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William S. Burroughs
Dead City Radio

Album US 1990 on Island Records label
Jazz, Rock and Spoken Word (Avant-garde, Spoken Word)

Readings by William S. Burroughs set to music of different artists. — "William's Welcome", "Dinner Conversation (The Snakes)", "Brion Gysin's All-Purpose Bedtime Story", "After-Dinner Conversation (An Atrocious Conceit)" and "A New Standard by Which to Measure Infamy" are new texts, unpublished. — "A Thanksgiving Prayer" and "Where He Was Going" are from 'Tornado Alley'. — "Naked Lunch Excerpts" are from 'Naked Lunch'. — "Ah Pook the Destroyer" is from 'Ah Pook Is Here.' — "Kill the Badger!" is from 'The Cat Inside'. — "The Sermon on the Mount 1, 2, and 3" is from the Bible. — "No More Stalins, No More Hitlers" is from 'Interzone'. — "Scandal at the Jungle Hiltons" is from 'The Western Lands'. — "Love Your Enemies" is from 'Ghost of Chance'. — "Apocalypse" is from 'Apocalypse'. Recorded at Hairball 3; Lawrence, Kansas. Edited at Grossman Cottage; Bearsville, NY. Additional recording at Acoustilog/Sorcerer Sound; New York, Quadrosonic Studios; New York and Sigma Sound Studios; New York. Mixed at Sigma Sound Studios; New York and Bearsville Studios; Bearsville, New York. Mastered at BMG/RCA Studios. This album is dedicated to Keith Haring, at the Apocalypse - William S. Burroughs ℗© 1990 Island Records, Inc. Printed in U.S.A.

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	William S. Burroughs voc, 1914-1997 US album by, written by
	Nelson Lyon photography by, concert, producer, edited by
	Andy Green , US programmed by, keyboards for john cale
	Chris Laidlaw , US mixed by, recorded by, music and effects
	Maxine Neuman vc, US cello
	Sonic Youth , 1981-2011 US featuring, interruptions, featuring, written by, featuring, introduction
	Tom Varner frh, *1957 US french horn
	Lenny Pickett fl, *1954 US music by, arranged by, woodwind, written by, clarinet
	Bobby Previte dr, *1951 US percussion
	Kim Gordon voc, b, g, *1953 US performer, sonic youth
	Lee Ranaldo g, voc, *1956 US performer, sonic youth
	Steve Shelley dr, *1962 US performer, sonic youth
	Thurston Moore g, voc, *1958 US performer, sonic youth
	Arlene Martell voc, vocals
	Dennis Martin , vocals
	Frank Simms bvoc, *1947 US vocals
	Leslie Miller , vocals
	NBC Symphony Orchestra , US featuring
	John Cale eb, vl, *1942 GB music by, performer, written by
	Cheryl Hardwick p, organ, piano
	Donald Fagen voc, *1948 US music by, effects, written by
	Allen Ginsberg voc, har, 1926-1997 US featuring, the piranha food
	Chris Stein g, *1950 US music by, performer, written by
	Friedrich Hollaender p, 1896-1976 DE music by, lyrics by, written by

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