Allen Ginsberg – Reads Kaddish Narrative Poem – limited on Red vinyl

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Artist: Allen Ginsberg| Label:Real Gone |Format: LP |Genre: Rock |Condition: Mint | Jacket:Sealed

Allen Ginsberg
READS KADDISH – A 20th CENTURY
AMERICAN ECSTATIC NARRATIVE POEM

Along with Howl, Kaddish stands as one of Allen Ginsbergs most illustriouscreations. Always a follower of popular trends in music, Ginsberg had spentparts of 1958 digging into Ray Charles I Got A Woman occasionallydoing so while on morphine and methamphetamine. One evening, in thisdrug-induced state while cranking some Ray, Ginsberg began discussing hismother Naomi with his pal Zev Putterman. Putterman in turn, began recitingthe traditional Hebrew Kaddish prayer for mourning the dead. Soon after, fueledby Dexedrine, LSD, and caffeine, Allen penned the majority of Kaddish. In early1959, Kaddish received its debut performance at a poetry reading at ColumbiaUniversity in which Allen shared the bill with his lover Peter Orlovsky andfellow beat poet Gregory Corso. Over time, the manuscript was tweaked andadjusted until publication in April 1961 by City Lights. Then, in November 1964,with Orlovsky and Corso in tow, the trio performed several gigs at Harvard andBrandeis Universities, and it was at Brandeis where this recording was made.Released in 1966, Kaddish turned out to be the only record in Atlanticsspoken-word Verbum series; but if label head Jerry Wexler changed his mind
about the imprint, he remained a big fan of the work, later telling Los Angeleshistorian Harvey Kubernik that Kaddish had stirred theYiddish currents in myown blood and inspired joy and anguishthe exaltation that great poetry willbring on. Indeed, Kaddish is an intensely personal and moving work, capturingthe complex relationship between Ginsberg, his mother, and his faith, and concludingwith a heartrending description of her death. Real Gone Music is very proud to present the first-ever vinyl reissue of this landmark performance, in itsoriginal gatefold packaging with an added inner sleeve featuring new liner notesby Pat Thomas and memorabilia provided by the Allen Ginsberg estateover anhour of one of the towering figures in American poetry reading one ofhis greatest works. Limited edition of 1170 in red vinyl!Also added liner notes & Vintage Memorabilia

Brand New SEALED / NEW LP from Real Gone Music
on limited edition RED Vinyl