Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, William S. Burroughs 10" Collector's Picture Disc RARE NM+
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Seller's note: This is a 10" picture disc which features spoken word by William S. Burroughs and guitar by Kurt Cobain. The picture discs were limited to 5000 copies. I have kept this record in its original shrink wrap and have only played it once. I will include full details about this release from Wikipedia...
The "Priest" They Called Him (1992) is a collaboration between William S. Burroughs and Kurt Cobain. Cobain provides dissonant guitar backing based on "Silent Night" and "To Anacreon in Heaven" to Burroughs' deadpan reading. Originally released as a limited edition 10-inch EP picture disc on Tim/Kerr Records in 1993, it was subsequently re-released on CD and 10-inch vinyl.
This short piece read was first published in Exterminator!. The titular "Priest" is the protagonist, an otherwise nameless heroin addict trying to score on Christmas Eve. After selling a leather suitcase filled with a pair of severed legs (and subsequently visiting the ubiquitous crooked doctor), the Priest returns to a boarding house with a fix. While preparing, the Priest is interrupted by muffled moans from the next room. He knocks and finds a crippled Mexican boy in the throes of agonizing withdrawal. After giving the boy his drugs as an act of charity, the Priest returns to his room, reclines on his bed and dies, in what Burroughs calls "the immaculate fix." Another reading of this piece was also used in The Junky's Christmas, a short animated film in 1990.
The original 10-inch record is one-sided, with cover art completely covering the disc along with a hand written number, while the flip-side features etched autographs of Cobain and Burroughs: "William S. Burroughs" and "Kurtis Donald C?hbaine" (with a dot above the "o" of "C?hbaine"). The release details "TK 92-10044" are etched in the inner groove of Side A.
The 10-inch vinyl reissue has cover art in black and white in the center on side one, which contains the audio. Side two has their respective autographs: "William S. Burroughs" at the top and "Kurtis Donald C?hbaine" (with a dot above the "o" of "C?hbaine").
Kurt Cobain's friend and bandmate Krist Novoselic is featured on the cover as the Priest.
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