Sub Rosa Release of William S. Burroughs' "Break Through in Grey Room" (1986)

Brussels, Belgium: Sub Rosa (LP, Primary), 1986.
12.25" x 12.375" x 0.125", single vinyl album, both sides, fifteen tracks, "Sub 33005-8".

Break Through in Grey Room by William S. Burroughs, as released by Sub Rosa (Brussels, Belgium) in 1986.  Assembled and produced by Bill Rich from a combination of tapes created by Burroughs and Naropa. Introductory text by James Grauerholz. Cover photographs by Harold Chapman. Concept and design by Guy Marc Hinant and Frédéric Walheer.  

This includes contributions by Ian Sommerville and Brion Gysin, as well as music from Joujouka.

This is a copy of the initial release of the LP.

Side A: 

• "K-9 Was in Combat with the Alien Mind-Screens" (13'29") ["Early cut-up tapes made by Ian Sommerville and WSB around 1965, probably in New York and London"]
• "Origin and Theory of the Tape Cut-Ups" (3'43") ["From a lecture given by WSB at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa Institute, April 20, 1976"]
• "Recalling All Active Agents" (1'25") ["Excerpt from tape made in 1960 by Brion Gysin at BBC Studios in London, using BG's permutational technique"]
• "Silver Smoke of Dreams" (4'50") ["Tape made in early 1960's by Ian Sommerville and WSB, using the 'drop-in' method"]

Side B: 

• "Junky Relations" (2'56") ["Excerpt from a radio talk by WSB in 1961 in London, 'A Day in the Life of a Junkie', tape courtesy of the University of Kansas Libraries"]
• "Joujouka" (1'30") ["Excerpt from live tape made by WSB at the Joujouka Festival in the hills of Morocco with Ornette Coleman, January 18, 1973"]
• "Curse Go Back" (1'12") ["From early 1960's tape, WSB chanting an anti-curse"]
• "Present Time Exercises" (2'18") ["Cassette work by WSB in London, ca. 1971, using radio, television, several tape recorders"]
• "Joujouka" (0'42")
• "Working with the Popular Forces" (2'37") ["WSB cut-ups with Dutch Schultz's last words and news texts, shortwave radio noise, mid-1960's, London"]
• "Interview with Mr. Martin" (2'59") ["Excerpt, WSB Performance at the ICA in London, February 28, 1963; tape courtesy of Gordon C. A. Craig"]
• "Joujouka" (1'26")
• "Sound Piece" (2'14") ["Produced by Ian Sommerville using the inching technique, 1960's?"]
• "Joujouka" (2'39") 
• "Burroughs Called the Law" (1'34") ["WSB routine recorded mid-1960's – dropping a dime on the Nova Mob; tape courtesy of the University of Kansas Libraries"]

External Links: 

• Discogs: "Break Through in Grey Room"