Poetry For The Beat Generation
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Poetry for the Beat Generation is the debut album of American
novelist and poet Jack Kerouac
and was originally released in 1959.
on the piano. All songs were written by Kerouac. The album is included in the CD box set The Jack Kerouac Collection.
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Broadcast, Monday 10:00pm, 16th November 1959 Eastern time
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United States
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novelist and poet Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac
Jean-Louis "Jack" Lebris de Kerouac was an American novelist and poet. He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Kerouac is recognized for his spontaneous method of writing, covering topics such as Catholic...
and was originally released in 1959.
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Kerouac is accompanied by Steve AllenSteve Allen (comedian)
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on the piano. All songs were written by Kerouac. The album is included in the CD box set The Jack Kerouac Collection.
Side One
- "October in the Railroad Earth" – 7:08
- "Deadbelly" – 1:02
- "Charlie Parker" – 3:43
- "The Sounds of the Universe Coming in My Window" – 3:14
- "One Mother" – 0:47
- "Goofing at the Table" – 1:42
- "Bowery Blues" – 3:48
Side Two
- "Abraham" – 1:14
- "Dave Brubeck" – 0:27
- "I Had a Slouch Hat Too One Time" – 6:11
- "The Wheel of the Quivering Meat Conception" – 1:51
- "McDougal Street Blues" – 3:23
- "The Moon Her Majesty" – 1:36
- "I'd Rather Be Thin Than Famous" – 0:37
Bonus Tracks on 1990 CD issue
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Broadcast, Monday 10:00pm, 16th November 1959 Eastern time
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- "Readings from On the RoadOn the RoadOn the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, written in April 1951, and published by Viking Press in 1957. It is a largely autobiographical work that was based on the spontaneous road trips of Kerouac and his friends across mid-century America. It is often considered a defining work of...
& Visions of CodyVisions of CodyVisions of Cody is an experimental novel by Jack Kerouac. It was written in 1951-1952, and though not published in its entirety until 1973, it had by then achieved an underground reputation...
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