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Spoken word -- plus sports records and even some Folkways oddities!
Comedy | Spoken Word | Children's
Great Jones/Shimmy Disc, 1989. New Copy 2LP
LP...$26.99
32.98
A really wonderful later project from the legendary poet Allen Ginsberg – a set put together by Hal Willner, and one that may well be better than any of his previous efforts to blend together words and music! The tunes often still have that hypnotic quality of Ginsberg's earlier recordings, ... LP, Vinyl record album
Stokely Carmichael
Free Huey (red vinyl pressing)Black Forum/Motown, 1970. New Copy (reissue)
LP...$24.99
26.99
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 ... LP, Vinyl record album
Brion Gysin with Don Cherry, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, & Others
Junk (with bonus tracks)Mosquito/We Want Sounds (UK), 1984. New Copy (reissue)
LP...$21.99
34.99
Really great vocal work from legendary underground figure Brion Gysin – best known as a poet, but also a key European connection for the American beats – and a frequent partner in the language experiments by William S Burroughs! Here, Gysin mixes his words in both singing and spoken ... LP, Vinyl record album
Kenneth Patchen
Kenneth Patchen Reads With Jazz In CanadaFolkways, 1958. New Copy
CD...$12.99
16.99
Kenneth Patchen, like Kenneth Rexroth, was one of the few poets who really understood what it meant to read and write in a jazz idiom – as you'll hear on this excellent set of beatnik jazz tracks! The album features Patchen reading in a great style – angular, cynical, really working ... CD
Angela Davis
Angela Davis SpeaksFolkways, 1971. New Copy Gatefold
CD...$12.99
16.98
A really unique document of the struggle and story of Angela Davis – recorded in 1971 by ABC news, and packaged together here as kind of a sonic program by Folkways! The record works like a short news program – starting out with a statement by Angela, then moving to a narrated ... CD
Heyday Again, Late 1950s/1960s/1970s/1980s/Early 1990s. New Copy
CD...$7.99
12.99
Right from the start of his career, poet Allen Ginsberg experimented with recording and music – maybe not a surprise, because as a young beat poet, he grew up in the era when long playing records were really taking off – yet still delivered in a way that was often very different than ... CD
Ken Nordine
Grandson Of Word JazzSnail, 1986. Sealed
A long-overdue follow-up to Ken's last Word Jazz album for Dot – done for Nordine's own Snail Records label nearly 20 years after the last one! The style here is less "jazz" and more atmospheric than before – very much in the mode of Nordine's Word Jazz syndicated radio show ... LP, Vinyl record album
Various
Great Moments In Cubs BaseballMajor Official, 1971. Near Mint-
Narrated by Jack Brickhouse, Bert Wilson, Charlie Grimm, Hal Totten, Lew Fonseca and others. LP, Vinyl record album
Yevgeny Yevtushenko & Others
Yevtushenko – Readings From His New York & San Francisco Poetry ConcertsColumbia, 1972. Sealed
A famous live set, recorded at the Felt Forum – with contributions from Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Viveca Lindfors, and others! LP, Vinyl record album
Richard J Daley
Mayor Daley On The RecordNational Broadcasting, 1978. Near Mint-
(Cover has light wear.) LP, Vinyl record album
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath Reading Her PoetryCaedmon, Late 1950s/Early 1960s. Near Mint-
LP...$59.99
68.99
Maybe one of the most important poetry records ever done by Caedmon – given that Sylvia Plath left our planet all too soon, and this set is one of the few documents of her reading her own work! Side one features material recorded at the Poetry Room at Harvard in the late 50s – and side ... LP, Vinyl record album
Lawrence Schiller/
LSD – A Documentary Report On The Current Psychedelic Drug Controversy
Capitol, 1966. Very Good+ Gatefold
One of the coolest drug documentary albums of the 60s! Even includes a drug term glossary inside, too! Features some early music from future members of the Grateful Dead. LP, Vinyl record album
Allen Ginsberg
Gate – Two Evenings With Allen Ginsberg Vol 1 – SongsLoft (Germany), 1979. Very Good+
A totally great album from Allen Ginsberg – one recorded in Germany, with some very cool song-based material and a nicely trippy vibe! Also features appearances from Peter Orlovsky, Gregory Corso, and Steven Taylor. LP, Vinyl record album
RW Schambach
Possessed By God Or Demons?Power, Early/Mid 1970s. Near Mint-
... LP, Vinyl record album
Arthur Allen
Dawn In A Duck Blind (10 Inch LP)Cornell University Press, 1960s. Near Mint-
... LP, Vinyl record album
Library Of Congress, 1959. Near Mint-
(Includes booklet. Cover has light wear.) LP, Vinyl record album
Edward Brathwaite
Rights Of PassageArgo (UK), 1969. Near Mint-
(Mono blue label pressing, still with indicator inner sleeve. Cover has a small stain at the top left corner.) LP, Vinyl record album
Sheldon Allman
Drunks – Hilarious Off-Guard Encounters With InebriatesDel-Fi, Early 60s. Very Good+
One of the strangest spoken word records ever recorded, and certainly one of the oddest to ever be issued by the LA rock powerhouse label Del-Fi – a set that has Sheldon Allman in coversation with actual drunks! The approach is a bit crazy, and Allman's maybe a bit of a bully – but the ... LP, Vinyl record album
Ann Davies
An Esoteric Qabalistic ServiceBOTA, 1961. Near Mint- Gatefold
(Mid 70s pressing. Cover has some surface wear, aging, and small seam splits.) LP, Vinyl record album
Freberg Ltd, 1967. Near Mint-
LP...$19.99
29.99
Features vocals by Sarah Vaughan on "Who Listenes To Radio?", arranged and conducted by Quincy Jones. LP, Vinyl record album
Edgar Allan Poe/
Poems & Tales Of Edgar Allan Poe Vol 3
Caedmon, 1965. Near Mint-
LP...$14.99
24.99
With readings of "The Telltale Heart", "The Bells", "The Fall Of The House Of Usher", and "The Haunted Palace". LP, Vinyl record album
Cyril Ritchard
Odd Songs & A Poem (10-inch)Dolphin, 1955. Near Mint-
LP...$14.99
34.99
Nice Edward Gorey cover art! LP, Vinyl record album
Bill Harney & Alan Marshall
Talkabout – Australia's Champion Earbashers Go TalkaboutScore (Australia), Early 1960s. Very Good+
LP...$11.99
14.99
(Flipback cover has minimal & aging.) LP, Vinyl record album
Various
Voix De 8 Poetes Du CanadaFolkways, 1958. Very Good+
Featuring Alain Grandbois, Anne Hebert, Paul-Marie Lapointe, and more. LP, Vinyl record album
Langston Hughes & Margaret Danner
Writers Of The RevolutionBlack Forum, 1970. Near Mint-
One of the most laidback albums ever recorded by Motown – a conversation between authors Langston Hughes and Margaret Danner – presented in a nicely unadorned style for Motown's Black Forum label! There's no music on the record at all, but both writers read some of their work – ... LP, Vinyl record album
Eldridge Cleaver
Soul On Wax – Eldridge Cleaver Recorded At SyracuseMore Records, 1968. Very Good+
LP...$9.99
11.99
Powerful live material, recorded at a meeting of the Peace & Freedom Party of Syracuse, during a time when Cleaver was facing some of the greatest trials of his life. The recording quality's a bit shaky, but you'll be more than able to grasp what Cleaver is saying, and to hear the raw power ... LP, Vinyl record album
Ossie Davis & Bill Cosby
Ossie Davis & Bill Cosby Address The Congressional Black CaucusBlack Forum, 1972. Very Good+
This was an address given by Cosby and Davis in 1971 in honor of The Congressional Black Caucus and in order to help raise money for them. The occasion was an inaugural national banquet for the congressmen representing mainly African American districts – and the record features the speeches ... LP, Vinyl record album
Smash, Early/Mid 1960s. Very Good+
(White label mono promo. Cover has light wear, some spotty aging, library stamps in front, and a promo ink stamp in back.) LP, Vinyl record album
Liberty, Late 60s. Near Mint-
A strangely compelling record by Henry Gibson – an artist who's known for his work on so many fronts, from his classic appearances in 70s Robert Altman films, his 60s work on Laugh-In, and his more recent stint in Magnolia! This set's a pretty weird little batch of comedy routines – ... LP, Vinyl record album
Klaus Kinski
Ich Bin So Wild Nach Deinem ErdbeermundAtom (Austria), 1975. Very Good+ 2LP Gatefold
LP...$6.99
11.99
... LP, Vinyl record album
Gerald Heard
Explorations With Gerald HeardPacifica, 1957. Very Good+
LP...$6.99
19.99
(Cover has some ring and edge wear, light aging, and split seams held with clear tape.) LP, Vinyl record album
Severn Darden
Sound Of My Own VoiceMercury, 1961. Very Good+ Gatefold
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' ... LP, Vinyl record album
Barry Sadler
Germany Calling Axis Sally-Lord Haw HawVeteran, 1939/Early 1940s/1974. Very Good
(Cover has light wear & aging.) LP, Vinyl record album
Charles Stewart
Aerobics CountryUpstart, 1982. Sealed
(Still sealed with a small cutout hole.) LP, Vinyl record album
Phyllis Hedeman/
Name That Trivia
Frisky, Mid 60s. Very Good+
(Includes the partially used scorepad.) LP, Vinyl record album
Decca, 1960. Very Good+
(Cover has a cutout hole and a lightly bumped corner.) LP, Vinyl record album
National Review, 1961. Very Good+
(Cover has wear & aging, small splits at the opening.) LP, Vinyl record album
Susanne Register
Yes This Was MeShade Tree, 1975. Good
A famous spoken word album from the ex-Miss Nude Universe – telling her tale of sin and redemption! LP, Vinyl record album
Don Drysdale
Don Drysdale's BullpenUS Army, 1975. Very Good+ 2LP Gatefold
LP...$2.99
6.99
Produced for the US Army Recruiting ... LP, Vinyl record album
Walter Winchell
Walter Winchell Presents The Legend Of Jimmy DuranteShowbiz, 1971. Very Good+
(Cover has some ringwear, aging, some drip stains in front, and stained spots in back.) LP, Vinyl record album
Robert Service
Robert Service RecitesBard Of Alaska, 1975. Very Good+
(Cover has light wear and is autographed by the artist.) LP, Vinyl record album
Various
Story Of WillowBuena Vista, 1988. Used
Includes dialogue and music from the original motion picture soundtrack. Narrated by Ray Dotrice with music from James Horner and London Symphony Orchestra. CD
