''Big Ugly Mouth'' is the second live
spoken word
Spoken word refers to an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a late 20th century continuation of an ancient oral artistic tradition that focuses on the aesthetics of ...
album by
Henry Rollins
Henry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as Henry Rollins, is an American singer, writer, spoken word artist, actor, and presenter. After performing in the short-lived hardcore punk band State of Alert in 1980, Rolli ...
, released in 1987 on
Quarterstick Records
Quarterstick Records is a sublabel of Touch and Go Records.
Artists
*Bad Livers
*Calexico
* DK3
*Dead Child
*June of 44
*Kepone
*The Mekons
* Mi Ami
*Peter Móren (of Peter, Bjorn and John)
*Mule
*Naked Raygun
*Tara Jane O'Neil
*Pegboy
*Phono-Co ...
. It was reissued with his first spoken word album, ''
Short Walk On A Long Pier
''Short Walk On A Long Pier'' is the first spoken word album released by Henry Rollins. The content is culled from spoken word performances in Los Angeles, San Diego, Baton Rouge, Denver, New York City and Amsterdam. The one piece of music, "Alien ...
'' (1985) and new artwork on
2.13.61 Records in 2005. It was recorded at various tour dates in 1987 at Madison, WI, Chicago, IL, Minneapolis, MN, Denver, CO, Los Angeles, CA and New Brunswick, NJ.
Liner notes
Welcome to the re-issue of my first attempts at a talking record release. For the re-release of Big Ugly Mouth, I figured I would embarrass myself totally and include my first ever talking release Short Walk On a Long Pier. It was initially a cassette only release and it took all the money I had. Later, a short run was made on LP in Canada and then it went out of print. So here it is again, first time on CD. It's just awful. I figured if I put it in for free you couldn't get too mad about how wretched it is. As for Big Ugly Mouth, we sent it to engineer supreme Phil Klum to even out the levels of the tracks and clear it up some so it should sound better this time around. Enjoy...or something.
Thanks. Henry
Track listing
# "Peach" - 8:52
# "Boy On the Train" - 7:47
# "Dehumanized" - 5:28
# "Hiya Handsome" - 4:52
# "Short Story" - 7:19
# "Touch and Go" - 8:31
# "New Age Blues" - 4:48
# "First Class" - 6:43
# "Change" - 7:31
# "New York Story" - 5:45
# "Joe Cole Phone Sex God" - 3:09
Credits
Rae Di Leo - Engineer
References
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1987 live albums
Henry Rollins live albums
Live spoken word albums
Live comedy albums
Spoken word albums by American artists
Quarterstick Records live albums
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