Allen Ginsberg
First Blues (2LP)
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"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 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, and this would later appear 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 credits
| 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 |
