ALLEN GINSBERG / First Blues (Experimental)

FOLKWAYS / USA / 1981

M- / M- 50 €

Critic

New York City and San Francisco 'beat' poet, political activist, and Fugs collaborator Allen Ginsberg.  It is Folkways Records catalog number FSS 37560, packaged in the style of a vintage 1950s-era Folkways Records album with heavy cardboard cover and insert with song lyrics and musical tablature.  This LP was previously owned by a person who managed a record shop in New York City during the 1970s and 1980s - As shown in my accompanying image.  Allen Ginsberg sings and accompanies himself on the Benares harmonium.  Album was recorded in 1971 through 1974 -  Tracks: 4 AM Blues: New York Blues / New York Youth Call Annunciation, Come Back Christmas: Macdougal Street Blues, CIA Dobe Calypso, Put Down Yr Cigarette Rag, Slack Key Guitar: Siratoka Beach Croon, Bus Ride Ballad Road To Suva, Prayer Blues, Dope Fiend Blues.