Born: 5th February 1914, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Died: 2nd August 1997, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
Burroughs initially drew acclaim as a one of the leaders of the 50s Beat movement, alongside friends and peers Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. His acclaimed publications, notably 'The Naked Lunch', 'The Soft Machine', 'The Ticket That Exploded' and 'Nova Express', exhibited the "cut-up" technique first espoused by fellow-writer Bryon Gysin, in which passages and texts were cut and reassembled to create unconscious writing. The pair subsequently brought the same method to recording during their stay at the "Beat Hotel' in Paris. Burroughs' experimental nature and his espousal of drug use made him an attractive figure of the 60's counter-culture.
Died: 2nd August 1997, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
Burroughs initially drew acclaim as a one of the leaders of the 50s Beat movement, alongside friends and peers Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. His acclaimed publications, notably 'The Naked Lunch', 'The Soft Machine', 'The Ticket That Exploded' and 'Nova Express', exhibited the "cut-up" technique first espoused by fellow-writer Bryon Gysin, in which passages and texts were cut and reassembled to create unconscious writing. The pair subsequently brought the same method to recording during their stay at the "Beat Hotel' in Paris. Burroughs' experimental nature and his espousal of drug use made him an attractive figure of the 60's counter-culture.
His phrase "heavy metal' became the term for a musical genre, while several acts - notably "Soft Machine" and "Steely Dan" - took their names from his trilogy of works. His first album, "Call Me Burroughs", was comprised of readings from 'The Naked Lunch' and 'Nova Express'. It was initially issued in France prior to appearing on the US avant garde label, ESP. "Ali's Smile", a one-side 12-inch released via Brighton's Unicorn Bookshop, was Burroughs' only other 60s release, although it can be heard on the film soundtrack Chappaqua, and his distinctive voice was sampled in 1971 for Dashiell Hedayat's Obselete.
Burroughs was lauded at the Entermedia Theater in 1978 with "The Nova Convention", a collective of publishers, writers, academics, artists, punk personalities and counterculture followers. The event was released as an eponymously titled album and included pieces by Sanders ['Fuck You' magazine & The Fugs], Patti Smith, Anderson, Glass, Cage, Ginsberg, Gysin, Leary and others. Zappa was called in to replace the drug-busted Keith Richards and, after discussion with the writer, did "The Talking Asshole", which Burroughs had derived from the ventriloquist scene in "The Dead Of Night".
Burroughs was lauded at the Entermedia Theater in 1978 with "The Nova Convention", a collective of publishers, writers, academics, artists, punk personalities and counterculture followers. The event was released as an eponymously titled album and included pieces by Sanders ['Fuck You' magazine & The Fugs], Patti Smith, Anderson, Glass, Cage, Ginsberg, Gysin, Leary and others. Zappa was called in to replace the drug-busted Keith Richards and, after discussion with the writer, did "The Talking Asshole", which Burroughs had derived from the ventriloquist scene in "The Dead Of Night".
In 1982 "Throbbing Gristle"'s Genesis P. Orridge issued "Nothing Here But The Recordings", a fascinating cross-section of 50s and 60s archive recordings. Ten Years later Sub-Rosa issued a similarly structured set, "Break Through In Grey Room". The avant garde maintained its links with Burroughs during the 80s; he surfaced on several releases by poet John Giorno, notably "You're The Guy I Want To Share My Money With" (1981), "Old Man Bickford" (You're A Hook 1986) and "Like A Girl I Want To Keep Coming" (1989) and he enjoyed a cameo appearance on Laurie Anderson's "Mr. Heartbreak" (1984).
"Dead City Radio", Burroughs' first full-length album in over two decades, paired the writer with producer Hal Willner. John Cale, Donald Fagen and Sonic Youth were among the cast assembled on what was arguably his most accessible release. "Spare Ass Annie And Other Tales", a collaboration with the "Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy", was much less satisfying, compromising the contributors' individual strengths. Despite advancing years, Burroughs contributed to Tom Waits' "The Black Rider" and appeared on singles by Gus Van Sant ("The Elvis Of Letters") and Ministry ("Just One Fix"). In 1993 he recorded a version of "The 'Priest' They Called Him" with Nirvana's Kurt Cobain.
Like Ginsberg, Burroughs was openly bisexual. He was also an opiate addict, almost acting out a characterization of his first novel "Junky" and his second "Queer", whilst being a 'loose cannon' in both his writing and social confrontations. He managed to avoid a jail sentence when he killed his second wife after shooting her in a drunken stupor. When Burroughs died of a heart-attack in 1997 his passing was mourned with the Internet message: "William Burroughs has finally figured out how to leave the flesh behind and assimilate with it all".
Like Ginsberg, Burroughs was openly bisexual. He was also an opiate addict, almost acting out a characterization of his first novel "Junky" and his second "Queer", whilst being a 'loose cannon' in both his writing and social confrontations. He managed to avoid a jail sentence when he killed his second wife after shooting her in a drunken stupor. When Burroughs died of a heart-attack in 1997 his passing was mourned with the Internet message: "William Burroughs has finally figured out how to leave the flesh behind and assimilate with it all".
- 1965 - Call Me Burroughs - 256 Kbps
- 1975 - William S. Burroughs / John Giorno - 192 Kbps
- 1981 - Abandoned Artifacts - 320 Kbps
- 1981 - You're The Guy I Want To Share My Money With [with Laurie Anderson & John Giorno] - 320 Kbps
- 1981 - Nothing Here Now But The Recordings - 192 Kbps
- 1985 - The Elvis Of Letters [with Gus Van Sant] - 320 Kbps
- 1986 - The Doctor Is On The Market - 320 Kbps
- 1986 - Break Through In Grey Room - 320 Kbps
- 1988 - Uncommon Quotes - 128 Kbps
- 1989 - Interviews + Readings [with Brion Gysin & Genesis P. Orridge] - 192 Kbps
- 1990 - Dead City Radio - 256 Kbps
- 1993 - Spare Ass Annie And Other Tales - 320 Kbps
- 1993 - Spare Ass Annie And Other Tales - The Operator's Manual - 320 Kbps
- 1993 - The "Priest" They Called Him [with Kurt Cobain] - 320 Kbps
- 1993 - Vaudeville Voices - 320 Kbps
- 1995 - William S. Burroughs recites Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of Red Death - 154 Kbps
- 1995 - Naked Lunch - 192 Kbps (or 4 tracks in 64 Kbps)
- 1998 - Electronic Revolution - 128 Kbps
- 1998 - The Best Of William Burroughs From Giorno Poetry Systems - 192 Kbps
- 1998 - The Road to the Western Lands [with Material] - 320 Kbps
- 2000 - Junky - 60 Kbps (or 4 tracks in 128 Kbps)
- 2007 - Real English Tea Made Here - 320 Kbps
- 2008 - The Instrument Of Control - 320 Kbps
- 2014 - William S. Burroughs In Dub [conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill] - 320 Kbps
See also compilations with WSB's participation:
- 1976 - Totally Corrupt (The Dial-A-Poem Poets) - 192 Kbps
- 1979 - The Nova Convention - 192 Kbps
- 1987 - Minutes - 320 Kbps
- 1987 - Smack My Crack - 320 Kbps
- 1992 - The Beat Generation - 320 Kbps
- 1993 - Cash Cow: The Best Of Giorno Poetry Systems 1965-1993 - 256 Kbps
- 1996 - 10% File Under Burroughs - 192 Kbps
- 1997 - Kerouac - Kicks Joy Darkness - 320 Kbps
- 1997 - September Songs - The Music Of Kurt Weill - 320 Kbps
- 2000 - Stoned Immaculate: The Music Of The Doors - 320 Kbps
- 2002 - Revue OU - 224 Kbps
- 2005 - An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / Fourth A-Chronology 1937-2005 - 320 Kbps
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can i get a link to 'Spare Ass Annie And Other Tales'?
ОтветитьУдалитьHere it is.
УдалитьSurprising how little interest has been expressed in your impressive Burroughs collection. I've never heard Vaudeville Voices...
ОтветитьУдалитьSo... now you can...
УдалитьThanks your Zlobnyk,
ОтветитьУдалитьYou are humble and lovable.
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ОтветитьУдалить1981 - Abandoned Artifacts - 320 Kbps
1986 - The Doctor Is On The Market - 320 Kbps
1986 - Break Through In Grey Room - 320 Kbps
thanks ahead
1981 - Abandoned Artifacts
Удалить1986 - The Doctor Is On The Market
1986 - Break Through In Grey Room
could you pleas upload "smack my crack"? thank you!
ОтветитьУдалитьYour link
Удалитьenglish tea made here and call me burroughs. thank you!
ОтветитьУдалить1965 - Call Me Burroughs (CD 1995)
Удалить2007 - Real English Tea Made Here (3xCD) pt. 1, pt. 2 & pt. 3
incredible! thank you! :)
ОтветитьУдалитьGood to have you back..... if you see this is it possible to have the Best of Burroughs from Giorno Poetry Systems? Thank you v much....
ОтветитьУдалить1998 - The Best Of William Burroughs From Giorno Poetry Systems (4xCD + Box) pt. 1 & pt. 2
УдалитьPlease, if you can, 'The Elvis Of Letters', and 'The Instrument Of Control'. Thank you in advance.
ОтветитьУдалить1985 - William S. Burroughs + Gus Van Sant - The Elvis Of Letters (CD 1991, Maxi-Single)
Удалить2008 - The Instrument Of Control (CD, Album)
Excellent!! Thank you very much.
ОтветитьУдалитьcan you please post Naked Lunch? Thank you!
ОтветитьУдалитьHere: pt. 1 & pt. 2
УдалитьPart 1 of Naked Lunch wouldn't extract.
ОтветитьУдалитьYou have to unzip both parts at the same time
УдалитьPart 2 of Naked Lunch is blocked--could you repost? Thanks!
ОтветитьУдалитьSeptember song?
ОтветитьУдалитьWould you mind posting Dead City Radio?
ОтветитьУдалитьNo One Here But The Recordings? Your message in a bottle been washed up on my shore - I thought there was no one else left. Just found you via Amazon Naked Lunch audiobook. Internet condenses accelerates and stretches time, so that 'recently' is five years ago - a half decade - it's a perceptual experiment, relativity rules, a concertina in an old sailor's lap, squeezing us apart and pulling us together and out we pop in divers flatulent melodies. How can he be dead if his twitter is still active? Is link to audio NL available? Many thanks.
ОтветитьУдалитьCan you please put a link for In Dub from 2014 ?
ОтветитьУдалить...if you manage always this service for Burroughs' fans !
I appreciate a lot...
Thanx in advance