Various Artists – The East Village Other

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New Vinyl Record -Various Artists – The East Village Other

This album was intended to raise funds forThe East Village Other, an underground newspaper. This is the first North American CD release of the “electric newspaper,” an archetypal Sixties counterculture ‘happening’ from August 6, 1966, this is also the first edition anywhere since the original vinyl to include the lengthy closing track, “Interview with Hairy.” A legendary all-star cast of performers got together to make an anti-war collage of words and sounds that defies mere track listingsone of the elements is “Silence” by Andy Warhol, which, contrary to at least one wrong-headed European reissue, is not actually a separate track (so don’t write in complaining about its supposed absence): For some period of time, while the radio played and/or other performers did their things, Andy stood in the studio silently. Hey, it was the ’60s. It’s a concept, man.

Personnel

Steve Weber (g, vo)
Gerard Malanga, Ingrid Superstar (performer)
Velvet Underground
Marion Brown (as) Scotty Holt (b) Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)
Allen Ginsberg (spoken word) Peter Orlovsky (performer)
Peter Rawson (g) Tuli Kupferberg, Viki Pollon (vo)
Ishmael Reed (spoken word)
Andy Warhol (silence)

Track Listing

1.”Luci’s Wedding” by plastic clock radio2.”If I Had Half a Mind” by Steve Weber3.”Gossip” by Gerard Malanga and Ingrid Superstar4.”Noise” by The Velvet Underground5.”Jazz Improv” by Marion Brown, Scott Holt, & Ronald Shannon Jackson6.”Mantras” by Allen Ginsberg & Peter Orlovsky7.”Luci’s Wedding” (cont) by plastic clock radio8.”Love and Ashes” by Tuli Kupferberg 7 Viki Pollon, with Peter Rawson on guitar9.”The Free Lance Pall Bearers” by Ishmael Reed10.”Interview with Hairy” by Ken Weaver & Ed Sanders

RLA Sound Studios, NYC, August 6, 1966