Sugar, Alcohol, & Meat. The Dial-A-Poem Poets

by ASHBERY, John, et al.

$1,250 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

New York City: Giorno Poetry Systems Records, 1980. First edition of this omnium-gatherum of spoken word recordings, nearly all recorded in NYC venues, ca. 1979-1980. The poets recorded include Ashbery (from "Litany", w/ Ann Lauterbach), Berrigan ("To Jack Kerouac"), Ron Padgett ("Zzzzz"), Eileen Myles ("Lorna & Vicki"), Paul Violi ("Whalefeathers"), John Cage, Burroughs (from Nova Express), Patti Smith ("Parade"), Ginsberg ("C.I.A. Dope Calypso"), Kathy Acker (from "The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec"), and Steve McCaffery ("Viking Log Part 2"), among others. Fine condition. Two 33 1/3 rpm LPs (GPS 018-019), a double-album, with 7 photographic portraits of poets by Mapplethorpe, featuring portraits in color of Ashbery, Burroughs, and John Giorno on the front and back panels of the sleeves. Fine condition.

• Publisher: Giorno Poetry Systems Records
• Year: 1980
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: unknown

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