First recording of Ginsberg's "Howl" to be released in April

[garethb2]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2021/01/13/first-recording-of-ginsbergs-howl-to-be-released-in-april.html

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[Scientist]

I have a clear memory of the first time I heard “Howl”. A late night DJ on wwoz played a recording of Ginsberg reading it one night, don’t recall why. At the time I’d never heard of the poem or Ginsberg, but it immediately resonated with my teenaged self and I still remember the feeling of lying in my dark bedrooom listening

[stefanjones]

" . . . Stale Beer afternoon at desolate Fugazzi’s . . ."

[Michael_Black]

Oh, I see. Not the first reading, but the first time it was recorded.

The famous reading was of course Oct 7, 1955 in San Francisco, with the other beats.