GINSBERG, ALLEN / PETER ORLOVSKY / STEVEN TAYLOR / HARRY HOOGSTRATEN - De Leeuwerik 1979

1979 performance of Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Steven Taylor and Harry Hoogstraten recorded live at De Leeuwerik, a small bar in Eindhoven (Holland). Everyone takes turn reading poems and singing songs accompanied by harmonium, percussion and guitar. The set starts with Ginsbergs Plutonian Ode" and ends with a wasted "Copulation Blues." Orlovsky reads extracts from "Clean Asshole Poems and Smiling Vegetable Songs," Hoogstraten from his book "Boxing Days." Awesome archival find that has been gathering dust on Hoogstratens shelf for more than 30 years. Hoogstraten is a Dutch poet and visual artist who was one of the people behind the One World Poetry festivals and editor of the literary underground magazine Mandala. 200 copies." - Sloow Tapes.