William S. Burroughs ?– Break Through In Grey Room Viny Excellent Cond.
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LP and sleeve both in excellent condition just some small creases on spine..

William S. Burroughs ?– Break Through In Grey Room

Label: Sub Rosa ?– SUB 33005-8 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 
Country: Belgium Released: 1986 Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop, Non-Music, Folk, World, & Country Style: Cut-up/DJ, Experimental, Spoken Word

Tracklist

A1 –Ian Sommerville & William S. Burroughs K-9 Was In Combat With The Alien Mind Screens 13:29 A2 –William S. Burroughs Origin And Theory Of The Tape Cut-Ups 3:43 A3 –Brion Gysin Recalling All Active Agents 1:25 A4 –Ian Sommerville & William S. Burroughs Silver Smoke Of Dreams 4:50 B1 –William S. Burroughs Junky Relations 2:56 B2 –Master Musicians Of Jajouka Joujouka 1:30 B3 –William S. Burroughs Curse Go Back 1:12 B4 –William S. Burroughs Present Time Exercises 2:18 B5 –Master Musicians Of Jajouka Joujouka 0:42 B6 –William S. Burroughs Working With The Popular Forces 2:37 B7 –William S. Burroughs Interview With Mr. Martin 2:59 B8 –Master Musicians Of Jajouka Joujouka 1:26 B9 –Ian Sommerville Sound Piece 2:14 B10 –Master Musicians Of Jajouka Joujouka 2:39 B11 –William S. Burroughs Burroughs Called The Law 1:34

Credits

  • Compiled By [Selections Assembled], Producer – Bill Rich (2)
  • Design Concept, Design – Frédéric Walheer, Guy Marc Hinant
  • Liner Notes [Introduction Text] – James Grauerholz
  • Photography By – Harold Chapman (2)

Notes

Track A1: Early cut-up tapes made by Ian Sommerville and WSB around 1965, probably in New York and London. 
Track A2: From a lecture given by WSB at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa Institute, April 20, 1976. 
Track A3: Excerpt from tape made in 1960 by Brion Gysin at BBC Studios in London, using BG's permutational technique. 
Track A4: Tape made in early 1960's by Ian Sommerville and WSB, using the "drop-in" method. 
Track B1: Excerpt from a radio talk by WSB in 1961 in London, "A Day in the Life of a Junky", tape courtesy of the University of Kansas Libraries. 
Track B2: Excerpt from live tape made by WSB at the Joujouka Festival in the hills of Morocco with Ornette Coleman, January 18, 1973. 
Track B3: From early 1960's tape, WSB chanting an anti-curse. 
Track B4: Cassette work by WSB in London, ca. 1971, using radio, television, several tape recorders. 
Track B6: WSB cut-ups with Dutch Schultz's last words and news texts, shortwave radio noise, mid-1960's, London. 
Track B7: Excerpt, WSB performance at the ICA in London, February 28, 1963; tape courtesy of Gordon C.A. Craig. 
Track B9: Produced By Ian Sommerville using the inching technique, 1960's? 
Track B11: WSB routine recorded mid-1960's - dropping a dime on the Nova Mob; tape courtesy of the University of Kansas Libraries. 

Archival reconstruction by Romana Recording Studios, Kansas, Summer 1986. 

Acknowledgements to Peter Christopherson and Genesis P-Orridge, who early recognized the importance of this kind of tapes. 
Thanks to Naropa Institute, the Kenneth Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas, the BBC, the ICA & Gordon Craig, London. Special thanks to James Grauerholz for his help in the completion of this record.






       


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