V/A - Like A Girl, I Want You To Keep Coming

Original 1975 LP. Factory-sealed.

"American label set up in 1972 by the poet John Giorno. Mostly credited on releases as Giorno Poetry Systems records, Giorno Poetry Systems tapes and Giorno Poetry Systems video.
The earliest releases were exclusively poetry collections of the "Dial-A-Poets" (John Giorno, William S Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Allen Ginsberg, John Cage etc.): "In 1961 I was a young poet who hung out with young artists like Andy Warhol, Bob Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, as well as with members of the Judson Dance Theatre. The use of modern mass media and technologies by these artists made me realize that poetry was 75 years behind painting and sculpture, dance and music. And I thought, if they can do it, why can't I do it for poetry. Why not try to connect with an audience using all the entertainments of ordinary life: television, the telephone, record albums, etc? It was the poet's job to invent new venues and make fresh contact with the audience. This inspiration gave rise to Giorno Poetry Systems" - Giorno Poetry Systems

Side One

1. Debbie Harry – Invocation To Papa Legba (Electric Rosannoland Studios, New York, February 1989)
2. New Order – Sister Ray (San Paulo, Brazil, December 1, 1988)
3. William S. Burroughs – Just Say No To Drug Hysteria (excerpt); Dead Souls (Wichita Art Association Theater, Wichita, Kansas, April 10, 1987)
4. David Byrne – Song For The Trees (or) I Know Sometimes The World Is Wrong (Totem Window, New York, 1987)

Side Two
1. Live Skull – Tri-Power (B.C. Studios, New York, February 1989)
2. Pre Metal Syndrome – Living On The Outside (Fucked Up World) (Electric Rosannoland Studios, New York, March 1989)
3. Karen Finley – Party Animal (Harold Dessau Recording, New York, November 18, 1988)
4. John Giorno Band – It's A Mistake To Think You're Special (Living Room Studios, New York, January 1986)
5. Rollins Band – Hard (Wilhelmshaven, Germany, September 9, 1988