Rae Armantrout —
Conflation ... LP Fonograf Editions, 2016. Near Mint- ...
$9.99
... LP, Vinyl record album
(Clear vinyl pressing, includes the insert.)
Amiri Baraka —
It's Nation Time ... LP Black Forum/Motown, 1972. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)...
$22.9924.99
An amazing record that's as powerful as the political message of the title – the hippest record ever cut by Amiri Baraka, and that's saying a heck of a lot! Baraka delivers a long and complex set of poetic reflections on the state of Black America, spiritual awakening, and political ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Amiri Baraka with the Sun Ra Arkestra —
Black Mass ... CD Jihad/Son Boy, 1968. Used ...
Just Sold Out!
A lost piece of wisdom and knowledge! This hard to find recording is based around a play written by Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), and features music from Sun Ra & The Myth Science Arkestra. The original recording is extremely rare – and the CD accurately captures the excitement and raw ... (Jazz, Spoken Word)read moreCD
Ron Carter has always been way more than a straight jazz bassist – especially in the past few decades, where his collaborative spirit has taken him into territory we never would have imagined early on in his career! Here, he works alongside writer Danny Simmons – whose words inform ... (Jazz, Spoken Word)read moreCD
A pretty cool collection produced by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee – focusing on famous speeches by important female African-Americans – mostly focusing on the civil rights era, but also featuring an early speech by Ida B Wells. Ruby reads the speeches, and works include "I Am A Black ... read moreCD
(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)
A hard biting album of hip poetry from the great Sarah Webster Fabio! The title cut is a brutal attack on the free use of the word soul by black musicians – and Sarah delivers the words over spare conga backing by family member Cyril Leslie Fabio II. Cyril shows up on one other track – ... (Soul, Spoken Word)read moreCD
Maybe one of the coolest albums of poetry ever recorded – a set that features a young, pre-hippie Allen Ginsberg – delivering his epic poem Howel, plus some other key works too. The young Ginsberg's voice is great – and really fills the works with a lot of bitterness and cynicism ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Shrinkwrap has a small hole in front and an index label on back.)
A spoken word classic – Richard Harris' reading of Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet – all set to some sublime backings from Arif Mardin! Harris has an even more pointed style of pronunciation than on some of his previous records on ABC – less of a shining tramp than the British actor ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some marks from sticker removal and light surface wear.)
A really wonderful record – and one that maybe brings together a few key strands of the Folkways Records magic – as the album features narration by Langston Hughes, based on his First Book Of Rhythms book – layered with sound effects, folk songs, and music from around the world ... read moreCD
(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)
A fantastic mix of jazz and spoken word performance – delivered in a very righteous style that takes us back to the best vintage sides by artists like Wanda Robinson or Jayne Cortez! The words here are by Camae Ayewa – whose lyrics are as politically powerful as her presentation style ... (Jazz, Spoken Word)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A classic speech by Jesse Jackson – one that became quite a hit for Stax's Respect subsidiary, and which was one of the better selling albums of its type in the early 70s. The album was recorded back in the days before Jesse had become a bit of a cliche, when he appeared to be emerging as ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label promo. Cover has some ring & edge wear.)
Program includes selections by Morris Day, Jody Watley, Michael Jackson, Sade, New Edition, Freddie Jackson, Bobby Brown, and more. (Soul, Spoken Word)LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes programming booklet, bent at the first few pages. Cover has a small split in the spine and some wear.)
Includes "Poetry For The Beat Generation", "Blues & Haikus", and "Readings By Jack Kerouac On The Beat Generation" and a beautiful 40 page book! A classic meeting of jazz and beat poetry – packaged beautifully too! CD
(Out of print with a slight cutout mark through the spine.)
A wild and wonderful hippy theatrical approach to jazz! The tracks are kind of theatrical interpretations of jazz work by Charles Mingus, Yusef Lateef, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Sonny Rollins, and others – performed by a jazz group that includes trumpeter Wallace Roney, flautist Le Scott, ... (Jazz, Spoken Word)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Wild work from Lord Buckley – a really unusual figure on the west coast scene in the late 50s – kind of a beat comic, but one with a vibe that was all his own – and this way with language and odd spirit that was years ahead of the flower children! Not that Buck was any sort of ... (Comedy, Spoken Word)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(80s UK pressing – Demon Verbals. Includes heavy inner sleeve.)
Freaked out sounds from a movie that offers up a look at the struggles of youth at the end of the 60s – a movie that was recorded "on the scene where the action is – presenting 500,000 young Americans doing their own thing!" The sound of the whole thing is pretty darn great ... (Soundtracks, Spoken Word)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An unusual record – one that features most of a full episode of the show, with music by Shelly Manne, and narration and sound effects too! (Soundtracks, Spoken Word)LP, Vinyl record album
A really fantastic large project by Christian McBride – maybe one of his most ambitious records ever, and one that really lives up to its intention! The movement here is the Civil Rights movement – recalled through the words of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Rosa Parks, and Dr Martin Luther ... (Jazz, Spoken Word)read moreCD
A great early record from Rod McKuen – maybe more of a beat poetry record than some of his later work – with jazzy backings by Paul Gray, and a group that features Tiny Timbrell on guitar and Phil Sobel on flute! (Vocalists, Spoken Word)LP, Vinyl record album
Wow! This was the 4th Ken Nordine album of word jazz for Dot, and it's maybe the hardest to find! The record is a great example Nordine's legendary blend of nutty verbal bits and tight jazzy backing – and the music is by the Northern Jazz Quartet, who are a bit better than some of the other ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover has minimal wear, some clear tape on the top seam, splitting in the spine, and a very light stain at the top left corner.)
Rebecca Pan —
Hong Kong Sound ... LP Sounds Of Asia (Hong Kong), 1960s. Very Good+ ...
$24.99
Part field recording including various incidental sounds with English narration on Side 1, and five vocal tunes by Rebecca Pan on Side 2. (Global Grooves, Spoken Word)LP, Vinyl record album
Bobby Seale/Eldridge Cleaver/H Rap Brown —
Huey/Listen Whitey ... CD Folkways, 1972. New Copy Gatefold ...
$12.9916.98
Dialogue excerpts from two early 70s films documenting the shift between the Civil Rights and Black Power eras in the US! Side one is taken from the film Huey – and features Black Panthers Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver and H Rap Brown – plus what sounds like interviews with police and ... read moreCD
(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)
A very unusual record – one that has the Folkways ethnographic team on the streets of New York, recording the songs and calls of "six boys in trouble" as they riff and sing on some rough and raw numbers! The record's an odd turn of the ethnographic ear to the American scene – ... read moreCD
(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)
Camille Yarbrough —
Iron Pot Cooker ... CD Vanguard/Ace (UK), 1975. New Copy ...
$8.9914.98
One of THE spoken word classics of the 70s funk years – an amazing album based around the poetry of Camille Yarbrough – set to some amazing funky backings! The sound here is incredibly righteous – almost a more sophisticated version of Betty Davis – done with a stark, spare ... (Soul, Spoken Word)read moreCD
One of the fantastic albums issued by Giorno Poetry Systems – a wonderful bridge between high and low in the New York scene – as some tracks are spoken straight, and some have music – in a wonderful mix of talents. Tracks include "Imaginatin' Cocktail" by David Johansen ... (Rock, Spoken Word)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the original inner sleeve with pictures.)
Includes works by Thomas Blackburn, DJ Enright, Zulfikar Shose, Bernard Kps, Michell Raper, Vernon Scannell, Anthony Thwaite, and John Wain. Readings by Angela Baddeley, Richard Attenborough, High Dickosn, Peter O'Shaughnessy, and VC Clinton-Baddeley. LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cutout hole and some wear on the bottom seam.)
Includes inaugural addresses of Franklin D Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, Dwight D Eisenhower, John F Kennedy, Lyndon B Johnson, and Richard M Nixon. LP, Vinyl record album
A crazy collection of singles from the pre-hippie years of the beatnik – that cool cat who loved jazz, read poetry, and dug the scene with plenty of attitude! That attitude is the main focus of most of the cuts here – obscure tracks from the late 50s and early 60s that poke fun at the ... (Rock, Spoken Word)read moreCD
Radio spots commemorating the 25th anniversary of the organization, with spots by Dustin Hoffman, Danny Kaye, Melanie, Anthony Quinn, Peter Ustinov, Joan Baez, Marlon Brando, Judy Collins, Sammy Davis, and David Frost. (Funky 45's, Spoken Word)7-inch, Vinyl record