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Poetry for the Beat Generation

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Released
  
1959

Length
  
40:08

Release date
  
1959

Label
  
Zonophone

Recorded
  
1958

Artists
  
Jack Kerouac, Steve Allen

Producer
  
Bob Thiele

Genre
  
Spoken word

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Poetry for the Beat Generation (1959)
  
Blues and Haikus (1959)

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Jack kerouac steve allen poetry for the beat generation lp 1959


Poetry for the Beat Generation is the debut album of American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac and was originally released in 1959.

Contents

Kerouac october in the railroad earth


History

Kerouac is accompanied by Steve Allen on the piano. All songs were written by Kerouac. The album is included in the CD box set The Jack Kerouac Collection.

Side One

  1. "October in the Railroad Earth" – 7:08
  2. "Deadbelly" – 1:02
  3. "Charlie Parker" – 3:43
  4. "The Sounds of the Universe Coming in My Window" – 3:14
  5. "One Mother" – 0:47
  6. "Goofing at the Table" – 1:42
  7. "Bowery Blues" – 3:48

Side Two

  1. "Abraham" – 1:14
  2. "Dave Brubeck" – 0:27
  3. "I Had a Slouch Hat Too One Time" – 6:11
  4. "The Wheel of the Quivering Meat Conception" – 1:51
  5. "McDougal Street Blues" – 3:23
  6. "The Moon Her Majesty" – 1:36
  7. "I'd Rather Be Thin Than Famous" – 0:37

Bonus Tracks on 1990 CD issue

(Taken from the Steve Allen Plymouth Show, NBC Broadcast, Monday 10:00pm, 16th November 1959 Eastern time)

  1. "Readings from On the Road & Visions of Cody" – 3:31

Songs

1October in the Railroad Earth7:10
2Deadbelly1:05
3Charlie Parker3:45

References

Poetry for the Beat Generation Wikipedia
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