''Poetry for the Beat Generation'' is the debut album of
American
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novelist and poet
Jack Kerouac
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
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and was originally released in 1959. Initial performances of these poems were poorly received by an audience at the Village Vangard in 1957. However, Kerouac was so impressed with how the poems sounded when accompanied by
Steve Allen's piano that it became the first record Kerouac committed to audio.
History
Kerouac is accompanied by
Steve Allen on the piano. All songs were written by Kerouac. The album is included in the CD
box set
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Music
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''The Jack Kerouac Collection''.
Track listing
Side One
#"October in the Railroad Earth" – 7:08
#"Deadbelly" – 1:02
#"Charlie Parker" – 3:43
#"The Sounds of the Universe Coming in My Window" – 3:14
#"One Mother" – 0:47
#"Goofing at the Table" – 1:42
#"Bowery Blues" – 3:48
Side Two
#"Abraham" – 1:14
#"Dave Brubeck" – 0:27
#"I Had a Slouch Hat Too One Time" – 6:11
#"The Wheel of the Quivering Meat Conception" – 1:51
#"McDougal Street Blues" – 3:23
#"The Moon Her Majesty" – 1:36
#"I'd Rather Be Thin Than Famous" – 0:37
Bonus Tracks on 1990 CD issue
(Taken from the
Steve Allen Plymouth Show,
NBC Broadcast, Monday 10:00pm, 16 November 1959
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British Library Beat Bibliography
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#"Readings from ''On the Road
''On the Road'' is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonis ...
'' & '' Visions of Cody''" – 3:31
References
1959 debut albums
Jack Kerouac albums
Albums produced by Bob Thiele
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