William S. Burroughs - The Best Of William Burroughs From Giorno Poetry Systems (CD)

no outer box or booklet; contains all 4 discs, inserts and jewel cases.

Packaging consists of 4 jewel cases in a 12x12" cloth box (similar to boxed sets from the 1950s) with a large book of writings and photos.

1-1, 1-16, 1-17, 2-2, and 3-3 previously appeared on "You're The Guy I Want To Share My Money With", Giorno Poetry Systems, 1981.
1-2, 1-6, 1-8, 1-10, 1-13, 2-1, 2-6, 2-7, 3-1, 3-2, and 3-9 to 3-13 previously appeared on "William S. Burroughs / John Giorno", Giorno Poetry Systems, 1975.
1-3, 2-5, 3-4, and 3-5 previously appeared on "The Nova Convention", Giorno Poetry Systems, 1979.
1-7 previously appeared on "Big Ego", Giorno Poetry Systems, 1977.
1-15 previously appeared on "Sugar, Alcohol & Meat", Giorno Poetry Systems, 1980.
2-3 previously appeared on "Totally Corrupt", Giorno Poetry Systems, 1976.
2-10 previously appeared on "The Dial-A-Poem Poets", Giorno Poetry Systems, 1972.
2-11 previously appeared on "Biting Off The Tongue Of A Corpse", Giorno Poetry Systems, 1975.
3-14 previously appeared on "You're A Hook", Giorno Poetry Systems, 1983.
3-15 previously appeared on "Life Is A Killer", Giorno Poetry Systems, 1982.
3-16 to 3-18 previously appeared on "A Diamond Hidden In The Mouth Of A Corpse, Giorno Poetry Systems, 1985.
3-19 and 3-21 previously appeared on "Smack My Crack", Giorno Poetry Systems, 1987.
3-20 and 4-3 previously appeared on "Like A Girl, I Want You To Keep Coming", Giorno Poetry Systems, 1989.
4-1 previously appeared on "Better An Old Demon Than A New God", Giorno Poetry Systems, 1984.
4-5 to 4-19 previously appeared on "Nothing Here Now But The Recordings", Industrial Records, 1981.

All other tracks previously unreleased.

℗© 1998 Giorno Poetry Systems Institute, Inc. 
Manufactured and marketed by Mercury Records, a Polygram company. Distributed by I.L.S.
Printed in U.S.A.

Format: CD

Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    US  
Released:  1998
Genre:       Electronic, Non-Music
Style:         Audiobook, Spoken Word, Experimental

Track listing:

1-1. Twilight's Last Gleamings 2:48
. Junkie
1-2. 103rd Street Boys 7:32
. Naked Lunch
1-3. Benway 0:35
1-4. I Can Feel The Heat Closing In 6:53
1-5. Meeting Of International Conference Of Technological Psychiatry 4:52
1-6. In Mexico The Gimmick Is To Find A Local Junkie With A Government Script 2:21
1-7. The Laboratory Has Been Locked For Three Hours Solid 2:06
1-8. Dr. Benway Is Operating In An Auditorium Filled With Students 1:56
1-9. Fats Terminal Has Organized A Purple Ass Stick For Motorcyclists 2:03
1-10. Hassan Is A Notorious Liquifactionist 5:33
. The Soft Machine
1-11. Where You Belong 3:09
. Exterminator
1-12. What Washington? What Orders? 8:13
1-13. From Here To Eternity 3:45
1-14. The Evening News 3:04
. Nova Express
1-15. I Was Travelling With The Intolerable Kid On The Nova Lark 8:32
1-16. The Unworthy Vessel 2:44
1-17. The Do-Rights 3:32
. Ah Pook Is Here
2-1. Ah Pook Is The Mayan God Of Death 12:27
2-2. Introducing John Stanley Hart. He Entered The Bar With The Best Intentions 2:12
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2-3. When Did I Stop Wanting To Be President 7:03
2-4. What The Nova Convention Is All About 1:56
2-5. Keynote Commentary, Roosevelt After The Inauguration 5:48
. The Wild Boys
2-6. The Chief Smiles 6:44
2-7. The Green Nun 3:27
2-8. Tio Mate Smiles 10:24
2-9. Tio Pepe 4:28
2-10. As Esperanza Turns To Go Inside; Tia Maria, Tio Gordo 6:44
2-11. A Top Level Conference Is In Progress 6:02
. Port Of Saints
2-12. Firecracker (Excerpt) 3:50
. Cities Of The Red Night
3-1. Virus B-23 1:18
3-2. Doctor Pierson 8:41
3-3. The Name Is Clem Snide. Mr. Hart Couldn't Hear The Word Death 5:00
. Place Of Dead Roads
3-4. This Is Kim Carson 2:00
3-5. Just Like The Collapse Of Any Currency 1:54
3-6. The Purple Better One 4:11
3-7. M.O.B. 4:29
3-8. The Whole Tamale 4:20
3-9. My Protagonist Kim Carson 4:54
3-10. Salt Chunk Mary 1:15
3-11. Like Mr. Hart, Kim Has A Dark Side To His Character 2:48
3-12. Progressive Education 7:10
3-13. The Wild Fruits 2:24
3-14. Old Man Bickford 2:08
. The Western Lands
3-15. The Mummy Piece 4:05
3-16. The President 1:55
3-17. Colonel Bradfield 2:32
3-18. Every Man A God 1:14
3-19. Kim Like The Great Gatsby 1:24
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3-20. Just Say No To Drug Hysteria (Excerpt) 4:05
3-21. Words Of Advice 3:28
4-1. Dinosaurs 5:57
4-2. Sexual Conditioning 8:31
4-3. Dead Souls 4:06
. The Cat Inside
4-4. Excerpts 8:55
. Nothing Here Now But The Recordings
4-5. Captain Clark Welcomes You Aboard 0:23
4-6. The Saints Go Marching Through All The Popular Tunes 4:11
4-7. Summer Will 1:58
4-8. Outside The Pier Prowled Like Electric Turtles 1:13
4-9. The Total Taste Is Here, News Cut-Ups 0:36
4-10. We See The Future Through The Binoculars Of The People 11:25
4-11. Just Checking Your Summer Recordings 1:40
4-12. Creepy Letter, Cut-Up At The Beat Hotel In Paris 1:56
4-13. Inching, Is This Machine Recording? 0:59
4-14. Handkerchief Masks, News Cut-Up 3:22
4-15. Word Falling, Photo Falling 1:24
4-16. Throat Microphone Experiment 1:00
4-17. It's About Time To Identify Oven Area 1:07
4-18. Last Words Of Hassan Sabbah 12:10
4-19. I Was Fooling Around With These Tapes In Hotels 3:18

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