Big Ego. The Dial-A-Poem Poets LP

1978

Published by Giorno Poetry Systems Records, New York, 1978
Cardboard folder, 31.5 x 31.5 cm.
containing two 12'' vinyl records

Record 1
  Side 1
  - P. Smith, "The Histories of the Universe"
    Recorded at St. Marks Church, N.Y., Jan. 1, 1975
  - P. Glass, "A Secret Solo"
    Recorded at Big Apple Studios, N.Y., April 29, 1977
  - J. Giorno, "Grasping as Emptiness"  No. PVM0254
    Recorded at ZBS Media, N.Y., Jun. 9, 1978
  - L. Anderson, "Three Expediences"
    Recorded at ZBS Media, N.Y., Feb. 1978
  - R. Wilson & C. Knowles, "A Letter to Queen Victoria:
    The Sundance Kid is Beautiful" (excerpt)
    Recorded at St. Marks Church, N.Y., Jan. 1, 1975
  Total length: 30'16"
  Side 2
  - M. Monk, "Biography" from "Education of the Girlchild"
    Recorded at WBAI, N.Y., May 15, 1976
  - M. Lally, "All of the Above" (excerpt)
    Recorded at St. Marks Church, N.Y., Jan. 18, 1978
  - R. Lowell, "Ulysses & Circe" (excerpt)
    Recorded at St. Marks Church, N.Y., Feb. 23, 1977
  - L. Wendt, "How to Cook a Duck"
    Recorded at Town Hall, N.Y., Nov. 9, 1976
  - J. Curtis, "Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
    Recorded at Town Hall, N.Y., Nov. 9, 1976
  Total length: 30'33"

Record 2
  Side 3
  - E. Sanders, "A Monologue" from The Fugs
    Recorded live at the Filmore East, N.Y., Jun. 1, 1968
  - W. S. Burroughs, "Naked Lunch: The Laboratory has been locked
    for three hours solid" (excerpt)
    Recorded at St. Marks Church, N.Y., Apr. 9, 1977
  - H. Schiff, "15 Years Passes" and "Dollar Bill"
    Recorded at St. Marks Church, N.Y., May 18, 1977
  - O. Brown, "Boneless Chicken"
    Recorded at St. Marks Church, N.Y., Oct. 26, 1977
  - J. Oppenheimer, "Cities, This City"
    Recorded at St. Marks Church, N.Y., Oct. 6, 1976
  - E. Sanders & The Fugs, "Saran Wrap"
    Recorded in N.Y., 1965
  - C. Oldenburg, "June Was" and "Panodramdra"  No. PVM0256
    Recorded at The Museum of Modern Art, N.Y., Apr. 19, 1976
  - D. Levertov, "Woman alone" from "Homage to Pavese"
    Recorded at St. Marks Church, N.Y., Apr. 20, 1977
  - T. Greenwald, "Friends"
    Recorded at St. Marks Church, N.Y., Apr. 27, 1977
  - A. J. Gnazzo, "Hisnia & Hernia"
    Recorded in Oakland, Ja. 1975
  - S. & G. Tropp, "Snow White"
    Recorded at WBAI, N.Y., Dec. 1977
  - J. Brodey, "Homeward Bound"
    Recorded at St. Marks Church, N.Y., Mar. 31, 1976
  - R. Ashley, "Interiors with flash"
    Recorded at Mill College, Oakland, May 14, 1978
  Total length: 29'49"
  Side 4
  - E. Myles, "Tuesday Brightness"
    Recorded at St. Marks Church, N.Y., Dec. 7, 1977
  - H. Adam, "Apartment on Twin Peaks"
    Recorded at St. Marks Church, N.Y., Jan. 5, 1977
  - A. Waldman, "Light & Shadow"
    Recorded at Naropa Institute, Boulder, Jul 30, 1974
  - J. Johnson, "Fly Ho"
    Recorded at at St. Marks Church, Jan. 29, 1977
  - L. Thomas, "Wonders"
    Recorded at St. Marks Church, N.Y., Mar. 2, 1977
  - I. Reed, "Sky Diving"
    Recorded at St. Marks Church, N.Y., Jan. 29, 1977
  - K. Elmslie, "The Woolworth Song"
    Recorded at WBAI, N.Y., Ja. 29, 1978
  - M. Da Vinci, "The Sacred Wood of Art:
    The Last Supper of Mona Da Vinci" excerpt
    Recorded in Bloomfield and at St. Marks Church,
    N.Y., Oct. 9, 1974
  - B. Heidsieck, "Canal Street No. 19"  No. PVM0362
    text of 1973, recorded in Paris, 1976
  - S. Hamilton, "Promise"
    Recorded at St. Marks Church, N.Y., Dec. 22, 1976
  - F. O'Hara, "Poem" and "Poem"
    Recorded in N. Y., Sept. 1963
  - R. Padgett, "No Title"
    Recorded at St. Marks Church, N.Y., Feb. 8, 1978
  Total length: 31'41"

See also Audio nn. PVCM3310, PVCM0214