"The Best of the Beat Generation" CD (2002)






Los Angeles, California, US: Rhino Entertainment Company (CD, compilation), 2002.
5" x 5.625" x 0.375", single CD, 20 tracks, "RS 78302".

The Best of the Beat Generation, a compilation CD produced by Rhino Entertainment Company (Los Angeles, California, US) in 2002. This overlaps with the 1992 Rhino The Beat Generation 3-CD compilation. This single-CD compilation was produced by James Austin and Mike Buck. Project supervision by Steve Woolard, remastering by Bob Fisher. Project Management by Jimmy Edwards. Cover illustration by Tavis Coburn. Editorial work by Vanessa Atkins and Jay Fernandez, and liner notes coordination by Leigh Hall. 

William S. Burroughs contributes "Bradley the Buyer" as track 20 of this compilation, the final track. The booklet includes a photograph of William S. Burroughs by Mario Ruiz.

Not in Shoaf.
Not in Schottlaender.

Track Listing: 

  1. Jack Kerouac and Steve Allen: "October in the Railroad Earth" (7'09")
  2. Slim Gaillard & His Boogiereeners: "Travellin' Blues" (3'04")
  3. Jack Hammer: "Like" (2'11")
  4. Del Close and John Brent: "Basic Hip" (1'14")
  5. Al "Jazzbo" Collins: "Three Little Pigs (A Grimm Fairy Tale for Hip Kids)" (4'06")
  6. Roy Glenn: "Big High Song for Somebody" (4'02")
  7. Bob McFadden and Dor: "The Beat Generation" (2'07")
  8. Annie Ross: "Twisted" (2'41")
  9. Lord Buckley: "Marc Antony's Funeral Oration" (4'03")
  10. Bob Dorough: "Dog" (3'27")
  11. David Amram Quintet, with Lynn Sheffield: "Pull My Daisy" (4'33")
  12. Jack Kerouac and Steve Allen: "Bowery Blues" (3'54")
  13. Ken Nordine: "My Baby" (2'37")
  14. Kenneth Patchen, with the Chamber Jazz Sextet: "The Murder of Two Men by a Young Kid Wearing Lemon Colored Gloves" (1'18")
  15. Shorty Petterstein: "A History of Jazz" (2'26")
  16. Carmen McRae: "Coffee Time" (2'47")
  17. Langston Hughes, with Leonard Feather: "Blues Montage" (3'15")
  18. Lenny Bruce: "Psychopathia Sexualis" (2'27")
  19. Allen Ginsberg: "Sunflower Sutra" (6'25")
  20. William S. Burroughs: "Bradley the Buyer" (6'22")

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