JACK KEROUAC - BEAT GENERATION ACCORDING TO JACK KEROUAC (IMPORT 4LP)

Jack Kerouac Beat Generation According To Jack Kerouac on Import 4LP

4-Fold Gatefold 4LP Book Style HQ Vinyl

After several years spent searching for a publisher for On The Road, in 1957 Jack Kerouac’s fortunes finally changed as he literally became a star overnight, thanks to rave reviews by the New York Times and others who heralded Kerouac as the voice of a new generation. It was during this initial period of fame (1957-1959) that Kerouac also recorded a trio of albums.

His first effort, Poetry For The Beat Generation, was recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1957 with soon-to-be pop icon Steve Allen on piano. The album was not released, however, until 1959 due to controversy over the album’s racy content. Despite this controversy (or perhaps because of it) Kerouac was asked to make another album, Blues And Haikus, soon afterwards. This time Kerouac chose musician friends Zoot Sims and Al Cohn to accompany him, and this rapport resulted in a much more cohesive effort.

1959’s Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation, on the other hand, is an entirely spoken word piece. Here Kerouac freely improvised on his own writings, using his own voice as an instrument. While the first three albums were actual albums, The Last Word is a collection of outtakes from the Blues And Haikus sessions, a recording of a college lecture given by Kerouac in November of 1958, and an appearance he made on a popular television show in November of 1959.

This deluxe 4LP comes in a ‘book style’ sleeve, with each ‘page’ containing one of the four albums and a reproduction of each album’s original artwork. Front cover reproduces first album’s original ultra rare artwork.

Jack Kerouac Beat Generation According To Jack Kerouac Track Listing:

1.  October In The Railroad Earth
2.  Deadbelly
3.  Charlie Parker
4.  The Sounds Of The Universe Coming In My Window
5.  One Mother
6.  Goofing At The Table
7.  Bowery Blues
8.  Abraham
9.  Dave Brubeck
10. I Had A Slouch Hat Too One Time
11. The Wheel Of The Quivering Meat Conception
12. McDougal Street Blues
13. The Moon Her Majesty
14. I'd Rather Be Thin Than Famous
15. American Haikus
16. Hard Hearted Old Farmer
17. The Last Hotel & Some Of The Dharma
18. Poems From The Unpublished "Book Of The Blues
19. San Francisco Scene (The Beat Generation)
20. San Francisco Blues (Fragments)
21. Lucien Midnight: The Sound of the Universe in My Window
22. The Subterraneans
23. Visions of Neal: Neal and the Three Stooges
24. Old Western Movies (Previously unreleased outtakes from the Blues And Haikus sessions)
25. Conclusion Of The Railroad Earth (Previously unreleased outtakes from the Blues And Haikus sessions)
26. Is There A Beat Generation? (From the Is There A Beat Generation? forum, November 6, 1958)
27. Readings From "On The Road" & "Visions Of Cody" (From The Steve Allen Plymouth Show, November 16, 1959)