Poetry for the Beat Generation

1959 studio album (spoken word) by Jack Kerouac

Poetry for the Beat Generation

Studio album (spoken word) by

Jack Kerouac

Released| 1959
Recorded| 1958
Genre| Jazz, spoken word
Length| 40:08
Label| Hanover Signature Record Corp LP #5000
Producer| Bob Thiele
Jack Kerouac chronology
|  | Poetry for the Beat Generation
(1959)  | Blues and Haikus
(1959)

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Poetry for the Beat Generation is the debut album of American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac and was originally released in 1959. Initial performances of these poems were poorly received by an audience at the Village Vangard in 1957. However, Kerouac was so impressed with how the poems sounded when accompanied by Steve Allen's piano that it became the first record Kerouac committed to audio.[2]

## History[edit]

Kerouac is accompanied by Steve Allen on the piano. All songs were written by Kerouac. The album is included in the CD box set The Jack Kerouac Collection.

## Track listing[edit]

### Side One[edit]

1. "October in the Railroad Earth" – 7:08
2. "Deadbelly" – 1:02
3. "Charlie Parker" – 3:43
4. "The Sounds of the Universe Coming in My Window" – 3:14
5. "One Mother" – 0:47
6. "Goofing at the Table" – 1:42
7. "Bowery Blues" – 3:48

### Side Two[edit]

1. "Abraham" – 1:14
2. "Dave Brubeck" – 0:27
3. "I Had a Slouch Hat Too One Time" – 6:11
4. "The Wheel of the Quivering Meat Conception" – 1:51
5. "McDougal Street Blues" – 3:23
6. "The Moon Her Majesty" – 1:36
7. "I'd Rather Be Thin Than Famous" – 0:37

### Bonus Tracks on 1990 CD issue[edit]

(Taken from the Steve Allen Plymouth Show, NBC Broadcast, Monday 10:00pm, 16 November 1959 Eastern time) [3]

1. "Readings from On the Road & Visions of Cody" – 3:31

## References[edit]

1. ^ Poetry for the Beat Generation at AllMusic
2. ^ "Poetry for the Beat Generation - Jack Kerouac, Steve Allen | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
3. ^ British Library Beat Bibliography

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Bibliography

Fiction|

* The Sea Is My Brother (1942)
* And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (1945/2008; with William S. Burroughs)
* The Town and the City (1950)
* On the Road (1957)
* The Subterraneans (1958)
* The Dharma Bums (1958)
* Doctor Sax (1959)
* Maggie Cassidy (1959)
* Book of Dreams (1960)
* Tristessa (1960)
* Visions of Cody (1960)
* Lonesome Traveler (1960)
* Big Sur (1962)
* Visions of Gerard (1963)
* Desolation Angels (1965)
* Satori in Paris (1966)
* Vanity of Duluoz (1968)
* Pic (1971)
* Orpheus Emerged (2002)

Poetry|

* Pull My Daisy (late 1940s)
* Mexico City Blues (1959)
* The Scripture of the Golden Eternity (1960)
* Scattered Poems (1971)
* Old Angel Midnight (1973)
* Book of Haikus (2003)
* Book of Sketches (2006)

Plays|

* Beat Generation (2005)

Other books|

* Atop an Underwood (1991)
* Good Blonde & Others (1993)

Audio|

* Poetry for the Beat Generation (1959)
* Blues and Haikus (1960)
* Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation (1960)
* The Jack Kerouac Collection (1990)
* Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness (1997)
* Jack Kerouac Reads On the Road (1999)

Related|

| Films|

* Pull My Daisy (1959)
* The Subterraneans (1960)
* Heart Beat (1980)
* Howl (2010)
* Love Always, Carolyn (2011)
* On The Road (2012)
* Big Sur (2013)
* Kill Your Darlings (2013)

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Writings|

* Moody Street Irregulars (1978–1992)
* Minor Characters (1987)
* Off the Road (1990)
* Door Wide Open (2002)
* You'll be Okay (2007)

Audio|

* One Fast Move or I'm Gone (2009)

People|

* Jan Kerouac (daughter)
* Edie Parker (first wife)
* Neal Cassady
* Allen Ginsberg
* Gregory Corso
* William S. Burroughs
* Lucien Carr
* Joyce Johnson
* Carolyn Cassady
* Alene Lee
* Gary Snyder

Other|

* Beat Generation
* Beatnik
* Jack Kerouac School
* Jack Kerouac Alley

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