Sweatbox is the third live spoken word

Spoken word

Spoken word is a form of poetry that often uses alliterated prose or verse and occasionally uses metered verse to express social commentary. Traditionally it is in the first person, is from the poet’s point of view and is themed in current events....

 album by Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins is an American singer-songwriter, spoken word artist, writer, comedian, publisher, actor, and radio DJ....

, released in 1989 on Quarterstick Records

Quarterstick Records

-Artists:*Bad Livers*Calexico*DK3*Dead Child*June of 44*Kepone*The Mekons*Mi Ami*Peter Móren *Mule*Naked Raygun*Tara Jane O'Neil*Pegboy*Phono-Comb*Rachel's*Rodan*Henry Rollins*Shipping News*Sholi*The Sonora Pine*Therapy?...

, and later reissued on 2.13.61 Records

2.13.61

2.13.61, Inc. is a publisher and record company founded by musician Henry Rollins and named after his birthday . The company has released albums by the Rollins Band, all of Rollins's spoken-word work, and numerous books....

in 2005. It was recorded at various tour dates in 1987-1988 in Washington DC, Los Angeles, CA, Madison, WI, Denver, CO, and Budapest, Hungary.

Liner Notes

Sweatbox was a low budget, high ambition project. Originally it was a three LP set that I lugged by the box load on early talking tours. Eventually it hit CD on Quarter Stick where it resided happily for many years. Now, we're remastering and re-releasing all the early material on 213, upgrading sonically with ace engineer Phil Klum at the helm and adding tracks when we can.

The previous Sweatbox is missing one track off the original LP. It was recorded in Budapest, Hungary where I was asked to read for some students before the Rollins Band show that night. Anyway, we added it on this version as an extra track at the end of disc 2. If it's too awful for you, you can always just hit stop! At least the set will be slightly more definitive.

Also, it's great to have Phil Klum go over these tapes and do all that can be done to clean them up and even out the levels. Definitely what a re-release should be all about. I hope you like these ancient recordings.

Henry Rollins

Disc 1

1. "Getting Home" - 7:16
2. "Riding the Bus" - 6:25
3. "Fun With Letterman" - 2:50
4. "Santa Cruz Pig" - 6:36
5. "Friction Pt. 1" - 14:09
6. "Friction Pt. 2" - 13:41
7. "Tough Guys Talk Dirty" - 15:29
8. "Short Story" - 5:30
9. "Hack Writer" - 4:40

Disc 2

1. "Running, Crawling" - 23:10
2. "Sex Ed." - 13:52
3. "Blueprints For Destruction of Earth" - 14:37
4. "Mekanik" - 3:41
5. "Late Night Phone Blues" - 4:40
6. "Untouchable" - 7:35
7. "My Little Friend" - 11:27

Credits

• Rae Di Leo - Edit Engineering
• Phil Klum - Tape Transfer & Mastering