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      • 1. Goin’ to San Diego (feat. Bob Dylan, David Amram, Perry Robinson, Happy Traum, Jon Sholle, Surya, Moruga, Peter Orlovsky & Anne Waldman)
      • 2. Vomit Express (feat. Bob Dylan, David Amram, Perry Robinson, Happy Traum, Jon Sholle, Surya, Moruga, Peter Orlovsky & Anne Waldman)
      • 3. Jimmy Berman (Gay Lib Rag) [feat. Bob Dylan, David Amram, Perry Robinson, Happy Traum, Jon Sholle, Surya, Moruga, Peter Orlovsky & Anne Waldman]
      • 4. NY Youth Call Annunciation (feat. Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, David Mansfield & Steven Taylor)
      • 5. CIA Dope Calypso (feat. Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, David Mansfield & Steven Taylor)
      • 6. Put Down Yr Cigarette Rag (feat. Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, David Mansfield & Steven Taylor)
      • 7. Sickness Blues (feat. Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, David Mansfield & Steven Taylor)
      • 8. Broken Bone Blues (feat. Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, David Mansfield & Steven Taylor)
      • 9. Stay Away from the White House (feat. Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, David Mansfield & Steven Taylor)
      • 10. Hard On Blues (feat. Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, David Mansfield & Steven Taylor)
      • 11. Guru Blues (feat. Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, David Mansfield & Steven Taylor)
      • 12. Everybody Sing (feat. Allen Ginsberg, Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, David Mansfield & Steven Taylor)
      • 13. Gospel Noble Truths (feat. Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, David Mansfield & Steven Taylor)
      • 14. Bus Ride Ballad to Suva (feat. Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, Steven Taylor, David Amram)
      • 15. Prayer Blues - 1972 (feat. Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, Steven Taylor & David Amram)
      • 16. Love Forgiven (feat. Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, Steven Taylor & David Amram)
      • 17. Father Death Blues (feat. Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, Steven Taylor & David Amram)
      • 18. Dope Fiend Blues (feat. Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, Steven Taylor & David Amram)
      • 19. Tyger (feat. Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, Steven Taylor & David Amram)
      • 20. Peter Orlovsky - You Are My Dildo
      • 21. Old Pond (Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, Steven Taylor & David Amram)
      • 22. No Reason (feat. Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, Steven Taylor & David Amram)
      • 23. My Pretty Rose Tree (feat, Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, Steven Taylor & David Amram)
      • 24. Capitol Air (feat. Arthur Russell, Jon Sholle, Steven Taylor & David Amram)

      "Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs. Chanteys, Come-All-Ye's, Aborigine Song Sticks. Gospel, Improvisations, Renaissance Lyrics, Blake Hymns, Bluegrass, Hillbilly Riffs, Country & Western, 50's R&B, Dirty Dozens & New Wave"

      Allen Ginsberg's recorded opus gets its first ever full vinyl reissue on a gatefold double vinyl LP replete with photography by Robert Frank. Containing studio-recorded performances that he wrote, performed and taped in sessions taking place between 1971 and 1981 - featuring Bob Dylan, Arthur Russell, Anne Waldman, David Mansfield, Perry Robinson, David Amram and many other friends and contemporaries.

      A selection of what were arguably "demos" for this record were originally recorded by the legendary Harry Smith at his apartment in the Chelsea Hotel in the early 70s, and this would later appear on Folkways as First Blues: Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs.