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The poet Allen Ginsberg believed the poems of William Blake were originally intended to be sung, and that through study of the rhyme and metre of the works, a Blakean performance could be approximately replicated. In 1969, he conceived, arranged, directed, sang on, and played piano and harmonium on this album of songs.

Allen Ginsberg / William Blake
Songs Of Innocence And Experience
Verve Forecast FTS-3083
12/69 [UK: 4/70]
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By the way, the price on the cover is just right!
Side One: Songs Of Innocence
Introduction/The Shepherd 2:10
The Echoing Green Blake-Ginsberg 1:22
The Lamb Blake-Ginsberg 1:10
The Little Black Boy Blake-Ginsberg 3:00
The Blossom Blake-Ginsberg 1:22
The Chimney Sweeper Blake-Ginsberg 2:20
The Little Boy Lost Blake-Ginsberg 1:06
The Little Boy Found Blake-Ginsberg 1:24
Laughing Song Blake-Ginsberg 1:24
Holy Thursday Blake-Ginsberg 1:15
Night Blake-Ginsberg 3:57
Side Two: Songs Of Experience
Introduction Blake-Ginsberg 2:06
Nurses Song Blake-Ginsberg 2:07
The Sick Rose Blake-Ginsberg 1:35
Ah! Sun-Flower Blake-Ginsberg 1:12
The Garden Of Love Blake-Ginsberg 1:02
London Blake-Ginsberg 1:55
The Human Abstract Blake-Ginsberg 2:30
To Tirzah Blake-Ginsberg 1:42
The Grey Monk Blake-Ginsberg 4:06
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Allen Ginsberg-vocals, finger cymbals, harmonium, piano
Peter Orlovsky-vocals
with:
Bob Dorough-organ, piano, harpsichord, chorus
Jon Sholle-guitar, autoharp, drums, bass
Don Cherry-trumpet, wooden flute, finger cymbals, harpsichord, bass tom, sleigh bells, beaded gourd
Herman Wright-bass
Elvin Jones-drums (The Grey Monk)
Cyril Caster-French horn, trumpet, guitar, chorus
Janet Zeitz-flute, chorus
Matt Hoffman, Michael Aldrich-chorus
Julius Watkins-French horn
§Cover Background-Michael McInnerney; six illustrations-William Blake
Produced by: Barry Miles, Peter Orlovsky

Note: More about the album @ wiki and more about Blake's poems @ wiki .
 


Links!

Allen Ginsberg website
Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake, tuned by Allen Ginsberg

 


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