"Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs. Chanteys, Come-All-Ye's, Aborigine Song Sticks. Gospel, Improvisations, Renaissance Lyrics, Blake Hymns, Bluegrass, Hillbilly Riffs, Country & Western, 50's R&B, Dirty Dozens & New Wave"
Allen Ginsberg's recorded opus gets its first ever full vinyl reissue on a gatefold double vinyl LP replete with photography by Robert Frank. Containing studio-recorded performances that he wrote, performed and taped in sessions taking place between 1971 and 1983 - featuring Bob Dylan, Arthur Russell, Anne Waldman, David Mansfield, Perry Robinson, David Amram and many other friends and contemporaries.
A selection of what were arguably "demos" for this record were originally recorded by the legendary Harry Smith at his apartment in the Chelsea Hotel in the early 70s, and this would later appear on Folkways as First Blues: Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs.
A1. Going To San Diego
A2. Vomit Express
A3. Jimmy Berman (Gay Lib Rag)
A4. NY Youth Call Annunciation
A5. CIA Dope Calypso
B1. Put Down Yr Cigarette Rag
B2. Sickness Blues
B3. Broken Bone Blues
B4. Stay Away From White House
B5. Hardon Blues
B6. Guru Blues
C1. Everybody Sing
C2. Gospel Nobel Truths
C3. Bus Ride Ballad To Suva
C4. Prayer Blues - 1972
C5. Love Forgiven
C6. Father Death Blues
D1. Dope Fiend Blues
D2. Tyger
D3. You Are My Dildo
D4. Old Pond
D5. No Reason
D6. My Pretty Rose Tree
D7. Capitol Air
