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Various Artists - You're a Hook: The 15 Year Anniversary of Dial-A-Poem (1968-1983)

Track listing:
  1. i gambled with my anger and lost john giorno 9:19
  2. old man bickford William S. Burroughs 2:13
  3. song from america on the move laurie anderson 6:53
  4. a secret solo philip glass 2:20
  5. no jestering lenny kaye 4:20
  6. 7 ways of going-fire of unknown origin patti smith 6:16
  7. selections from the basketball diaries jim carroll 3:29
  8. the talking asshole frank zappa 5:23
  9. father death blues allen ginsberg 3:44

Notes

"You're a Hook"- The 15 Year Anniversary of Dial-a-Poem (1968 - 1983)
06/18/84 Giorno Poetry Systems records (#GPS 030).

1. John Giorno- (Last Night) I Gambled With My Anger and Lost 9:12
2. William S. Burroughs- Old Man Bickford 2:08
3. Laurie Anderson- Song From America on the Move 6:55
4. Philip Glass- A Secret Solo 2:17

5. Lenny Kaye- No Jestering 4:17
6. Patti Smith- 7 Ways of Going 6:14
7. Jim Carroll- The Basketball Diaries 3:28
8. Frank Zappa- The Talking Asshole 5:24
9. Allen Ginsberg- Father Death Blues 3:44

Side 1 (20:50)
JOHN GIORNO (Last Night) I Gambled with My Anger and Lost (9:12)
Words by John Giorno & Music by Charlie Roth/Produced by Lenny Kaye/
Charlie Roth: synthesizer, Lenny Kaye: guitar, Paul Dugan: bass,
David Donen: drums/Engineering by Roddy Hui/Recorded at Greene Street
Recording, New York, August 1983

WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS Old Man Bickford from "The Place of Dead Roads" (2:08)
Recorded at Kabuki Theater, San Francisco, February 25, 1983

LAURIE ANDERSON Song from America on the Move (6:55) Recorded at The Nova
Convention, New York, April 29 1977

PHILIP GLASS A Secret Solo (2:17) Recorded at Big Apple Studios, New York,
April 29, 1977

Side 2 (23:20)
LENNY KAYE No Jestering (4:17) Lenny Kaye: vocals & guitar, Ivan Kral:
bass, Bruce Brody: keyboards, Jay De Dughterry: drums, Patti Smith: emcee
Recorded at The Place, Eugene, Ore., May 9, 1978

PATTI SMITH 7 Ways of Going from "The Histories of the World"/Recorded at
St. Marks Church, New York, January 1, 1975/Fire of Unknown Origin/Lenny
Kaye: guitar Recorded at The Nova Convention, New York, December, 1978 (6:14)

JIM CARROLL from "The Basketball Diaries": 1962, and the Coach Told Me to Take
Off My Shirt, and August 7, 1965, The Celia Sisters/Recorded at Griorno
Poetry Systems, New York, March 30, 1969 (3:28)

FRANK ZAPPA The Talking Asshole (5:24) Recorded at The Nova Convention, New
York, December 2, 1978

ALLEN GINSBERG Father Death Blues (3:44) Produced by Roma Baran & Allen
Ginsberg/ Allen Ginsberg: vocals & harmonium, David Amram: french horn & flute,
Jon Sholle: bass and electric guitars, Arthur Russell: cello, Steven Taylor:
vocals & acoustic guitar/Engineering by Gregory Shifrin/Recorded at ZBS Media,
Fort Edward, New York, February 28-March 1, 1981/Courtesy of Hammond Music
Enterprises, thanks to Hank O'Neal.

This album was made possible by grants from the National Endowment for the
Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts, Coordinating Council of Literary
Magazines Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, and Elyse & Stanley
Grinstein.

Executive Producers: John Giorno & Gregory Schifrin
Associate Producer: James Grauerholz
Engineering by Bobby Hielecki
Designed by George Delmerico

Copyright (c)(p)1983 by Giorno Poetry Systems Institute, Inc.
222 Bowery, New York, N.Y. 10012

Long before the spoken-word Renaissance of the early 1990s, poet John Giorno began issuing a series of spoken-word albums through his Giorno Poetry Systems label. This collection gathers up some of the highlights from the first 12 of these albums and includes readings and some music from the likes of Giorno, William Burroughs, Laurie Anderson, Phillip Glass, Patti Smith, Frank Zappa, and Allen Ginsberg.