Dead City Radio
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...decided to turn his attention to spoken word recordings. Dead City Radio (1990) by William Burroughs has musical backing by Sonic Youth, Donald Fagen, John Cale and others. Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales (1996) by William Burroughs...
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Dead City Radio (album)
...album by Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs, which was released by Island Records in 1990. It was dedicated to Keith Haring. The CD is a collection of readings by Burroughs set to a broad range of musical compositions. It was...
In this article: William S. Burroughs, Falling in Love Again, Tornado Alley, Christianity, Keith Haring, John Dillinger, Hal Willner, Lenny Pickett, and Naked Lunch
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Dead City Radio. Studio album by William S. Burroughs. Released. 31 August 1990. Recorded ... Dead City Radio is a musical album by Beat Generation author William S. ...
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Dead City Radio
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One of the best Burroughs recordings, Dead City Radio features the writer reading five previously unreleased pieces, along with selections from several of his books. ...
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Dead City Radio is a musical album by Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs, which was released by Island Records in 1990. It was dedicated to Keith Haring.
The CD is a collection of readings by Burroughs set to a broad range of musical compositions. It was produced by Hal Willner and Nelson Lyon, with musical accompaniment from John Cale, Donald Fagen, Lenny Pickett, Chris Stein, and alternative rock band Sonic Youth, among others. Although not Burroughs' first album -- he released his first spoken word album, Call Me Burroughs in the 1960s and was a fixture on the Giorno Poetry Systems collections of the 1970s and 1980s -- this was the first release to receive wide public attention.
Most of the recordings of Burroughs readings were made at his home in Lawrence, Kansas between December 12 and 15 1988, with further recordings taking place on June 24, 1989. The music was added at a later date. During these sessions Burroughs was captured singing the German standard "Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt" (Falling in Love Again), a song associated with Marlene Dietrich. This recording was included as a bonus track.
The material performed by Burroughs on the album included excerpts from some of his famous works such as Naked Lunch, as well as a couple of items from his 1989 short story collection Tornado Alley. The track "Kill the Badger!" is an excerpt from Burroughs' novella The Cat Inside. A music video was created Burroughs' reading of "A Thanksgiving Prayer" (a poem from Tornado Alley); the reading (like the book from which it came) is dedicated to John Dillinger.
Several tracks include Burroughs discussing elements of Christianity and The Bible.
A few years later, Burroughs would record another spoken word/musical collaboration, Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales.
- Name:
- Dead City Radio
- Genre:
- Avant-garde/Experimental/spoken word
- Release Date:
- August 31, 1990
- Produced by:
- Hal Willner, Nelson Lyon
- Recorded By:
- William S. Burroughs
- Record Label:
- Island Records
- Recording Dates:
- December 1988-June 1989; Hairball 3, Lawrence, Kansas
- Manufacturer:
- Polygram Records
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