William S Burroughs and Brion Gysin: The Spoken Word

Synopsis: This collection of recordings features the American writer William S Burroughs and the British-born artist Brion Gysin: the man Burroughs credited with the invention of the ‘cut-up’ literary technique. The centrepiece of the collection is a complete, previously unissued recording of Burroughs reading live in Liverpool in 1982. The disc also includes performances by Gysin of a selection of his ‘permutated poems’, and previously unheard home recordings made by the pair in Paris in 1970, all taken from tapes in the British Library collection.
Series: Spoken Word, The
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2012
Availability: out of distribution
Notes: Article in Vf89
Subjects: Literature
Keywords: archive sound recordings; Burroughs, William S; Gysin, Brion; literature - American; poetry; sound recordings; poetry - 20th century; poetry - North American

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Notes: A range of audio publications related to the collections of the British Library’s Sound Archive. Historical topics, wildlife sounds, world music, art and literature are particularly strongly represented. There are also a few DVDs, videos and CD-ROMs based on holdings in the BL. Some of the titles are available for paid audio download.

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