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William Burroughs // Ali's Smile LP

William Burroughs // Ali's Smile LP

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William Burroughs, one of Beat Generation's leading writers, has reissued a record that was quietly released in 1971 in a limited edition of 99 copies.

Side A "Ali's Smile" is a phantom work sold only at the "Unicorn Book Shop" in Brighton, England.

B-side is a freelance journalistSent to BurroughsA 33-minute audio tape where he answers various questions.It is one of the oldest detailed records of his readings and thoughts.

Numbering, sleeve note included, limited to 1000 sheets.

 

This record is divided into 2 sections. The first part is the title track and takes up most of side 1. Ali's Smile was first published in 1971 and was privately released as a one sided LP, in an edition of 99 copies. It came in a plain sleeve with a hardback copy of the spoken text, and was sold exclusively through Unicorn Bookshop in Brighton, UK. Bill Butler, the bookshop owner, was still paying off a viciously punitive fine and associated court costs imposed in 1968 after a guilty verdict in an obscenity trial. Burroughs, a'fellow American', was only too happy to help out by letting him have the rights to the recording. Rumours abound as to how many copies of the LP actually sold and how many were damaged after having been This is the first official reissue of this lost audio recording. A tale of revenge, heartless cruelty and amulet power, muddied with frequent recourse to Sciento logical references.

The rest of the LP is taken up with 30 minutes of audio tape supplied by Burroughs in answer to various questions mailed to him by a freelance journalist. It also includes several readings from material he was working on at the time. The recordings date from 1963 As this material dates from just before the publication of Nova Express, much of it serves as a useful companion and commentary on his Nova mythology, which places them as some of (if not the), earliest in depth recordings of his readings and thoughts. In the end only about 10 minutes of this material ever got broadcast, and was used as part of an illustrated talk on the BBC's Third Program.

Released in an edition of 1000 with sleeve notes on a numbered insert.
artist: William Burroughs
label: Paradigm Discs

William Burroughs, one of Beat Generation's leading writers, has reissued a record that was quietly released in 1971 in a limited edition of 99 copies.

Side A "Ali's Smile" is a phantom work sold only at the "Unicorn Book Shop" in Brighton, England.

B-side is a freelance journalistSent to BurroughsA 33-minute audio tape where he answers various questions.It is one of the oldest detailed records of his readings and thoughts.

Numbering, sleeve note included, limited to 1000 sheets.

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This record is divided into 2 sections. The first part is the title track and takes up most of side 1. Ali's Smile was first published in 1971 and was privately released as a one sided LP, in an edition of 99 copies. It came in a plain sleeve with a hardback copy of the spoken text, and was sold exclusively through Unicorn Bookshop in Brighton, UK. Bill Butler, the bookshop owner, was still paying off a viciously punitive fine and associated court costs imposed in 1968 after a guilty verdict in an obscenity trial. Burroughs, a'fellow American', was only too happy to help out by letting him have the rights to the recording. Rumours abound as to how many copies of the LP actually sold and how many were damaged after having been This is the first official reissue of this lost audio recording. A tale of revenge, heartless cruelty and amulet power, muddied with frequent recourse to Sciento logical references.
The rest of the LP is taken up with 30 minutes of audio tape supplied by Burroughs in answer to various questions mailed to him by a freelance journalist. It also includes several readings from material he was working on at the time. The recordings date from 1963 As this material dates from just before the publication of Nova Express, much of it serves as a useful companion and commentary on his Nova mythology, which places them as some of (if not the), earliest in depth recordings of his readings and thoughts. In the end only about 10 minutes of this material ever got broadcast, and was used as part of an illustrated talk on the BBC's Third Program.
Released in an edition of 1000 with sleeve notes on a numbered insert. artist: William Burroughs label: Paradigm Discs