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| Artist: Allen Ginsberg |
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Product Summary
Release Date: 2/27/1998
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
Sample
1. Howl ~ Allen Ginsberg
2. Footnote To Howl ~ Allen Ginsberg
3. Supermarket In California, A ~ Allen Ginsberg
4. Transcription Of Organ Music ~ Allen Ginsberg
5. America ~ Allen Ginsberg
6. In The Back Of The Real ~ Allen Ginsberg
7. Strange New Cottage In Berkeley ~ Allen Ginsberg
8. Europe! Europe! ~ Allen Ginsberg
9. Kaddish (Part 1) ~ Allen Ginsberg
10. Sunflower Sutra, The ~ Allen Ginsberg
Album Notes and Credits
Notes & Personnel Info |
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Recorded in San Francisco, California in 1959. |
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Personnel: Allen Ginsberg (vocals). |
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Audio Remasterer: Joe Tarantino. |
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Liner Note Authors: Anne Waldman; Allen Ginsberg. |
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Recording information: Big Table Reading, Shaw Festival, Chicago, IL (01/1959-06/1959); Fantasy Stuidos, Natoma Street, San Francisco, CA (01/1959-06/1959). |
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Photographer: Peter Orlovsky. |
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Allen Ginsberg was the poet laureate of the beat generation and a figurehead of the counter-cultural movement of the '50s and '60s. He was as much--if not more--a social force (whose causes included gay liberation, the legalization of drugs, and the general protestation of any obstacles to the freeing of the human spirit) as he was a literary figure. Ginsberg travelled tirelessly in his crusade for higher consciousness, leading talks, hosting happenings, and giving readings. |
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This collection, recorded in 1959, is the definitive beat poetry document. HOWL gathers some of Ginsberg's best and best-known poetry (characterized by long strophes and associative imagery)--covering pieces as celebrated as "America," "A Supermarket In California," and "Howl" itself, the poem that came to define a generation. Throughout, Ginsberg's wry tenor invests his works with alternately stentorian, tortured, hushed, and good-naturedly humorous slants. A portrait of Ginsberg, the man, emerges alongside that of Ginsberg, the artist. To his immortal credit, Ginsberg went to great lengths to merge the two, and HOWL is a riveting, historically significant, and enduring testament to his rare gift. |
Producer: Bill Belmont (Reissue) |
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Artist Overview
Allen Ginsberg was one of the founders of the literary "beat" movement of the 1950s. Along with kindred spirits Jack Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and others, he freed literature from the shackles of linear narrative and conservative morality. His poetry spilled over into the music world as well, and he recorded with some of the same rock musicians he'd influenced with his groundbreaking poetry.
Artist Influences
Charlie Parker (Sax) | Dizzy Gillespie | Jack Kerouac | Thelonious Monk | Walt Whitman (Poet) | William Carlos Williams (Band) | Woody Guthrie
Charlie Parker (Sax) | Dizzy Gillespie | Jack Kerouac | Thelonious Monk | Walt Whitman (Poet) | William Carlos Williams (Band) | Woody Guthrie
Artist Contemporaries
Albert Ayler | Amiri Baraka | Anne Waldman | Cecil Taylor | Charles Bukowski | David Amram | Ed Sanders | Gary Snyder (Poet) | Hunter S. Thompson | Jack Kerouac | Lawrence Ferlinghetti | Lenny Bruce | LeRoi Jones | Lord Buckley | Noam Chomsky | Ornette Coleman | Paul Bowles (Composer) | Peter Orlovsky | William S. Burroughs
Albert Ayler | Amiri Baraka | Anne Waldman | Cecil Taylor | Charles Bukowski | David Amram | Ed Sanders | Gary Snyder (Poet) | Hunter S. Thompson | Jack Kerouac | Lawrence Ferlinghetti | Lenny Bruce | LeRoi Jones | Lord Buckley | Noam Chomsky | Ornette Coleman | Paul Bowles (Composer) | Peter Orlovsky | William S. Burroughs
Artist Followers
Bob Dylan | Daevid Allen | Jello Biafra | Jim Carroll | Joe Strummer | Leonard Cohen | Lou Reed | MC 900 Ft. Jesus | Patti Smith | Richard & Mimi Fari¤a | The Fugs | The Holy Modal Rounders | Tom Waits
Bob Dylan | Daevid Allen | Jello Biafra | Jim Carroll | Joe Strummer | Leonard Cohen | Lou Reed | MC 900 Ft. Jesus | Patti Smith | Richard & Mimi Fari¤a | The Fugs | The Holy Modal Rounders | Tom Waits
Compilation Appearances
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Recordings From The San Franci |
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Great Supa |
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The Beat Generation |
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East Village Other |
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Joe Strummer's Jukebox |
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Paul Mccartney's Jukebox |
Associated Artists and Works
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Original Soundtrack |
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Russell, Arthur |
Technical Info
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Release Date : 03/25/1998 |
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Original Release Date : 1998 |
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Catalog ID : 7713 |
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Label : Fantasy |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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Mono/Stereo : Mixed |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00025218771320 |
