| 1 |
William's Welcome ("What Are You Here For?")
Cello – Maxine Neuman Featuring [Interruptions] – Sonic Youth French Horn – Tom Varner Music By, Arranged By, Woodwind – Lenny Pickett Percussion – Bobby Previte Performer [Sonic Youth] – Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelly*, Thurston Moore Vocals – Arlene Martel*, Dennis Martin (2), Frank Simms, Leslie Miller Written-By – Pickett*, Burroughs* |
2:03 | ||
| 2 |
A Thanksgiving Prayer
Featuring – NBC Symphony Orchestra Music By – Frank Denning Written-By – Burroughs* |
2:22 | ||
| 3 |
Naked Lunch Excerpts ("You Got Any Eggs For Fats?") / Dinner Conversation ("The Snakes")
Featuring – NBC Symphony Orchestra Music By – Frank Denning Written-By – Burroughs* |
7:16 | ||
| 4 |
Ah Pook The Destroyer / Brion Gysin's All-Purpose Bedtime Story
Music By, Performer – John Cale Written-By – Cale*, Burroughs* |
2:46 | ||
| 5 |
After-Dinner Conversation ("An Atrocious Conceit") / Where He Was Going
Featuring – NBC Symphony Orchestra Music By – Frank Denning Organ – Cheryl Hardwick Written-By – Burroughs* |
11:40 | ||
| 6 |
Kill The Badger!
Featuring – NBC Symphony Orchestra Music By – Buryl Red Written-By – Burroughs* |
2:42 | ||
| 7 |
A New Standard By Which To Measure Infamy
Music By, Effects – Donald Fagen Written-By – Fagen*, Burroughs* |
1:47 | ||
| 8 |
The Sermon On The Mount 1 ("WSB Reads The Good Book")
Cello – Maxine Neuman French Horn – Tom Varner Music By, Arranged By, Woodwind – Lenny Pickett Percussion – Bobby Previte Vocals – Arlene Martel*, Dennis Martin (2), Frank Simms, Leslie Miller Written-By – Pickett*, Burroughs* |
1:30 | ||
| 9 |
No More Stalins, No More Hitlers
Music By, Performer – John Cale Written-By – Cale*, Burroughs* |
1:00 | ||
| 10 |
The Sermon On The Mount 2
Cello – Maxine Neuman French Horn – Tom Varner Music By, Arranged By, Woodwind – Lenny Pickett Percussion – Bobby Previte Vocals – Arlene Martel*, Dennis Martin (2), Frank Simms, Leslie Miller Written-By – Pickett*, Burroughs* |
1:22 | ||
| 11 |
Scandal At The Jungle Hiltons
Featuring [The Piranha Food] – Allen Ginsberg Written-By – Burroughs* |
1:41 | ||
| 12 |
The Sermon On The Mount 3
Cello – Maxine Neuman French Horn – Tom Varner Music By, Arranged By, Woodwind – Lenny Pickett Percussion – Bobby Previte Vocals – Arlene Martel*, Dennis Martin (2), Frank Simms, Leslie Miller Written-By – Pickett*, Burroughs* |
1:23 | ||
| 13 |
Love Your Enemies
Music By, Performer – John Cale Written-By – Cale*, Burroughs* |
1:13 | ||
| 14 |
Dr. Benway's House
Featuring, Written-By – Sonic Youth Performer [Sonic Youth] – Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelly*, Thurston Moore |
0:40 | ||
| 15 |
Apocalypse
Featuring – NBC Symphony Orchestra Music By – Bill Giant, Eugene Cines, Frank Denning, Ray Ellis Written-By – Burroughs* |
9:05 | ||
| 16 |
The Lord's Prayer
Featuring [Introduction] – Sonic Youth Music By, Performer – Chris Stein Performer [Sonic Youth] – Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelly*, Thurston Moore Written-By – Stein*, Burroughs* |
0:45 | ||
| 17 |
Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt ("Falling In Love Again")
Clarinet – Lenny Pickett Music By, Lyrics By – Friedrich Hollander* Piano – Cheryl Hardwick Written-By – Hollander* |
2:30 |
Readings by William S. Burroughs set to music of different artists.
— "William's Welcome", "Dinner Conversation (The Snakes)", "Brion Gysin's All-Purpose Bedtime Story", "After-Dinner Conversation (An Atrocious Conceit)" and "A New Standard by Which to Measure Infamy" are new texts, unpublished.
— "A Thanksgiving Prayer" and "Where He Was Going" are from 'Tornado Alley'.
— "Naked Lunch Excerpts" are from 'Naked Lunch'.
— "Ah Pook the Destroyer" is from 'Ah Pook Is Here.'
— "Kill the Badger!" is from 'The Cat Inside'.
— "The Sermon on the Mount 1, 2, and 3" is from the Bible.
— "No More Stalins, No More Hitlers" is from 'Interzone'.
— "Scandal at the Jungle Hiltons" is from 'The Western Lands'.
— "Love Your Enemies" is from 'Ghost of Chance'.
— "Apocalypse" is from 'Apocalypse'.
Recorded at Hairball 3; Lawrence, Kansas. Edited at Grossman Cottage; Bearsville, NY. Additional recording at Acoustilog/Sorcerer Sound; New York, Quadrosonic Studios; New York and Sigma Sound Studios; New York. Mixed at Sigma Sound Studios; New York and Bearsville Studios; Bearsville, New York. Mastered at BMG/RCA Studios.
This album is dedicated to Keith Haring, at the Apocalypse - William S. Burroughs
℗© 1990 Island Records, Inc.
Printed in U.S.A.
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dead City Radio (LP) | Island Records | 422-846 264-1 | US | 1990 |