As the liner notes say: "Everything a woman needs to know to love and be loved by a man...The importance of his orgasm, the etiquette of orgies, what goes on in a man's head sexually - and much, much more." How could we top that? The album that inspired Rudy Ray Moore's Sensuous Black ... (Now Sound, Spoken Word)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear and half split bottom seam.)
Beth Anderson —
I Can't Stand It ... LP Finders Keepers (UK), Early 1980s. New Copy (reissue)...
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A really fascinating mix of modes from DIY artist Beth Anderson – music that's partly poetry, partly word play – sometimes with the drum machine bits you'd expect from hip hop, but often with more of the arty vibe that echoes with Beth's presence on the downtown scene in New York at the ... (Rock, Spoken Word)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono blue label pressing in a flip-back cover, with ringwear, yellowing from age, clear tape reinforcing the seams and spine, bent corners, and a name stamp and light stains in back.)
A very cool artifact from the glory days of The Beatles – a set that features interviews with the group, words from their fans, and tracks from their records – all combined in a great mix of music and voice! (Rock, Spoken Word)LP, Vinyl record album
(70s red label pressing. Cover has light ring wear, tiny stain over the titles.)
Includes discussions of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and "Eroica" Symphony, Bach's St Matthew Passion, and excerpts from Charles Ives' "Fourth Of July" and "Second Symphony". (Classical, Spoken Word)LP, Vinyl record album
A righteous treasure from the end of the 60s – an album of vocal tracks recorded by the Minister Of Information for the Black Panther Party, set to backings from the legendary jazz visionary Horace Tapscott! Elaine Brown's less of a soul singer than a powerful speaker who delivers the lyrics ... (Soul, Spoken Word)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A very cool introduction to Nashville at the height of the first wave of country music – served up in a 40 page book, filled with photos and info on the city – plus a narrated record too! (Folk/Country, Spoken Word)LP, Vinyl record album
(In the spiral-bound booklet cover, with light wear and some yellowing from age.)
One of the few documents of the righteous oratory power of Stokely Carmichael – a record that puts him right up there in territory of famous speeches recorded by Malcolm X and Martin Luther King! As you'd guess from the title, the album is partly a call for release of Huey Newton from ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Sure, Desiderata was one of the biggest spiritual scams of the early 70s – but there's a monster cut on here called "Courage" that is totally funky! It's got some excellent drums, and an eerie voiceover monologue in a very David Axelrod style! LP, Vinyl record album
From hipster comedian to schlocky roles in The Planet of The Apes, Severn Darden was one of the 60s more enigmatic performers. This early album has him doing intellectual standup and skits with the help of the Second City cast – including Alan Arkin, Paul Sand, and Barbara Harris. The stuff' ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A crazy collection of poetry and jazz – but one that doesn't come from as much of the sort of hipster/beat angle as one would expect from this sort of project! Instead, the interpreters take the high art road – with John Carradine, Hoagy Carmichael, Ben Wright, Roy Glenn and Bob ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label pressing with a deep groove. Cover has a small bit of tape on the top seam, and some very light wear.)
A very cool record from the hot rod years – one that focuses on the sounds of racing boats, as they drag it out on the water! (Sound Library, Spoken Word)LP, Vinyl record album
(Original mono pressing, in great shape – and comes with bonus art print! Cover has a small cutout hole in the corner.)
An incredible album, and very unique! Sarah Webster Fabio was a hip 70s poet with a very righteous sound – and she's working here with funky backings by a tight group that includes family members, in a style that's similar to early 70s work by artists like Wanda Robinson and Camille ... (Soul, Spoken Word)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Beautiful heavy pressing – almost like the original!)
(70s issue, still sealed with light wear and small holes at the corners.)
Allen Ginsberg —
Howl ... LP Fantasy, 1959. Very Good ...
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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
(70s pressing.)
Ron Grainer/Orson Welles —
Finest Hours ... LP Mercury, 1964. Near Mint- 2LP Gatefold ...
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(Red label stereo pressing in the booklet cover, with light wear and aging.)
(Mono red label pressing with Soundwave stamp in a red tinted cover. Includes the booklet. Cover has light wear, some aging, and is bumped at the bottom left corner.)
One of the coolest records to ever feature the voice of Jack Kerouac – getting a great showcase here on Verve Records, at a time when the label was moving past jazz to experiment with spoken word material too! Given Kerouac's love of jazz, the choice of label is a great one – and the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A wild one from the heady days of Leary's greatness – and a really odd record that's made even more mysterious by the lack of liner notes! Side one features an extended jamming guitar track – "Live & Let Live" – often funky in parts, and with Leary speaking from ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label pressing. Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has edge wear, small split spots, light ring wear.)
A very early performance by Cleavon Little – reading selections by James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, and Shirley Gissendanner – with arrangements and organ from Dave Evans! LP, 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.)
(Mono maroon label pressing. Cover has light wear and aging, clear tape reinforcing the seams and spine, small peeled spot from sticker removal at the top left, and a small name stamp in back.)
Haki R Madhubuti/Afrikan Liberation Arts Ensemble —
Rise Vision Comin ... LP Rise, 1976. Sealed ...
Just Sold Out!
A legendary album of spoken word and spiritual jazz – put together by The Institute of Positive Education in Chicago, and featuring wisdom and knowledge from the legendary Haki R Madhubuti! The album alternates shorter vocal/musical tracks with longer ones that are pure post-Coltrane jazz ... (Jazz, Spoken Word)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really fantastic record – a righteous blend of jazz and spoken word, served up at a level that rivals some of the famous collaborations between Langston Hughes and Charles Mingus! The tunes have a similar introspective quality to that work, but are delivered with a style that's maybe more ... (Jazz, Spoken Word)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A pretty weird little record – one that features writer/pianist John Mehegan telling about "the act of jazz", the moment of jazz creation, it's idea, soul, inspiration, and just about every other aspect. Mehegan plays piano with a trio that features Dave Bailey on drums and Ernie ... (Jazz, Spoken Word)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Yellow & black label stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear, some yellowing from age, and a bit of pencil in back.)
One of the coolest projects ever from sound experimentalist Henry Jacobs – a set that's billed as a comedy album, but which instead has all this weird play with voices, sound effects, and electronics! LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono blue label pressing. Cover has light wear, some splitting in the top seam, and is peeled at the bottom left corner.)
Elvis Presley —
Elvis Tapes ... LP Great Northwest Music Company, 1957. Very Good+ ...
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Press conference recording from Vancouver, BC in 1957. (Rock, Spoken Word)LP, Vinyl record album
Interview material with The Rolling Stones on an early American tour – a style similar to some of the Beatles Interview records! (Rock, Spoken Word)LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear, some yellowing from age, light stains in back, some splitting in the bottom seam, and appears to have been signed by Ed Rudy in front.)
(In a plain sleeve, with title written in marker, small sticker spot and tape remnants, lighlty bent corners, and slightly crinkled cue sheet with some pen.)
(White label Folkways pressing. Includes the booklet. Vinyl plays with a short click on Side 3. Box has a split wrap-around with a peeled spot at the spine, and a small center split at the right edge.)
Stanley Silverman & Richard Foreman —
Elephant Steps ... LP Columbia, 1974. Near Mint- 2LP Gatefold ...
Just Sold Out!
A call to action for late 60s listeners, presented in a very unusual way! The set features one side of discussions on "Student Power" and "Grievance Assembly" – then moves into the odd spoken art pieces "Leningen Versus The Ants" by Carl Stephenson and "Alie ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear, a few scratches, and some seam splitting.)
A great trip back to the glory days of grindhouse cinema – served up here in a host of trailers and music from films of the legendary David F Friedman! Friedman was one of the kings of exploitation of the time – and worked heavily in the pre-porn years of raunchy cinema, then dabbled ... (Soundtracks, Spoken Word)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Interviews conducted by Walter Harris, with Noel Coward, Albert Finney, Peter Hall, Sean Kenny, Siobhan McKenna, Harold Pinter, Sybil Thorndike, Kennethy Tynan, and Peter Ustinov. LP, Vinyl record album
(Original 60s pressing, still sealed in loose cellophane. Cover has some yellowing from age.)