JACK KEROUAC The Beat Generation According to 180g Vinyl Ltd 4xLP Set New Sealed
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Jack Kerouac
"The Beat Generation According To"
4 x Vinyl Album Set
Released 2011
Cat no - DOXY006
This is an original European numbered ltd edition 180g vinyl 4xLP set released on the Doxy label.
Limited Edition No. 340 of 1000 copies.
The album is new and still sealed in it's original shrinkwrap.
After several years spent searching for a publisher for On The Road, in 1957 Jack Kerouac's fortune finally changed as he literally became a star overnight, thanks to rave reviews by the New York Times and others who heralded Kerouac as the voice of a new generation.
It was during this initial period of fame (1957-1959) that Kerouac also recorded a trio of albums.
His first effort, Poetry For The Beat Generation, was recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1957 with soon-to-be pop icon Steve Allen on piano.
The album was not released, however, until 1959 due to controversy over the album's racy content.
Despite this controversy (or perhaps because of it) Kerouac was asked to make another album, Blues And Haikus, soon afterwards.
This time Kerouac chose musician friends Zoot Sims and Al Cohn to accompany him, and this rapport resulted in a much more cohesive effort.
1959's Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation, on the other hand, is an entirely spoken word piece.
Here Kerouac freely improvised on his own writings, using his own voice as an instrument.
While the first three albums were actual albums, The Last Word is a collection of outtakes from the Blues And Haikus sessions, a recording of a college lecture given by Kerouac in November 1958, and an appearance he made on a popular television show in November 1959.
This deluxe 4LP comes in a 'book style' sleeve, with each 'page' containing one of the four albums and a reproduction of each album's original artwork.
Front cover reproduces first album's original ultra rare artwork.
Tracklisting
"Poetry For The Beat Generation"
1. October In The Railroad Earth
2. Deadbelly
3. Charlie Parker
4. The Sound Of The Universe Coming In My Window
5. One Mother
6. Goofing At The Table
7. Bowery Blues
8. Abraham
9. Dave Brubeck
10. I Had Aslouch Hat One Tome Too
11. The Wheel Of The Quivering Meat Conception
12. McDougal Street Blues
13. The Moon Her Majesty
14. I'd Rather Be Thin Than Famous
"Blues And Haikus"
1. American Haikus
2. Hard Hearted Old Farmer
3. The Last Hotel And Some Of The Dharma
4. Poems From The Unpublished "Book of The Blues"
"Readings By Jack Kerouac On The Beat Generation"
1. San Francisco Scene (The Beat Generation)
2. San Francisco Blues (Fragments)
I. San Francisco
II. Money Honey
IV. Westinghouse Elevators
V. Old Age
VI. Praised Be Man
VII. The Sad Turtle
3. Lucien Midnight: The Sound Of The Universe In My Window
I. Excerpt 1
II. Excerpt 2
4. The Subterraneans
5. Visions Of Neal: Neal And The Three Stooges
I. Part 1
II. Part 2
"The Last Word"
1. Old Western Movies
2. Conclusion Of The Railroad Earth
3. Is There A Beat Generation?
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