Various – Big Ego

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Label:	Giorno Poetry Systems – GPS 012-013
Format:	2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country:	US
Released:	1978
Genre:	Electronic, Non-Music
Style:	Modern Classical, Comedy, Spoken Word, Experimental

Tracklist

A1	Patti Smith–	The Histories Of The Universe	7:46
A2	Philip Glass–	A Secret Solo	2:17
A3	John Giorno–	Grasping At Emptiness	9:45
A4	Laurie Anderson–	Three Expediences	3:00
A5	Robert Wilson (2) & Christopher Knowles–	A Letter To Queen Victoria: The Sundance Kid Is Beautiful (Excerpt)	8:00
B1	Meredith Monk–	Education Of The Girlchild, 1972: Biography	8:00
B2	Michael Lally–	All Of The Above (Excerpt)	6:17
B3	Robert Lowell–	Ulysses & Circe (Excerpt)	9:40
B4	Larry Wendt–	How To Cook A Duck	4:44
B5	Jackie Curtis–	Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas	2:27
C1	Ed Sanders–	The Fugs: A Monologue	2:12
C2	William S. Burroughs–	Naked Lunch: The Laboratory Has Been Locked For Three Hours Solid (Excerpt)	2:14
C3	Harris Schiff–	15 Years Passes / Dollar Bill	1:45
C4	Otis Brown (4)–	Boneless Chicken	1:43
C5	Joel Oppenheimer–	Cities, This City	2:45
C6	The Fugs–	Saran Wrap Written By – Ed Sanders	1:15
C7	Claes Oldenburg–	June Was / Panodramdra	1:15
C8	Denise Levertov–	Homage To Pavese: Woman Alone	3:33
C9	Ted Greenwald–	Friends	2:08
C10	Anthony J. Gnazzo*–	Hisnia & Hernia	4:44
C11	Steve Tropp & Gloria Tropp–	Snow White	1:03
C12	Jim Brodey–	Homeward Bound Sitar – Colin Wolcott*	1:52
C13	Robert Ashley–	Interiors With Flash	3:07
D1	Eileen Myles–	Tuesday Brightness	0:50
D2	Helen Adam–	Apartment On Twin Peaks	5:42
D3	Anne Waldman–	Light & Shadow	6:10
D4	Joe Johnson (3)–	Fly Ho	0:37
D5	Lorenzo Thomas–	Wonders	1:50
D6	Ishmael Reed–	Sky Diving	2:19
D7	Kenward Elmslie–	The Woolworth Song	2:30
D8	Mona DaVinci–	The Sacred Wood Of Art: The Last Supper Of Mona DaVinci (Excerpt)	2:50
D9	Bernard Heidsieck–	Canal Street No. 19	2:25
D10	Steve Hamilton (11)–	Promise	3:25
D11	Frank O'Hara–	Poem / Poem Recorded By – Eugene Brooks, Jerry Newman	1:45
D12	Ron Padgett–	No Title	1:28

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Recorded At – St. Mark's Church, New York City
Recorded At – Big Apple Recording Studios
Recorded At – ZBS Media
Recorded At – WBAI
Recorded At – Town Hall, New York
Recorded At – Fillmore East
Recorded At – The Museum Of Modern Art, New York
Recorded At – Mills College
Recorded At – Naropa Institute
Engineered At – ZBS Media

Credits

Artwork, Photography By – Les Levine
Engineer – Bobby Bielecki*
Producer – Catherine Levine

Notes

Comes in a gatefold-sleeve.
Subtitle is "The Dial-A-Poem Poets LP"

Engineered at ZBS Media.

A1 and A5 recorded at St. Marks Church, New York, Jan.1, 1975.
A2 recorded at Big Apple Studios, New York, Apr.29, 1977.
A3 recorded at ZBS Media, Fort Edward, New York, Jun.9, 1978.
A4 recorded at ZBS Media, Fort Edward, New York, Feb. 1978.
B1 recorded at WBAI, New York, May 15, 1976.
B2 recorded at St. Marks Church, New York, Jan.18, 1978.
B3 recorded at St. Marks Church, New York, Feb.23, 1977.
B4 recorded in San Jose, California, June 1976.
B5 recorded at Town Hall, New York, Nov.9, 1976.
C1 recorded live at the Fillmore East, New York, Jun.1, 1968.
C2 recorded at St. Marks Church, New York, Apr.9, 1977.
C3 recorded at St. Marks Church, New York, May 18, 1977.
C4 recorded at St. Marks Church, New York, Oct.26, 1977.
C5 recorded at St. Marks Church, New York, Oct.6, 1976.
C6 recorded in New York, 1965.
C7 recorded at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Apr.19, 1976.
C8 recorded at St. Marks Church, New York, Apr.20, 1977.
C9 recorded at St. Marks Church, New York, Apr.27, 1977.
C10 recorded in Oakland, California, Jan. 1975.
C11 recorded at WBAI, New York, Dec. 1977.
C12 recorded at St. Marks Church, New York, Mar.31, 1976.
C13 recorded at Mills College, Oakland, California, May 14, 1978.
D1 recorded at St. Marks Church, New York, Dec.7, 1977.
D2 recorded at St. Marks Church, New York, Jan.5, 1977.
D3 recorded at Naropa Institute, Boulder, California, Jul.30, 1974.
D4 and D6 recorded at St. Marks Church, New York, Jan.29, 1977.
D5 recorded at St. Marks Church, New York, Mar.2, 1977.
D7 recorded at WBAI, New York, Jan.29, 1978.
D8 recorded in Bloomfield, New Jersey and at St. Marks Church, New York, Oct.9, 1974.
D9 composed 1973, recorded 1976 in Paris, France.
D10 recorded at St. Marks Church, New York, Dec.22, 1976.
D11 recorded in New York, Sept. 1963.
D12 recorded at St. Marks Church, New York, Feb.8, 1978.