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	Allen Ginsberg Kaddish Genres: Special Interest, Pop Track Listings (1) - Disc #1 Allen Ginsberg Reads Kaddish (63:50) Subtitled "Allen Ginsberg Reads Kaddish A 20th Century American Ecstatic American Narrative Poem," this 1966 release was recorded in front of a live audience at Brandeis University in Boston in 1964. Based on the tradition... more » « less
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All Artists: Allen Ginsberg
Title: Kaddish
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Water
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 5/9/2006
Genres: Special Interest, Pop
Style: Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 646315717020

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Album Description

Subtitled "Allen Ginsberg Reads Kaddish A 20th Century American Ecstatic American Narrative Poem," this 1966 release was recorded in front of a live audience at Brandeis University in Boston in 1964. Based on the traditional Hebrew mourning prayer ("kaddish"), this poem is dedicated to Ginsberg's mother Naomi, who died in 1956 in a mental hospital. Written in 1958 in one non-stop 40 hour marathon session fueled by dexedrine, a tiny hit of LSD 25, and many cups of coffee, Kaddish stands as an epic testament to Ginsberg's literary talent. Original artwork featuring the cover photo by Richard Avedon. Original liner notes by Ginsberg and new in-depth notes by noted Beat-era scholar and writer Harvey Kubernik. First time on CD!

CD Reviews

New, but not first, CD release of a rare Ginsberg reading

Uncle Willie | San Diego, CA | 07/22/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

""Kaddish," which many people consider Ginsberg's greatest poem, was famously written in one sitting in 1960. Although Ginsberg had begun some notes for this poem about his mother in 1958, he didn't read the long poem in public until 1964. This is a rare recording of a reading at Brandeis University on November 24, 1964, which was issued on vinyl in 1966. Ginsberg re-issued it on the second CD of his boxed set, "Holy Soul Jelly Roll" in 1994--which is out of print but still available (through Amazon) used."