{"product_id":"allen-ginsberg-first-blues-rags-ballads-and-harmonium-songs","title":"Allen Ginsberg- First Blues: Rags, Ballads and Harmonium Songs (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLegendary Beat poet Allen Ginsberg explores the fusion of poetry and music in this rare 1970s recording. Called a \"venerated bard of resistance\" Ginsberg sought \"how the raw mind actually works\" through poetry. This collection of fun ditties spouts against capitalism, among other things, and is an amusing and enjoyable listen. Ginsberg accompanies himself with a small hand-pumped harmonium from India, occasionally adding his own guttural rhythms reminiscent of Dadaist sound-poetry (see for example \"Put Down Your Cigarette Rag\" and \"Prayer Blues\"), while other songs, such as \"Bus Ride Ballad Road to Suva\", echo folk ballads from yesteryear. Ginsberg prefaces each song himself. Liner notes include an introduction from Ginsberg.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedley: 4 A.M. Blues\/New York Blues\/New York Youth Call Annunciation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCome Back Christmas\/MacDougal Street Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCIA Dope Calypso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePut Down Your Cigarette Rag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSlack Key Guitar\/Siratoka Beach Croon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBus Ride Ballad Road To Suva\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrayer Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDope Fiend Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eUPC \u0026gt; 093073756028\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormat \u0026gt; New CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLabel \u0026gt; Folkways Records\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShop online at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47541629255901,"sku":"093073756028","price":138.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/1505015.jpg?v=1772601533","url":"https:\/\/darksiderecords.myshopify.com\/products\/allen-ginsberg-first-blues-rags-ballads-and-harmonium-songs","provider":"Darkside Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}