Allen Ginsberg Sings William Blake

Recorded New York, December 15, 1969

Songs of Innocence

Introduction: Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Peter Orlovsky (Voc); Janet Zeitz (Flt); Cyril Caster (Gtr) (1:04): Performance; Text
The Shepherd: Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Peter Orlovsky (Voc); Janet Zeitz (Flt); Cyril Caster (Gtr); Bob Dorough (Org) (1:06): Performance; Text
The Ecchoing Green: Allen Ginsberg (Voc & Finger Cymbals); Herman Wright (Bass); Bob Dorough (Pno) (1:27): Performance; Text (part I) Text (part II)

The Lamb: Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Janet Zeitz (Flt); Bob Dorough (Org); Cyril Caster (Gtr) (1:13): Performance; Text
The Little Black Boy: Allen Ginsberg (Voc & Harmonium); Peter Orlovsky (Voc); Jon Sholle (Gtr) (3:04): Performance; Text (part I) Text (part II)
The Blossom: Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Bob Dorough (Harpsichord); Don Cherry (Finger Cymbals); Janet Zeitz (Flt); Herman Wright (Bass) (1:27): Performance; Text
The Chimney-Sweeper: Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Peter Orlovsky (Voc); Janet Zeitz (Flt); Cyril Caster (Gtr); Bob Dorough (Pno) (2:22): Performance; Text
The Little Boy Lost: Allen Ginsberg (Voc & 2nd Pno); Bob Dorough (Pno); Herman Wright (Bass) (0:33): Performance; Text
The Little Boy Found: Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Janet Zeitz (Flt); Bob Dorough (Pno); Herman Wright (Bass) (0:34): Performance; Text
Laughing Song: Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Cyril Caster (Trpt & Fr Horn); Janet Zeitz (Flt & Amp Flt); Bob Dorough (Harpsichord); Don Cherry (Sleigh Bells & Beaded Gourd); CHORUS: Allen Ginsberg; Don Cherry; Janet Zeitz; Cyril Caster; Bob Dorough; Michael Aldrich and Matt Hoffman (1:25): Performance; Text
Holy Thursday: Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Peter Orlovsky (Voc); Bob Dorough (Org); Don Cherry (Tmpt & Wooden Flt) (1:18): Performance; Text
Night: Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Cyril Caster (Tmpt); Janet Zeitz (Flt); Bob Dorough (Pno); Don Cherry (Bass Tom, Beaded Gourd, Sleigh Bells & Finger Cymbals) (3:51): Performance; Text (part I) Text (part II)

Songs of Experience

Introduction: Allen Ginsberg (Voc & Harmonium); Peter Orlovsky (Voc) (2:05): Performance; Text
Nurse's Song: Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Peter Orlovsky (Voc); Jon Sholle (Gtr); Herman Wright (Bass) (2:08): Performance; Text
The Sick Rose: Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Bob Dorough (Org); Jon Sholle (Gtr) (1:40): Performance; Text
Ah! Sun-Flower: Allen Ginsberg (Voc & Harmonium); Peter Orlovsky (Voc); Jon Sholle (Elec Bass) (1:14): Performance; Text
The Garden of Love: Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Jon Sholle (Gtr; Bass & Drms) (1:02): Performance; Text
London: Allen Ginsberg (Voc & Harmonium); Jon Sholle (Autoharp & Elec Bass) (2:00): Performance; Text
The Human Abstract: Allen Ginsberg (Voc & Harmonium) (2:36): Performance; Text
To Tirzah: (1:47): Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Don Cherry (Harpsichord); Bob Dorough (Org); Janet Zeitz (Flt); Cyril Caster (Gtr) Performance; Text
The Grey Monk: Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Peter Orlovksy (Voc); Herman Wright (Bass); Julius Watkins (Fr Horn); Elvin Jones (Drms); Bob Dorough (Pno); Jon Sholle (Gtr) (4:09): Performance; Text

Originally issued as LP in 1970
Produced by Barry Miles for Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky
All Selections Composed by Allen Ginsberg & William Blake & Published by Poetry Music--ASCAP

PoemTalk

PoemTalk Podcast #4: a discussion of Ginsberg's recording of "The Garden of Love," featuring Al Filreis, Charles Bernstein, Rachel Blau DuPlessis and Jessica Lowenthal: MP3

1. Allen Ginsberg + Peter Orlovsky | Punk Rock & Old Pond (13:00)
from The Nova Convention (Giorno Poetry Systems, 1978)

2. Please Master (4:40)

Recorded at Columbia University, NYC, April 17, 1975
from Totally Corrupt (Giorno Poetry Systems, 1976)

3. Vajra Mantra (2:00)

Recorded at Western Illinois University, April 15, 1972
from The Dial-A-Poem Poets (Giorno Poetry Systems, 1972)

4. I'm a Victim of Telephones (1:30)

December 1968
from The Dial-A-Poem Poets: Disconnected (Giorno Poetry Systems, 1974)

5. C.I.A. Dope Calypso 4:00

from Sugar, Meat, Alcohol (Giorno Poetry Systems)

6. Green Automobile 1953

6:30, Recorded Sacramento State College, April 23, 1971
from The Dial-A-Poem Poets (Giorno Poetry Systems, 1972)

7. Jimmy Berman

4:04, musicians: Bob Dylan, Artie and Happy Traum, John Schole, Arthur Russell, David Amram, recorded at the Record Palnt, NYC, November 1971

from The Dial-A-Poem Poets: Disconnected (Giorno Poetry Systems, 1974)

Reading at the Poetry Center, San Francisco State University
October 25, 1956
MP3 (24:41)

1. A Supermarket in California (2:21)
2. In back of the real (0:44)
3. Introduction to Howl (2:43)
4. Howl I, II, III (18:27)
5. Howl I (12:36)
6. Howl II (3:30)
7. Howl III ( 2:21)

Reading at the Poetry Center, San Francisco State University
February 27, 1959
MP3 (38:55)

1. Poem Rocket (4:25)
2. Message from Paris (0:44)
3. Squeal (1:21)
4. Wrote This Last Night (1:06)
5. The Lion for Real (4:14)
6. To Aunt Rose (2:27)
7. Ignu (6:50)
8. To Lindsay (0:41)
9. Kaddish (16:25)

Recorded Live at the Knitting Factory, NYC
May 4, 1995
1. Howl - I, II, III (22:37)
2. Howl Epilogue (2:58)

May 5, 1995
1. Introduction to Kaddish (2:40)
2. Kaddish I (10:11)
3. Kaddish II (36:43)
4. Kaddish - Hymmnn (1:37)
5. Kaddish - III (1:46)
6. Kaddish - IV (2:17)
7. Kaddish - V (1:57)
8. William Blake's Nurse's Song (4:45)

May 6, 1995
1. Wichita Vortex Sutra I (3:14)
2. Wichita Vortex Sutra II (12:52)
3. Wichita Vortex Sutra III (5:51)
4. Wichita Vortex Sutra IV (5:41)

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Allen Ginsberg and Margaret Mead discuss the orgin of the term "Beat"

HUM BOM - Allen Ginsberg recorded by Chris Funkhouser, 22 April 1994, Hudson, New York

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