Including a home recording made by the pair in 1970.

A new collection of recordings by Beat poets William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin is being released on vinyl. Straightforwardly titled William S. Burroughs & Brion Gysin, it’ll arrive via Cold Spring this April.

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The album features the complete recording of Burroughs’ live reading in Liverpool in 1982, Gysin’s performance of a selection of his Permutated poems, and a home recording made by the pair in Paris during 1970.

The album marks the first time the recordings have been released together in a single collection.

It follows Cold Spring’s release of FM Einheit’s Exhibition Of A Dream album in 2020.

Pre-order William S. Burroughs & Brion Gysin here in advance of its 16th April release, check out the artwork and tracklist below.

Trackist:

Side A

William Burroughs

2-6. Reading at the Centre Hotel, Liverpool

Side B

William Burroughs

7-10. Reading at the Centre Hotel, Liverpool (Cont.)

Brion Gysin:

12. I Am this Painter

13. Pistol Poem

14. I’ve Come to Free the Words

15. No Poets Don’t Own Words

16. Calling All Reactive Agents

17. Junk is No Good Baby

18. Kick That Habit Man

19. I Am That I Am

William S. Burroughs:

20-22. Invisible Art (Three Versions)

Brion Gysin:

23. Silky Supple Mirrors To Be Folded…