William S Burroughs* And Brion Gysin – The Spoken Word

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Label:	British Library – NSACD 111
Series:	The Spoken Word (3)
Format:	CD
Country:	UK
Released:	Jul 2012
Genre:	Non-Music
Style:	Spoken Word, Experimental

Tracklist

1	William S Burroughs*–	The Beginning Is Also The End (Excerpt)	1:21
		Reading At The Centre Hotel, Liverpool
2	William S Burroughs*–	Untitled	2:30
3	William S Burroughs*–	Untitled	2:44
4	William S Burroughs*–	Untitled	3:56
5	William S Burroughs*–	Untitled	17:11
6	William S Burroughs*–	Untitled	3:00
7	William S Burroughs*–	Untitled	5:51
8	William S Burroughs*–	Untitled	2:31
9	William S Burroughs*–	Untitled	2:19
10	William S Burroughs*–	Twilight's Last Gleamings Written-By [Written In Collaboration With] – Kells Elvins	2:20
		-
11	Brion Gysin–	Cut-Ups Self-Explained	3:53
12	Brion Gysin–	I Am This Painter Brion Gysin	2:06
13	Brion Gysin–	Pistol Poem Producer – Douglas Cleverdon	1:15
14	Brion Gysin–	I've Come To Free The Words	1:28
15	Brion Gysin–	No Poets Don't Own Words	1:01
16	Brion Gysin–	Calling All Reactive Agents	1:31
17	Brion Gysin–	Junk Is No Good Baby	2:12
18	Brion Gysin–	Kick That Habit Man	1:17
19	Brion Gysin–	I Am That I Am	3:06
20	William S Burroughs*–	Invisible Art	0:50
21	William S Burroughs*–	Invisible Art	1:07
22	William S Burroughs*–	Invisible Art	0:52
23	Brion Gysin–	'Silky Supple Mirrors To Be Folded...'	0:58

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Copyright © – William S. Burroughs Estate
Copyright © – The Estate Of Brion Gysin
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – The British Library Board
Copyright © – The British Library Board
Glass Mastered At – EDC, Germany – 52964422

Credits

Compiled By – Steve Cleary (2)
Liner Notes – Colin Fallows
Mastered By – Nigel Bewley
Photography By – Charles Gatewood
Producer – Richard Fairman
Voice [Speaker] – Brion Gysin (tracks: 11 to 19, 23), William S Burroughs* (tracks: 1 to 10, 20 to 22)

Notes

Track 1 recording date unknown, probably circa 1963.
Tracks 2-10 recorded 5.10.1982.
Track 11-18 recorded circa 1960-1962.
Track 19 recorded 1962.
Tracks 20-23 recorded 22.03.1970.

Front cover: William S Burroughs and Brion Gysin's dreammachine, London 1972.

CD with 16-page booklet.

Duration: 66 minutes

© 2012 The British Library Board

Recording credits:
℗ 2012 The British Library Board

Work credits:
Tracks 1-10, 20-22 © The Estate of William S. Burroughs
Tracks 11-19, 23 © The Estate of Brion Gysin
Introductory essay © Colin Fallows

From back cover: "This collection of rare recordings pairs American writer William S. Burroughs and British-born artist Brion Gysin (1916 86), the man Burroughs credited with the invention of the cut-up literary technique.

"The disc features a complete, previously unissued 42-minute recording of Burroughs reading live in Liverpool in 1982, plus performances by Gysin of a selection of his permutated poems, as well as previously unheard home recordings made by the pair in Paris in 1970. All recordings are taken from tapes in the British Library collection."