LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

4-fold gatefold 4LP set 140 gram HQ virgin vinyl Catalogue: DOY006QLP Barcode: 889397000066 Price: € 34.90 After several years spent searching for a publisher for On The Road, in 1957 Jack Kerouac s fortune finally changed as he literally became a star overnight, thanks to rave reviews by the New York Times and others who heralded Kerouac as the voice of a new generation. It was during this initial period of fame (1957-1959) that Kerouac also recorded a trio of albums. His first effort, Poetry For The Beat Generation, was recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1957 with soon-to-be pop icon Steve Allen on piano. The album was not released, however, until 1959 due to controversy over the album s racy content. Despite this controversy (or perhaps because of it) Kerouac was asked to make another album, Blues And Haikus, soon afterwards. This time Kerouac chose musician friends Zoot Sims and Al Cohn to accompany him, and this rapport resulted in a much more cohesive effort. 1959 s Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation, on the other hand, is an entirely spoken word piece. Here Kerouac freely improvised on his own writings, using his own voice as an instrument. While the first three albums were actual albums, The Last Word is a collection of outtakes from the Blues And Haikus sessions, a recording of a college lecture given by Kerouac in November 1958, and an appearance he made on a popular television show in November 1959. This deluxe 4LP comes in a book style sleeve, with each page containing one of the four albums and a reproduction of each album s original artwork.
Front cover reproduces first album s original ultra rare artwork

Tracks:
LP1 - Poetry for the Beat Generation -
Side A:
1. October In The Railroad Earth 2. Deadbelly 3. Charlie Parker 4. The Sounds Of The Universe Coming In My Window 5. One Mother 6. Goofing At The Table
Side B:
1. Bowery Blues 2. Abraham 3. Dave Brubeck 4. I Had A Slouch Hat Too One Time 5. The Wheel Of The Quivering Meat Conception 6. McDougal Street Blues 7. The Moon Her Majesty 8. I'd Rather Be Thin Than Famous
LP2 - Blues and Haikus -
Side A:
1. American Haikus 2. Hard Hearted Old Farmer
Side B:
1. The Last Hotel & Some Of The Dharma 2. Poems From The Unpublished "Book Of The Blues
LP3 - Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation -
Side A:
1. San Francisco Scene (The Beat Generation) 2. San Francisco Blues (Fragments) a) San Francisco b) Street Scene c) Money Honey d) Westinghouse Elevators e) Old Age f) Praised Be Man g) The Sad Turtle 3. Lucien Midnight: The Sound of the Universe in My Window - Excerpt 1 Excerpt 2 4. History Of Bop Side B: 1. The Subterraneans 2. Visions of Neal: Neal and the Three Stooges
LP4 The Last Word -
Side A:
1. Old Western Movies(Previously unreleased outtakes from the Blues And Haikus sessions) 2. Conclusion Of The Railroad Earth (Previously unreleased outtakes from the Blues And Haikus sessions)
Side B:
1. Is There A Beat Generation? (From the Is There A Beat Generation? forum, sponsored by Brandeis University; Hunter College Playhouse, November 6, 1958) 2. Readings From "On The Road" & "Visions Of Cody" (From The Steve Allen Plymouth Show, NBC Broadcast, November 16, 1959. Piano accompaniment by Steve Allen)