ginsberg playing harmonium; with single sheet folded once, containing introductory note by Ann Charters and musical scores. ; 7. Allen Ginsberg, First Blues. New York: John Hammond Records, 1982; double disc issue, with two record jackets joined at fold, with photograph of Ginsberg and Orlovsky standing together on front of first record jacket; and with interiors of each jacket covered with black-and-white snapshots of Ginsberg, Orlovsky, and others at protest rallies, and of Ginsberg standing in a prairie. Contains the 8 songs and poems of first album and 16 others.
  • Brother Antoninus was born William Everson.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Contents
San Francisco Poets / readings by Br. Antoninus (i.e. Everson, William, 1912-1994, and 9 others) -- Alan Ginsberg reads Howl and other poems -- Ginsberg's thing -- Songs of innocence and experience / by William Blake ; tuned by Alan Ginsberg -- Two evenings with Allen Ginsberg [...] Vol. 1 songs -- Allen Ginsberg first blues -- Allen Ginsberg first blues : rags, ballads and harmonium songs .
Call Number
Berg Coll+++ Beats C65 1959
OCLC
809853568
Title
Collection of 8 LP vinyl disc recordings (including double-disc release) of Beat poets reading from their works, with Allan Ginsberg reading also from William Blake [sound recording].
Imprint
New York and Munich : Fantasy, Hanover, Loft, et. al., 1959-1981.
Access
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Added Author
Broughton, James, 1913-1999. Contributor
Charters, Ann. Contributor
Corso, Gregory. Performer
Everson, William, 1912-1994. Performer
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. Performer
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Contributor
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Performer
McClure, Michael. Performer
Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010. Performer
Redl, Harry. Photographer
Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982. Performer
Taylor, Steven. Performer
Tortora, Vincent R. Contributor
Research Call Number
Berg Coll+++ Beats C65 1959
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