Browse by Artist: GINSBERG, ALLEN

Artist:	GINSBERG, ALLEN
Title:	Ginsberg's Things
Label:	GET BACK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	GET 422

"Recorded at the Festival Of The Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy on July 8 1967, this spoken word album by the famed beat generation multi-media artist captures Ginsberg's period as the undisputed master of the hippie movement. This album also documents the liaison between Ginsberg and the founder of the Italian 'hermetic' school of poetry, Giuseppe Ungaretti, whose poems are here translated and declaimed by the American guru. Ginsberg, known for his bizarre live acts and sharp criticism of the western world through farce and sarcasm, was here listened to carefully by the authorities and then charged with accusations of violating the Italian penal code. His response was to show up at the police station carrying a bouquet of flowers and gesturing a mudra over the police officer's head to expel demons."

Artist:	GINSBERG, ALLEN
Title:	New York Blues: Rags, Ballads and Harmonium Songs
Label:	LOCUST
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	LOCUST 012CD

"Here it is! This is the defining document of the beat legend Allen Ginsberg and celebrated lower east side shaman, odd ball filmmaker and songcatcher Harry Smith. New York Blues: The Harry Smith Recordings brings together vintage 1970s tunes by Allen Ginsberg and his trusty harmonium. Such favorites as CIA Dope Calypso, Dope Fiend Blues, Come Back Christmas and 5 other enjoyable ditties are intimately captured by Smith in his Chelsea Hotel haunt. New York Blues is as much a commemoration of a lifelong kinship between the two free spirits as it is a rare chance to get a truly whimsical earful of Ginsberg doing his thing. Digitally remastered from the original Folkways tapes."

Artist:	GINSBERG, ALLEN
Title:	First Blues
Label:	WATER
Format:	2CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	WATER 166CD

"Beat generation poet Allen Ginsberg was also a singer/songwriter who was encouraged to write and record by none other than Bob Dylan, who took Allen into the studio his first ever 'music' recordings. Those 1971 recordings with Dylan, as well as sessions from 1976 with members of Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review band produced by maverick John Hammond (Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin and Bruce Springsteen), and additional recordings from 1981 were gathered together and released as the double LP First Blues in 1983. Many of the recordings feature cello player Arthur Russell (known for his 1970s Flying Hearts band and his ground-breaking 1980s solo recordings). First time on CD: 24 songs on two CDs. Cover photography by the legendary Robert Frank. Original detailed liner notes by Allen Ginsberg."

Artist:	GINSBERG, ALLEN
Title:	Kaddish
Label:	WATER
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	WATER 170CD

"Subtitled 'Allen Ginsberg Reads Kaddish A 20th Century American Ecstatic American Narrative Poem,' this 1966 release was recorded in front of a live audience at Brandeis University in Boston in 1964. Based on the traditional Hebrew mourning prayer ('kaddish'), this poem is dedicated to Ginsberg's mother Naomi, who died in 1956 in a mental hospital. Written in 1958 in one non-stop 40 hour marathon session fueled by dexedrine, a tiny hit of LSD 25, and many cups of coffee, Kaddish stands as an epic testament to Ginsberg's literary talent. Original artwork featuring the cover photo by Richard Avedon. Original liner notes by Ginsberg and new in-depth notes by noted Beat-era scholar and writer Harvey Kubernik. First time on CD!"

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