GINSBERG, Allen, & the Gluons.

£1,750 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Birdbrain; Sue Your Parents. A vinyl recording of Ginsberg's first foray into punk-rock, this copy inscribed on the front sleeve, "for Carolyn & John Allen, Allen Ginsberg, NYC 5/2/83". The recipients were Carolyn Cassady, wife of the late Neal Cassady, and her son, named in honour of Ginsberg and Kerouac.Side A records Ginsberg reading his anti-Reagan poem "Birdbrain" backed by Mike Chapell's Denver-based band the Gluons, with the band's "Sue Your Parents" on the B side. There were reportedly five pressings of 1,000 copies, each with a number of sleeve variations; the earliest were screen-printed in colour, this example is from the later black & white issue.

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