John Giorno, William Burroughs
Like a Girl, I Want You to Keep Coming (LP)
FormatLPLabelGiorno Poetry SystemsGenreSound Art
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“Like A Girl, I Want You To Keep Coming” (this was a feminist-approved project/title just in case anyone will be scandalized) came at the tail end of label’s existence and is more music-focused. It features some big names in the tracklist including New Order (doing Velvet Underground cover), Debbie Harry, omnipresent David Byrne, Live Skull, Henry Rollins and William Burroughs + Karen Finley on the literary side of things. "This is a crazy compilation of varying degrees of outsider musicians and poets. It’s a polarizing collection of names – you’re either into Swans or you’re not. You either get the Diamanda Galas or you don’t. You’re either a Tom Waits fan or you aren’t. It’s a wonder that this album even exists. It was put out by Giorno Poetry Systems Records, which was a label created in 1972 by the poet John Giorno to put works by people like Allen Ginsberg, John Cage, and Diane Di Prima on vinyl to make them more accessible to a new generation of readers (well, listeners). The combination of poetry and music works well. Past KCR staff wrote on the cover of the album, “What a fabulous offering,” “Not a bad cut on it,” and “THIS IS GREAT." (Kcr)
A1 – Butthole Surfers: Boiled Dove
A2 – Einstürzende Neubauten: Adler Kommt Später
A3 – Diamanda Galás: Solo Live In Amsterdam
A4 – William S. Burroughs: Words Of Advice / Kim Like The Great Gatsby
A5 – Swans: Anything For You (Hang Me)
B1 – John Giorno Band: Sucking Mud
B2 – Chad & Sudan: Cheap Energy
B3 – Tom Waits: The PontiacB4 – Chris Stein: Indra (For Brion Gysin)
B5 – Nick Cave: The Altra Virago Or The Vargus Barking Spider
This edition
Original copies of this rarity. Factory sealed. Few copies available
Format
This version with "Jacket Made in Canada" in the bottom left corner of the back cover.
Released in gatefold cover with a special inner sleeve, also showing artwork by Keith Haring.
A1 recorded at Total Access Studios, Redondo Beach, California, January 1983.
A2 recorded at The Ranch, New York, 1984.
A3 mixed at Unique Recording, New York, August 7, 1985; recorded at The Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth, Texas, March 16, 1985.
A4 recorded for the Pacific Rim Pacific Basin Institute of oral Traditions at Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado, July 28, 1985.
A5 recorded & mixed at Radio Tokyo, Los Angeles, January 16 & 18, 1985.
B1 recorded at Western Works, Sheffield, England, April 1985.
B2 recorded at the Pepsico Festival, SUNY at Purchase, New York, July 19, 1985.
B3 recorded at Paradise, London, England, May 5, 1985.
B4 recorded in New York, August 20, 1985.
B5 excerpt from a score commissioned by choreographer Richard Tanner for the Pennsylvania Ballet; recorded at Battery Sound, New York, July 1985.
B6 recorded at "The 80's" Studio, New York, 1981.
Release notes
A1 recorded at Electric Rosannoland Studios, NY, February 1989. A2 recorded on DAT in San Paulo, Brazil, December 1, 1988. A3 recorded at Wichita Art Assoc. Theatre, Wichita, Kansas, USA, April 10, 1987. A4 recorded at Totem Window, NY, 1987. B1 recorded at B.C. Studios, NY, February 1989. B2 recorded at Electric Rosannoland Studios, NY, March 1989. B3 recorded at Harold Dessau Recording, NY, November 18, 1988. B4 recorded at Living Room Studios, mixed at Unique Recording, NY, January…
| A1 | Invocation To Papa Legba | 4:30 | |
| A2 | Sister Ray | 7:30 | |
| A3 | Just Say No To Drug Hysteria (Excerpt) / Dead Souls | 8:15 | |
| A4 | Song For The Trees Or I Know Sometimes The World Is Wrong | 3:25 | |
| B1 | Tri-Power | 4:00 | |
| B2 | Living On The Outside (Fucked Up World) | 3:30 | |
| B3 | Party Animal | 3:55 | |
| B4 | It's A Mistake To Think You're Special | 5:44 | |
| B5 | Hard | 4:10 |
- Mark Michaelson
- Art Direction
- Robt. Williams
- Artwork
- John Giorno
- Executive-Producer
- Peter Wright
- Executive-Producer
