Label: Death Is Not The End

ハリー・スミスが70年代初頭にチェルシー・ホテルのアパートで録音、Folkwaysより81年にリリースされた[First Blues: Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs]は本作のデモ的位置の作品!!ウィリアム・S・バロウズやジャック・ケルアックと共にビート文学の代表者の一人として知られるアレン・ギンズバーグ。オリジナルは1983年にJohn Hammond Recordsより出版、ボブ・ディラン、アーサー・ラッセル、アン・ウォルドマンら多くの友人らとの、71~81年までの10年以上に渡るセッション録音を纏めた名盤[First Blues]が新装ジャケットにて再発(重厚なゲートフォールド仕様)。未体験の方は是非!!











Limited Edition Double Gatefold Vinyl 2xLP

"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. Containing studio-recorded performances that he wrote, performed and taped in sessions taking place over a decade between 1971 and 1981 - 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, later appearing on Folkways as First Blues: Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs.

Sit, you sit down
Breathe when you breathe
Lie down, you lie down
Walk where you walk

Talk when you talk
Cry when you cry
Lie down, you lie down
Die when you die


Issued under license from the Allen Ginsberg Estate. All songs written by Allen Ginsberg and published by May King Poetry Music administered in North America by Music of Virtual and for the Rest of the World by BMG Rights Mgt.