Giorno Poetry Systems: Burroughs on VHS (1983)

New York City: Giorno Poetry Systems (advertising, mailer), 1983.
8.525" x 7" closed (8.525" x 31.5" open), eight pages + 1/2 sheet order form, bi-folded for mailing.

The front of this item is advertising for Burroughs: The Movie, directed by Howard Brookner, listed as Giorno Video Pak 2 [GPS 034]. This film, sold on VHS by Giorno Poetry Systems, is a documentary including:

• William S. Burroughs
• Patti Smith
• Lauren Hutton
• Allen Ginsberg
• Jackie Curtis
• Terry Southern
• Brion Gysin
• John Giorno
• Francis Bacon
• et al

The second page of this item is an advertisement for the album You're a Hook: The 15 Year Anniversary of Dial-a-Poem [GPS 030]. This includes:

• John Giorno
• William S. Burroughs
• Laurie Anderson
• Philip Glass
• Lenny Kaye
• Patti Smith
• Jim Carroll
• Frank Zappa
• Allen Ginsberg

The third page of this item is an advertisement for the album You're the Guy I Want to Share My Money With [GPS 020-021 (vinyl) and 022-023 (cassette)] with has contributions from John Giorno, Laurie Anderson, and William S. Burroughs.

The fourth page of this item is an advertisement for The Nova Convention (cassettes) [GPS 016-017], the recording of the William S. Burroughs-centered event from 1977.

On the fifth page are advertisements for Giorno Video Pak 1 [GPS 031] and Iv'e Got a Right by the Lenny Kaye Connection [GPS 032]. The Giorno Video Pak 1 contains short videos from Lenny Kaye Connection, William S. Burroughs, and John Giorno.

The sixth page of this item is an advertisement for Who You Staring At? [GPS 025] an album with Glenn Branca and John Giorno.

The seventh page of this item is an advertisement for the album Better an Old Demon than a New God [GPS 033]. which includes:

• David Johansen
• John Giorno
• William S. Burroughs
• Psychic TV
• Lydia Lunch
• Meredith Monk
• Jim Carroll
• Anne Waldman
• Richard Hell
• Arto Lindsay

The eighth page contains advertisements for Life Is a Killer [GPS 027], which includes Burroughs, and John Giorno & Anne Waldman [GPS 010-011].

This item acquired from Philip Smith, Bookseller (Berkeley, CA.).

I hold also a second copy of this, acquired from Jeffrey Weinberg, Water Row Books (MA.).