Giorno Poetry Systems

American label set up in 1972 by the poet John Giorno,
the earliest releases were exclusively poetry collections of the "Dial-A-Poets" (John Giorno, William S Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Allen Ginsberg, John Cage etc.):
"In 1961 I was a young poet who hung out with young artists like Andy Warhol, Bob Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, as well as with members of the Judson Dance Theatre. The use of modern mass media and technologies by these artists made me realize that poetry was 75 years behind painting and sculpture, dance and music. And I thought, if they can do it, why can't I do it for poetry. Why not try to connect with an audience using all the entertainments of ordinary life: television, the telephone, record albums, etc? It was the poet's job to invent new venues and make fresh contact with the audience. This inspiration gave rise to Giorno Poetry Systems"

John Giorno





"The Dial-A-Poem Poets "
(1972),GPS 001-002

side 1
1 Allen Ginsberg - Vajra Mantra
2 Diana De Prima - Revolutionary Letters Nos. 7, 13, 16, 49
3 William Burroughs - excerpts from The Wild Boys
4 Anne Waldman - Pressure, Holy City
5 John Giorno - Vajra Kisses

side 2
1 Emmett Williams - Duet
2 Ed Sanders - Cemetery Hill
3 Taylor Mead - Motorcycles
4 Allen Ginsberg - Green Automobile 1953
5 Robert Creeley - The Messenger for Allen Ginsberg, I Know a Man
6 Harris Schiff - Poems
7 Lenore Kandel - Kali
8 Aram Saroyan - Not a Cricket
9 Philip Whalen - excerpts from Scenes of Life at the Capital
10 Ted Berrigan - excerpts from The Sonnets

side 3
1 Frank O'Hara - Ode to Joy, To Hell With It
2 Joe Brainard - excerpt from I Remember
3 Clark Coolidge - Small Inventions: Suite V (plurals) secanate, Suite IV
4 Jim Carroll - excerpts from The Basketball Diaries
5 John Cage - Mushroom Haiku, excerpt from Silence
6 Bernadette Mayer - These Stories About After the Revolution
7 Michael Brownstein - Geography

side 4
1 Brion Gysin - I Am That I Am
2 John Sinclair - The Destruction of America
3 Anne Waldman - How the Sestina (Yawn) Works
4 Heathcote Williams - I Will Not Pay Taxes Until
5 Dave Henderson - The Louisiana Weekly No. 1, Ruckus Poem Part 1
6 Bobby Seale - excerpt from Fillmore East speech
7 Kathleen Cleaver - excerpt from Fillmore East speech
8 Allen Ginsberg - Blake Song: Merrily We Welcome in the Year

"At this point, with the war and the repression and everything, we thought
this was a good way for the Movement to reach people."


Disconnected (The Dial-A-Poem Poets)1974


1-1
Allen Ginsberg -
I'm A Victim Of Telephones 1:30
1-2
Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche* -
Cynical Letter, A Letter To Marpa, Sound Cycle (Aham) 7:05
1-3
John Giorno -
Suicide Sutra 7:17
1-4
William S. Burroughs -
What Washington, What Orders, From Exterminator 7:01
1-5
Charles Plymell -
100 Flies On An Airplane Flying Around The World, From The Thrashing Of America 2:54
1-6
Michael Brownstein -
Monologue From The Top, From Brainstorms 1:46
1-7
John Cage -
Excerpt From Silence 1:55

Side 2
2-1
Anne Waldman -
Fast Speaking Woman 5:32
2-2
Diane Di Prima -
Excerpt From Loba 2:18
2-3
Bernadette Mayer -
Excerpt From Studying Hunger 3:31
2-4
Robert Creeley -
The Name 1:14
2-5
Diane Wakoski -
Exorcism 2:25
2-6
Lorenzo Thomas -
High Heel Jesus 1:22
2-7
Gregory Corso -
Marriage 7:20
2-8
Maureen Owen -
Body Rush 0:52
2-9
Ed Sanders -
Stand By My Side, Oh Lord 2:13
2-10
Charles Olson -
The Ridge 2:42

Side 3
3-1
Allen Ginsberg -
Jimmy Bearman 4:04
Instruments - Arthur Russell , Artie And Happy Traum , Bob Dylan , David Amram , John Schole
3-2
Joe Brainard -
Excerpt From More I Remember More 6:33
3-3
John Wieners -
Excerpt From Memories In A Small Apartment 4:35
3-4
Gerard Malanga -
A Last Poem (Tentative Title) 0:40
3-5
John Perreault -
Nude Death 1:38
3-6
Jack Spicer -
Excerpt From Billy The Kid 3:43
3-7
Jim Carroll -
From The Busterball Diaries, Age 13, Spring 1965 3:43
3-8
Peter Orlovsky -
All Around The Garden 4:32

Side 4
4-1
Imamu Amiri Baraka* -
Our Nation Is Like Ourselves 4:42
4-2
Michael McClure -
Lion Poem 2:08
4-3
Ed Dorn (2) -
Recollections Of Grande Apacharia 4:28
4-4
Frank Lima -
The Hunter 1:35
4-5
Frank O'Hara -
Adieu Norman, Bonjour To Joan And Jean Paul, From Lunch Poems 3:07
4-6
Bill Berkson -
Stanky 0:16
4-7
Larry Fagin -
A Play 0:18
4-8
Tom Clark (3) -
Little Aria 0:38
4-9
Paul Blackburn (2) -
The Once-Over, From Brooklyn Manhattan Trancit 1:13
4-10
Philip Whelan -
If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich 1:56
4-11
Ron Padgett -
June 17, 1942 4:18
4-12
John Ashbery -
The Tennis Court Oath 1:56
4-13
Clark Coolidge -
Excerpt From Dews (8 Channel) 1:07
4-14
Charles Amirkhanian -
Radii 2:05





Biting Off The Tongue Of A Corpse 1975


A1
Gary Snyder -
Anasazi / The Wild Mushroom / Avocado / One Should Not Speak To A Skilled Hunter / No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service 6:00
A2
John Giorno -
Excerpt From Subduing Demons In America 7:08
A3
William S. Burroughs -
A Top Level Conference Is In Progress 6:00
A4
Charles Olson -
Maximus Of Gloucester (Only My Written Work) 1:15
A5
Ted Berrigan -
Excerpts From Memorial Day 3:53
A6
Ed Sanders -
The Struggle 4:50

B1
Edwin Denby -
The Shoulder / The Subway / Over Manhattan Island / Disorder Mental Strikes Me / Suppose There's A Cranky Woman Inside Me 5:34
B2
Helen Adam -
Cheerless Junkie Song 2:45
B3
Diane Di Prima -
Ave 4:27
B4
John Wieners -
In Public 0:55
B5
Robert Duncan -
To Speak My Mind, We Convivial In What Is Ours 2:40
B6
John Cage -
Mureau 4:06
B7
Denise Levertov -
Life At War 3:15
B8
Frank O'Hara -
Having A Coke With You From "The Love Poems" 2:03
B9
Kenneth Koch -
Spring 1:33
B10
John Ashbery -
A Blessing In Disguise 1:20
B11
Charles Stein -
Seed Poem 1:44

The publication of this LP has been made possible in part by a grant from The Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines, which it has made through funds recieved from The National Endowment for the Arts.




Totally Corrupt (The Dial-A-Poem Poets)(1976)



A1
Charles Bukowski
Cloud Nine, I Live In A Neighborhood Of Murderers, Two Horse Collars (3:09)
A2
Ed Dorn (2)
Excerpts From "Gunslinger, Book 4" (3:48)
A3
William S. Burroughs
When Did I Stop Wanting To Be President (7:07)
A4
Sylvia Plath
Daddy (3:43)
A5
John Giorno
Excerpts From "Shit, Piss, Blood, Pus & Brains" (8:03)
A6
Michael McClure
Jaguar Sky : There's Cruelty In Every Jewel (0:44)
A7
Michael Brownstein
Jet Set Melodrama (2:36)
A8
Jackie Curtis
You Are My Lucky Star (2:18)
B1
Ed Sanders
This Is The Age Of Investigation Poetry And Every Citizen Must Investigate (5:50)
B2
Charles Bukowski
Christ, You'll Never Know, The Closing Of The Topless And Bottomless Bars (4:45)
B3
Anne Waldman
Some Small Fires (4:06)
B4
Imamu Amiri Baraka*
Hard Facts: Rockefeller's Your Vice-President And Your Mama Don't Wear No Draws, A New Reality Is Better Than A New Movie (3:37)
B5
Erica Huggins
For A Woman (0:59)
B6
Ken Kesey
A Brief Discourse (5:04)
B7
Jackson Mac Low
Excerpt From "Guru, Guru, Gate" (2:05)
B8
Charles Amirkhanian
Mushrooms (For John Cage) (4:58)
C1
William Carlos Williams
The Yellow Flower (From Pictures From Brueghel And Other Poems) (3:02)
C2
Allen Ginsberg
Please Master (4:40)
C3
Imamu Amiri Baraka*
Hard Facts: New York Is Everywhere Big (1:58)
C4
Frank O'Hara
To The Film Industry In Crisis (3:50)

Piano - Jane Freilicher , John Gruen
C5
Taylor Mead
I Was In A Drugstore (3:33)
C6
Jackie Curtis
The All-American Vampire Or How The Bee Sucks (3:36)
C7
Jack Spicer
The Holy Grail: The Boof Of The Death Of Arthur (5:14)
C8
John Cage
Song, Derived From The Joiurnal Of Henry David Thoreau (6:30)
D1
Tom Weatherly
Mud Water Shango, Blues For Frank Swooton (1:42)
D2
Joanne Kyger
In All This Everyday (3:31)
D3
Charles Olson
Letter 27: Maximus To Gloucester (3:15)
D4
W. S. Merwin
Fear (5:23)
D5
Maureen Owen
When You're Down And Under (1:02)
D6
Jerome Rothenberg
The Opening Of The Horse Song, Number Eleven, A Total Translation From The Navajo (2:10)
D7
Ted Berrigan
Today In Ann Arbor (2:59)
D8
Susan Howe
There Is No Good On Earth And Sin Is But A Name (1:00)
D9
Rochelle Owens
Excerpt From "The Joe Chronicles, Part 2" (2:25)
D10
Bill Knott
Corpse And Beans (0:30)
D11
Tony Towle
New York Letters (1:25)
D12
Bernard Heidsieck
Stratimelo (2:00)
D13
Peter Orlovsky
Compost Piles (3:49)



John Giorno & Anne Waldman

John Giorno & Anne Waldman 1977

A John Giorno - Everyone Is A Complete Disappointment 26:15
B John Giorno - Drinking The Blood Of Every Woman's Period 27:47
C Anne Waldman - For The Voice Of Montserrat Caballe, Error, Sisters, Plutonium Poem, Billy Work Peyote, Sun The Blonde Out, Shaman Hisses You Slide Back Into The Night 25:10
D1 Anne Waldman - Fast Speaking Woman 9:30
D2 Anne Waldman - White Eyes 13:45
D3 Anne Waldman - Musical Garden 3:45





William S. Burroughs / John Giorno

A D'arc Press Selection 1975

A1 John Giorno - Suicide Sutra 10:29
A2 John Giorno - Eating Human Meat 18:57

B1 John Giorno - Subduing Humans In America 30:51

C1 William S. Burroughs - From "The Wild Boys", The Chief Smiles 6:50
C2 William S. Burroughs - From "The Wild Boys", The Green Nun 3:32
C3 William S. Burroughs - From "Ah Pook Is Here" 12:00
C4 William S. Burroughs - From "Cities Of The Red Night" 10:00

D1 William S. Burroughs - From "Junkie", 103rd Street Boys 7:29
D2 William S. Burroughs - From "Naked Lunch" 20:28
D3 William S. Burroughs - From "Exterminator", From Here To Eternity 3:40

Comes in gatefold sleeve.





The Nova Convention (1979)


Side One
1.Terry Southern: Vignette of Idealistic Life In South Texas 1:25
2.William S. Burroughs: Keynote Commentary/Roosevelt After Inauguration 5:52
3.John Giorno: Entering The Sky 13:30
4.Patti Smith: Poem For Jim Morrison/Bumblebee 11:45

Side Two
1.William S. Burroughs: Benway 3:40
2.Philip Glass: Building 3:04
3.Brion Gysin: Kick That Habit/Junk Is No Good Baby/Somebody Special/Blue Baboon 7:06
4.Frank Zappa: The Talking Asshole 5:25
5.William S. Burroughs: from The Gay Gun: "This Is Kim Carson" & "Just Like The Collapse Of Any Currnency"/The Whole Tamale 13:27

Side Three
1.William S. Burroughs: What The Nova Convention Is About 2:35
2.Ed Sanders: Hymn To Aphrodite From Sappho 8:50
3.John Cage: Writing For The Second Time Through Finnegans Wake 14:15
4.Anne Waldman: Plutonium Ode/Skin Meat Bones 6:35

Side Four
1.Laurie Anderson & Julia Heyward: Song From America On The Move 12:50
2.Allen Ginsburg & Peter Orlovsky: Punk Rock/Old Pond/Feeding Them Raspberries To Grow/Nurses Song 13:00
3.William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Timothy Leary, Les Levine & Robert Anton Wilson: Conversations 7:10

Recorded at The Nova Convention
NYC, December 1-2, 1978

. . .[in 1978] a Columbia professor named Sylvere Lotringer had approached John Giorno about organizing some sort of "homage to Burroughs," bringing together European and American academics for a series of seminars. Lotringer saw Burroughs as they did in France, where he was acclaimed as a philosopher of the future, the man who best understood postindustrial society.

Giorno discussed the idea with James [Grauerholz], and they saw it more as the gathering of the counterculture tribe which would enshrine Burroughs as its leader. There would be seminars, but there would also be music and entertainment, and star attractions. It would be something to cap the decade, a memorable New York Event. James wanted to call it the Nova Convention, which Giorno at first didn't like because it reminded him of the car put out by Chevrolet, but he went along with it.

And so, over the next months, they organized the Nova Convention. . .

The Nova Convention took place on November 30, December 1, and December 2, 1978, with the principal performances being held on the last two days at the Entermedia Theater, on Second Avenue and Twelfth Street, which had in the fifties been the fabled Phoenix Theater. Attending were an odd mixture of academics, publishers, writers, artists, punk rockers, counterculture groupies, and an influx of bridge-and-tunnel kids drawn by Keith Richards, who made the event a sellout. . .

Saturday night the Entermedia was packed, largely with young people waiting to see Keith Richards. There was a small hitch, however, which was that Keith Richards had cancelled. He was having problems as the result of a heroin bust in Toronto, and his office convinced him that appearing on the same program with Burroughs was bad publicity.

But the show had to go on, and the composer Philip Glass, playing one of his repetitive pieces on the synthesizer, was thrown to the wolves. The disappointed kids who wanted Keith Richards shouted and booed. Then Brion Gysin went on amid cries of "Where's Keith?" and found himself hoping that the riot would not start until he had done his brief turn.

In a last-minute effort, James Grauerholz had recruited Frank Zappa to pinch-hit for Keith. He volunteered to read the "talking asshole" routine from Naked Lunch. But as Zappa was preparing to go on, Patti Smith had a fit of pique about following him. James did his best to make peace, saying "Frank has come in at the last minute, and he's got to go on, and he's doing it for William, not to show you up." Patti Smith retreated to the privacy of her dressing room, and Zappa got a big hand, because that's what they wanted, a rock star.

Still, no one had explained Keith Richards' absence, and it was Patti Smith who gamely bit the bullet. She came out in a fur coat and a pair of genuine iguana-skin cowboy boots. When she announced that she was going to tell a story, a heckler shouted, "Tell it to the iguana." For Patti Smith, every performance was like a bullfight, the ultimate confrontation, as well as an act of lovemaking with the audience, which she sometimes achieved by masturbating on stage under a fur coat with a slit pocket. In 1976 she was doing something of the sort in Tampa when she fell off the stage and broke her neck. Soon she was back at CBGB's -- Out of Traction, Back in Action. On this occasion, she did the heroic thing, telling her audience, "I know you guys came in to see Keith. . .well, Keith ain't here. . .he's in a plane right now between L.A. and Toronto. . .he asked me to tell you all that if anybody wants their money back they can come and get it right now. . . ," and she pulled some bills out of her pocket, but there were no takers. Although ill with bronchitis and running a fever, she hadn't stood them up. She couldn't sing, but she noodled around on the clarinet.

In the meantime, Burroughs was backstage waiting to read, and smoking joints with Terry Southern and Victor Bockris in his dressing room. Marcia Resnick, a photographer of the punk scene, dropped in and sat on Terry's lap. "She'd be much safer sitting in my lap," Burroughs said, and Bockris stood on a shelf across the small room to take a picture of the Great Misogynist with a cute punk chick in his lap. At that moment James walked in, and in his best Nurse Ratchett manner asked, "What is going on here?" Bockris fell and spilled his wine all over Burroughs. By that time, the audience had quieted down, and John Giorno read without too many interruptions, and Burroughs went out and read to a warm welcome.
Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs
Copyright © Ted Morgan 1988


Big Ego 1978


A1
Patti Smith -
The Histories Of The Universe 7:46
A2
Philip Glass -
A Secret Solo 2:17
A3
John Giorno -
Grasping At Emptiness 9:45
A4
Laurie Anderson -
Three Expediences 3:00
A5
Robert Wilson (2) & Christopher Knowles -
A Letter To Queen Victoria: The Sundance Kid Is Beautiful (Excerpt) 8:00

B1
Meredith Monk -
Education Of The Girlchild, 1972: Biography 8:00
B2
Michael Lally -
All Of The Above (Excerpt) 6:17
B3
Robert Lowell -
Ulysses & Circe (Excerpt) 9:40
B4
Larry Wendt -
How To Cook A Duck 4:44
B5
Jackie Curtis -
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 2:27

C1
Ed Sanders -
The Fugs: A Monologue 2:12
C2
William S. Burroughs -
Naked Lunch: The Laboratory Has Been Locked For Three Hours Solid (Excerpt) 2:14
C3
Harris Schiff -
15 Years Passes / Dollar Bill 1:45
C4
Otis Brown -
Boneless Chicken 1:43
C5
Joel Oppenheimer -
Cities, This City 2:45
C6
Fugs, The -
Saran Wrap 1:15
C7
Claes Oldenburg -
June Was / Panodramdra 1:15
C8
Denise Levertov -
Homage To Pavese: Woman Alone 3:33
C9
Ted Greenwald -
Friends 2:08
C10
Anthony J. Gnazzo* -
Hisnia & Hernia 4:44
C11
Steve Tropp & Gloria Tropp -
Snow White 1:03
C12
Jim Brodey -
Homeward Bound 1:52
Sitar - Colin Wolcott
C13
Robert Ashley -
Interiors With Flash 3:07

D1
Eileen Myles -
Tuesday Brightness 0:50
D2
Helen Adam -
Apartment On Twin Peaks 5:42
D3
Anne Waldman -
Light & Shadow 6:10
D4
Joe Johnson (3) -
Fly Ho 0:37
D5
Lorenzo Thomas -
Wonders 1:50
D6
Ishmael Reed -
Sky Diving 2:19
D7
Kenward Elmslie -
The Woolworth Song 2:30
D8
Mona DaVinci -
The Sacred Wood Of Art: The Last Supper Of Mona DaVinci (Excerpt) 2:50
D9
Bernard Heidsieck -
Canal Street No. 19 2:25
D10
Steve Hamilton (2) -
Promise 3:25
D11
Frank O'Hara -
Poem / Poem 1:45
D12
Ron Padgett -
No Title 1:28

Modern Classical, Comedy, Spoken Word, Experimental





Sugar, Alcohol, & Meat (The Dial-A-Poem Poets)(1980)



A1
Peter Gordon
Extract From "External Niceties"

Voice - David Van Tieghem
A2
John Giorno
I Resign Myself To Being Here
A3-I
John Cage
Alex & Gretchen Corazzo
A3-II
John Cage
The 6th Patriach Of Zen Buddhism
A3-III
John Cage
Once I Was Visiting My Aunt Marge
A3-IV
John Cage
Dorothy Invited Me
A3-V
John Cage
One Of Suzuki's
A4
Tom Carey
Good Night Irene
A5-I
Andreí Vosnesensky
I Am Goya
A5-II
Andreí Vosnesensky
Song Of Moscow Ancient Church Bells
B1
Miguel Pinero
New York City Hard Times Blues
B2
Miguel Algarin
Setenta Y Cinco Abriles
B3
Mitchelle Kreigman
In The Bathtub
B4
William S. Burroughs
I Was Traveling Wth The Intolerable Kid On The Nova Lark (From Nova Express)
B5
William S. Burroughs Jr.
Translucent Boy, An Excellent Time, & For Neal Cassidy
B6
Charlie Morrow
O Yeh - Don't Die
B7
Ted Berrigan
To Jack Kerouac
C1
Charlotte Carter
Six Months In Brooklyn
C2
Patti Smith
Parade
C3
Cliff Fyman
Coffee
C4
Robin Messing
3 Subway Poems (From "Temporary Worker")
C5
Paul Violi
Whalefeathers
C6
Bob Holman
Rap It Up
C7
Allen Ginsberg
C.I.A. Dope Calypso
C8
Anne Waldman
Lady Tactics
C9
John Ashbery
Litany
C10
Beth Anderson (2)
I Can't Stand It
C11
Rene Ricard
Rene Ricard Famous At 20
D1
Barbara Barg
Chicks
D2
Ned Sublette
Nice Young Mormons
D3
Kathy Acker
I Was Walking Down The Street (One Of The Fairytales The Whores Of Montmartre Tell Each Other To Put Each Other To Sleep After A Hard Nights Work In "The Adult Life Of Toulouse Lautrec")
D4
Eileen Myles
Lorna & Vicki
D5
Barbara Barg
So Fine, With Chassler
D6
Didi Susan Dubelyew
Who Needs Exercise
D7
Rochelle Kraut
New Born Sleep
D8
Gary Snyder
What You Should Know To Be A Poet
D9
Daniera Gioseff
Eggs
D10
Regina Beck
Message From Confucius
D11
Bernard Heidsieck
Canal Street
D12
Charles Bernstein (2)
Wall As
D13
Steve MaCaffery
Viking Log (Part 2)

Saxophone - Ted Moses
D14
Ron Padgett
Zzzzz

Alternative Rock, Spoken Word, Experimental, Poetry
Notes:
Recorded 1975-1980 at various locations in NYC.


Laurie Anderson · John Giorno · William S. Burroughs

You're The Guy I Want To Share My Money With CD Version (1993)

1 Laurie Anderson Born, Never Asked (4:31)
Organ [Farfisa], Handclaps, Violin, Marimba - Laurie Anderson
2 Laurie Anderson Closed Circuits (7:27)
Electronics [Microphone Stand Turned Through Harmonizer], Percussion [Wood Block] - Laurie Anderson
3 Laurie Anderson Dr. Miller (4:22)
Producer, Engineer - Roma Baran
Saxophone - Perry Hoberman
Synthesizer, Percussion, Performer [Pa] - Laurie Anderson
Written-By - Laurie Anderson , Perry Hoberman
4 Laurie Anderson It Was Up In The Mountains (2:13)
Voice [Read By] - Paul From L.A.
5 Laurie Anderson For Electronic Dogs (3:08)
Electronics, Violin - Laurie Anderson
6 Laurie Anderson Structuralist Filmmaking (1:10)
7 Laurie Anderson Drums (0:34)
8 William S. Burroughs Introducing John Stanley Hart; He Entered The Bar With The Best Intentions (2:23)
9 William S. Burroughs Twilight's Last Gleamings (2:51)
10 William S. Burroughs My Protagonist Kim Carson (4:56)
11 William S. Burroughs Salt Chunk Mary; Like Mr. Hart, Kim Has A Dark Side To His Character (4:13)
12 William S. Burroughs Progressive Education (7:13)
13 William S. Burroughs The Wild Fruits (2:26)
14 William S. Burroughs The Unworthy Vessel (2:45)
15 William S. Burroughs The Name Is Clem Snide (2:03)
16 William S. Burroughs Mr. Hart Couldn't Hear The Word Death (2:54)
Tracks 8 to 16 recorded on "The Red Night Tour" in Los Angeles on May 9, 1981, Santa Cruz on May 13, San Francisco on May 16, and Toronto on May 31, 1981.

Tracks 8, 16 from Ah Pook Is Here
Tracks 10 to 13 from The Place of Dead Roads
Track 14 from Nova Express
Track 15 from Cities Of The Red Night

17 John Giorno I Don't Need It, I Don't Want It, And You Cheated Me Out Of It (10:40)
recorded on "The Red Night Tour", in Los Angeles on May 9, 1981, Santa Cruz on May 13, Minneapolis on March 22, and at ZBS Media, Fort Miller, New York on June 4, 5, 6, 1981.

18 John Giorno Completely Attached To Delusion (7:47)
recorded at ZBS Media, Fort Miller, New York, on January 19, 20, 21, 1981.




Glenn Branca / John Giorno

Who You Staring At ?

A1
Glenn Branca
Music For The Dance Bad Smells Choreographed By Twyla Tharp (16:25)
Featuring - Lee Ranaldo , Thurston Moore Producer - James Farber

B1
John Giorno
Stretching It Wider (6:44)
Co-producer - Gregory Shifrin
Featuring - David Van Tieghem , Pat Irwin , Philippe Hagen

B2
John Giorno
We Got Here Yesterday, We're Here Now, And I Can't Wait To Leave Tomorrow (10:30)

Co-producer - Gregory Shifrin Featuring - David Van Tieghem , Pat Irwin , Philippe Hagen





Better An Old Demon Than A New God (1984)


A1
David Johansen
Imaginatin' Cocktail (2:42)
A2
John Giorno
Exiled In Domestic Life (4:06)
A3
William S. Burroughs
Dinosaurs (5:50)
A4
Psychic TV
Unclean (5:50)
A5
Lydia Lunch
What It Is (1:42)
Vocal - Clint Ruin

B1
Meredith Monk
Candy Bullets And Moon (4:09)
B2
Jim Carroll
A Peculiar-Looking Girl (6:20)
B3
Anne Waldman
Uh-Oh Plutonium (3:35)
B4
Richard Hell
The Rev. Hell Gets Confused (2:22)
B5
Arto Lindsay
Alisa (2:28)









A Diamond Hidden In The Mouth Of A Corpse (1985)

A1
Hüsker Dü
Won't Change (1:59)

A2
David Johansen
Johnsonius (5:20)

A3
John Giorno Band
Scum & Slime (4:04)

A4
William S. Burroughs
Excerpts From "The Western Land": The President, Colonel Bradford, Every Man A God (5:36)

A5
Sonic Youth
Halloween (5:02)


B1
Cabaret Voltaire
Dead Man's Shoes (6:05)

B2
Diamanda Galás
Excerpt From "Eyes Without Blood" (2:42)

B3
Coil
Neither His Nor Yours (2:48)

B4
Michael Gira
Game (1:55)

B5
David Van Tieghem
Out Of The Frying Pan... (2:15)

B6
Jessica Hagedorn & The Gangster Choir
Tenement Lover (6:45)





Smack My Crack (1987)


1
Butthole Surfers
Boiled Dove (4:30)
2
Einstürzende Neubauten
Adler Kommt Später (5:47)
3
Diamanda Galás
Solo Live In Amsterdam (2:29)
4
William S. Burroughs
Worlds Of Advice / Kim Like The Great Gatsby (4:48)
5
Swans
Anything For You (Hang Me) (4:50)
6
John Giorno Band
Sucking Mud (5:50)
7
Chad & Sudan
Cheap Energy (6:35)
8
Tom Waits
The Pontiac (2:03)
9
Chris Stein
Indra (For Brion Gysin) (3:06)
10
Nick Cave
The Altra Virago Or The Vargus Barking Spider (5:40)
11
Hüsker Dü
Won´t Change (1:59)
12
David Johansen
Johnsonius (5:31)
13
Cabaret Voltaire
Dead Man´s Shoes (6:05)

Bonus Tracks (11. - 13.) from A Diamond Hidden In The Mouth Of A Corpse




Like A Girl I Want You To Keep Coming (1989)


1
Debbie Harry*
Invocation To Papa Legba (4:30)

2
New Order
Sister Ray (7:30)

3
William S. Burroughs
Just Say No To Drug Hysteria (Excerpt) / Dead Souls (8:15)

4
David Byrne
Song For The Trees Or I Know Sometimes The World Is Wrong (3:25)
5
Live Skull
Tri-Power (4:00)

6
Pre Metal Syndrome
Living On The Outside (Fucked Up World) (3:30)

7
Karen Finley
Party Animal (3:55)

8
John Giorno Band
It's A Mistake To Think You're Special (5:44)
This track is missing and cant be found anywhere.Pls HELP!

9
Rollins Band
Hard (4:10)




Burroughs The Movie