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Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)



Holy Soul Jelly Roll: Poems And Songs 1949-1993



Allen Ginsberg Sings William Blake

Recorded New York, December 15, 1969

Songs of Innocence
  1. Introduction
    Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Peter Orlovsky (Voc); Janet Zeitz (Flt); Cyril Caster (Gtr) (1:04)

  2. The Shepherd
    Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Peter Orlovsky (Voc); Janet Zeitz (Flt); Cyril Caster (Gtr); Bob Dorough (Org) (1:06)

  3. The Ecchoing Green
    Allen Ginsberg (Voc & Finger Cymbals); Herman Wright (Bass); Bob Dorough (Pno) (1:27)

  4. The Lamb
    Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Janet Zeitz (Flt); Bob Dorough (Org); Cyril Caster (Gtr) (1:13)

  5. The Little Black Boy
    Allen Ginsberg (Voc & Harmonium); Peter Orlovsky (Voc); Jon Sholle (Gtr) (3:04): Performance

  6. The Blossom
    Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Bob Dorough (Harpsichord); Don Cherry (Finger Cymbals); Janet Zeitz (Flt); Herman Wright (Bass) (1:27)

  7. The Chimney-Sweeper
    Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Peter Orlovsky (Voc); Janet Zeitz (Flt); Cyril Caster (Gtr); Bob Dorough (Pno) (2:22)

  8. The Little Boy Lost
    Allen Ginsberg (Voc & 2nd Pno); Bob Dorough (Pno); Herman Wright (Bass) (0:33)

  9. The Little Boy Found
    Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Janet Zeitz (Flt); Bob Dorough (Pno); Herman Wright (Bass) (0:34)

  10. 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)

  11. Holy Thursday
    Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Peter Orlovsky (Voc); Bob Dorough (Org); Don Cherry (Tmpt & Wooden Flt) (1:18)

  12. 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)
Songs of Experience
  1. Introduction
    Allen Ginsberg (Voc & Harmonium); Peter Orlovsky (Voc) (2:05)

  2. Nurse's Song
    Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Peter Orlovsky (Voc); Jon Sholle (Gtr); Herman Wright (Bass) (2:08)

  3. The Sick Rose
    Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Bob Dorough (Org); Jon Sholle (Gtr) (1:40)

  4. Ah! Sun-Flower
    Allen Ginsberg (Voc & Harmonium); Peter Orlovsky (Voc); Jon Sholle (Elec Bass)

  5. The Garden of Love
    Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Jon Sholle (Gtr; Bass & Drms) (1:02)

  6. London
    Allen Ginsberg (Voc & Harmonium); Jon Sholle (Autoharp & Elec Bass) (2:00)

  7. The Human Abstract
    Allen Ginsberg (Voc & Harmonium) (2:36)

  8. To Tirzah
    Allen Ginsberg (Voc); Don Cherry (Harpsichord); Bob Dorough (Org); Janet Zeitz (Flt); Cyril Caster (Gtr)

  9. 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
  • 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



    • 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)


    Allen Ginsberg – A Song

    Allen Ginsberg – Dream About William Carlos Williams

    From The Birth Of Tragedy Magazine's Fear, Power, God


    Capitol Air
    With The Clash, recorded NYC, 1981

    Birdbrain
    With The Glu-ons, recorded Denver, 1981




    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)




    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

    These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author's estate. Used with the permission of the Allen Ginsberg Trust. © 2006 Estate of Allen Ginsberg. Distributed by PennSound and UbuWeb.


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