V/A - Sugar, Alcohol, & Meat

Original 1980 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

Tracklist:

Side One
1. Peter Gordon – Excerpt from "Extended Niceties", performed by Peter Gordon & David Van Tieghem (ZBS Media, Fort Edward, New York, January 1979)
2. John Giorno – I Resigned Myself To Being Here (ZBS Media, Fort Edward, New York, May 1980)
3. John Cage – Alex & Gretchen Corazzo, The 6th Patriach Of Zen Buddhism, Once I Was Visiting My Aunt Marge, Dorothy Invited Me, One Of Suzuki's (The Saint Mark’s Church New Year’s Benefit, Entermedia Theater, New York, January 1, 1971)
4. Tom Carey – Good Night Irene (The Saint Mark’s Church Fire Benefit at C.B.G.B.’s, New York, October 26, 1978)
5. Andreí Vosnesensky – I Am Goya, Song of Moscow Ancient Church Bells (The Saint Mark’s Church Fire Benefit at C.B.G.B.’s, New York, October 28, 1978)

Side Two
1. Miguel Pinero – New York City Hard Times Blues (The Nuyorican Poets Café 5th Anniversary at Poets At The Public, New York Shakespeare Festival, October 8, 1979)
2. Miguel Algarin – Setenta Y Cinco Abriles (The Nuyorican Poets Café 5th Anniversary at Poets At The Public, New York Shakespeare Festival, October 8, 1979)
3. Mitchell Kreigman – In The Bathtub (ZBS Media, Fort Edward, New York, July 1979)
4. William S. Burroughs – From Nova Express: I was traveling with The Intolerable Kid on The Nova Lark (The Mudd Club, New York, April 4, 1979)
5. William S. Burroughs Jr. – Translucent Boy, An Excellent Time, & For Neal Cassidy (The Jack Kerouac School for Disembodied Poetics, Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado, August 15, 1979)
6. Charlie Morrow – Oh Yeh—Don't Die (New Wilderness Foundation, New York, March 1980)
7. Ted Berrigan – To Jack Kerouac (The Saint Mark’s Church Fire Benefit at C.B.G.B.’s, New York, October 28, 1978)

Side Three
1. Charlotte Carter – Six Months In Brooklyn (The Saint Mark’s Church New Year’s Benefit, Entermedia Theater, New York, January 1, 1979)
2. Patti Smith – Parade (The Saint Mark’s Church New Year’s Benefit, New York, January 1, 1975)
3. Cliff Fyman – Coffee (The Saint Mark’s Church New Year’s “No Reading”, Parish Hall, New York, January 1, 1980)
4. Robin Messing – 3 Subway Poems from "Temporary Worker" (The Saint Mark’s Church New Year’s Benefit, Entermedia Theater, New York, January 1, 1979)
5. Paul Violi – Whalefeathers (The Saint Mark’s Church New Year’s Benefit, Entermedia Theater, New York, January 1, 1979)
6. Bob Holman – RAP IT UP (The Saint Mark’s Poetry Project Benefit, Town Hall, New York, April 19, 1980)
7. Allen Ginsberg – C.I.A. Dope Calypso (The Saint Mark’s Church Fire Benefit at C.B.G.B.’s, New York, October 27, 1978)
8. Anne Waldman – Lady Tactics (University of Texas at Austin, April 19, 1979)
9. John Ashbery – Litany, excerpt from Part II, with Ann Lauterbach (ZBS Media, Fort Edward, New York, June 1979)
10. Beth Anderson – I Can't Stand It (The Kitchen, New York, May 5, 1979)
11. Rene Ricard – Rene Ricard Famous at 20 (The Saint Mark’s Church New Year’s Benefit at Entermedia Theater, New York, January 1, 1979)
12. Barbara Barg – Chicks (The Saint Mark’s Poetry Project Benefit at Town Hall, New York, April 19, 1980)
13. Ned Sublette – Nice Young Mormons (Steve Cellum, New York, April 13, 1980)
14. Kathy Acker – I Was Walking Down The Street (One of the fairytales the whores of Montmartre tell each other to sleep after a hard night's work in "The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec") (The Saint Mark’s Church Fire Benefit at C.B.G.B.’s, New York, October 26, 1978)
15. Eileen Myles – Lorna & Vicki (The Saint Mark’s Church New Year’s “No Reading”, Parish Hall, New York, January 1, 1980)

Side Four
1. Barbara Barg – So Fine, With Chassler (The Saint Mark’s Church New Year’s “No Reading”, Parish Hall, New York, January 1, 1980)
2. Didi Susan Dubelyew – Who Needs Exercise (The Saint Mark’s Church New Year’s “No Reading”, Parish Hall, New York, January 1, 1980)
3. Rochelle Kraut – New Born Sleep (The Saint Mark’s Church New Year’s “No Reading”, Parish Hall, New York, January 1, 1980)
4. Gary Snyder – What You Should Know To Be A Poet (University of Texas at Austin, April 19, 1979)
5. Daniela Gioseffi – Eggs (ZBS Media, Fort Edward, New York, December 1977)
6. Regina Beck – Message From Confucius (The Saint Mark’s Church New Year’s Benefit, Entermedia Theater, New York, January 1, 1979)
7. Bernard Heidsieck – Canal Street, No 4. (Text 1973, registered 1976, Paris, France)
8. Charles Bernstein – Wall As (The Saint Mark’s Church New Year’s “No Reading”, Parish Hall, New York, January 1, 1980)
9. Steve McCaffery – Viking Log Part 2, with Ted Moses on sax (Toronto, Canada, January 18, 1979)
10. Ron Padgett – Zzzzz (The Saint Mark’s Church New Year’s Benefit, Entermedia Theater, New York, January 1, 1979)