William S. Burroughs, "Dead City Radio" (422-846 264-1) VG+/VG+ RARE vinyl

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William S. Burroughs' first album to get widespread attention, "Dead City Radio" features spoken word passages from Burroughs set to a broad range of musical passages, including music by Sonic Youth, John Cale, and Lenny Pickett. Record acquired by a Brooklyn-based vintage shop that specializes in vinyl from a private collection. Previous owner was an audiophile who played exclusively on high-grade equipment.
Grading Vinyl graded in-store conservatively and competitively: NM - A nearly perfect record, never played. Never assigned unless a record is sealed. (Open records that look unplayed are graded down to VG+) VG+ - Some signs that the record was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it. May contain slight scuffs or light scratches that do not affect play. VG - Light surface noise upon play, but will not overpower the music. No skipping. G+ - Surface noise and groove wear will affect play and overpower the music in some sections. No skipping. G - Surface noise and groove wear will overpower the music in most sections. Record may contain skipping in some sections.
Genre: Spoken Word/Rock/Non-Music Condition: Vinyl/VG+, Sleeve/VG+ (Sleeve has light corner wear, see photos)
Track listing:
Side A

A1 William's Welcome ("What Are You Here For ?") Featuring – Sonic Youth 2:03

A2 A Thanksgiving Prayer 2:22

A3 Naked Lunch Excerpts ("You Got Any Eggs For Fats ?") / Dinner Conversation ("The Snakes") 7:16

A4 Ah Pook The Destroyer / Brion Gysin's All-Purpose Bedtime Story

Featuring – John Cale 2:46

A5 After-Dinner Conversation ("An Atrocious Conceit") / Where He Was Going 11:40

A6 Kill The Badger! Composed By – Buryl Red 2:42

Side B

B1 A New Standard By Which To Measure Infamy Featuring – Donald Fagen 1:47

B2 The Sermon On The Mount 1 ("WSB Reads The Good Book") 1:30

B3 No More Stalins, No More Hitlers Featuring – John Cale 1:00

B4 The Sermon On The Mount 2 1:22

B5 Scandal At The Jungle Hiltons Featuring – Allen Ginsberg 1:41

B6 The Sermon On The Mount 3 1:23

B7 Love Your Enemies Featuring – John Cale 1:13

B8 Dr. Benway's House Featuring – Sonic Youth 0:40

B9 Apocalypse Composed By – Bill Giant, Eugene Cines, Ray Ellis 9:05

B10 The Lord's Prayer Featuring – Chris Stein, Sonic Youth 0:45

B11 Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt ("Falling In Love Again") Piano – Cheryl Hardwick 2:30

From Wikipedia:

Dead City Radio is a musical album by Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs, which was released by Island Records in 1990. It was dedicated to Keith Haring.

The CD is a collection of readings by Burroughs set to a broad range of musical compositions. It was produced by Hal Willner and Nelson Lyon, with musical accompaniment from John Cale, Donald Fagen, Lenny Pickett, Chris Stein, and alternative rock band Sonic Youth, among others. Although not Burroughs' first album—he released his first spoken word album Call Me Burroughs in the 1960s and was a fixture on the Giorno Poetry Systems collections of the 1970s and 1980s—this was the first release to receive wide public attention.

Most of the recordings of Burroughs readings were made at his home in Lawrence, Kansas between December 12 and 15 1988, with further recordings taking place on June 24, 1989. The music was added at a later date. During these sessions Burroughs was captured singing the German standard "Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt" (Falling in Love Again), a song associated with Marlene Dietrich. This recording was included as a bonus track and is the only commercially available track as of 2012 to depict the author actually singing.

The material performed by Burroughs on the album included excerpts from some of his famous works such as Naked Lunch, as well as a couple of items from his 1989 short story collection Tornado Alley. The track "Kill the Badger!" is an excerpt from Burroughs' novella The Cat Inside. A music video was created Burroughs' reading of "A Thanksgiving Prayer" (a poem from Tornado Alley); the reading (like the book from which it came) is dedicated to John Dillinger. Burroughs prefaces his reading of the short story "Where He Was Going" with a brief discussion of its inspiration and origins. The brief narrative "Brion Gysin's All-Purpose Bedtime Story" is taken from Ghost of Chance, a novella Burroughs would publish in 1991.

Several tracks include Burroughs discussing elements of Christianity and The Bible in a conversational style, and one track has Burroughs reciting the Sermon on the Mount while adding editorial comment.