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    The Beat Generation (Rhino)

    01/01/1992

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    All Music Guide Review

    A three-CD box set featuring recordings from titans including William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Kenneth Rexroth, The Beat Generation works in tandem with Rhino's earlier compilation The Jack Kerouac Collection to paint a definitive audio portrait of one of the seminal literary uprisings of the 20th century. Because the Beats were so heavily influenced by jazz, their work ranks among the most rhythmic and lyrical in all of literature and lends itself perfectly to spoken word recordings; Kerouac's insistence that Beat stood for "beatific" aside, the name's musical implications are undeniable, with the writers' free-flowing, improvisational wordplay -- what Ginsberg dubbed "spontaneous bop prosody" -- echoing the radical innovations of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. The set also charts the Beats' own influence on musicians spanning from Lambert, Hendricks and Ross to Perry Como to Tom Waits, at the same time embracing kindred spirits including Ken Nordine, Lord Buckley, and Lenny Bruce; the inclusion of some of the material is questionable at best -- the box would probably work as effectively at two discs instead of three -- but in recapturing the singular spirit of its time, The Beat Generation is an essential document of cool. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

    The Beat Generation (Rhino) Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • San Francisco Scene (The Beat Generation)
  • Kerouac, Jack
  • 3:09

  • 2
  • The Beat Generation
  • 2:03

  • 3
  • Footloose in Greenwich Village
  • 12:32

  • 4
  • Blues Montage
  • 3:12

  • 5
  • Manhattan Fable
  • Gonzales, Babs
  • 2:36

  • 6
  • Reaching into In
  • Nordine, Ken
  • 1:53

  • 7
  • Parker's Mood
  • King Pleasure [1]
  • 2:57

  • 8
  • Route 66 Theme
  • Riddle, Nelson
  • 2:06

  • 9
  • Diamonds on My Windshield
  • Waits, Tom
  • 3:10

  • 10
  • Naked Lunch (Excerpt)
  • Burroughs, William S.
  • 6:26

  • 11
  • Bernie's Tune
  • 3:31

  • 12
  • Like Rumpelstiltskin
  • Morrow, Don
  • 6:18

  • 13
  • Oop-Pop-A-Da
  • Gillespie, Dizzy & His Orchestra
  • 3:08

  • 14
  • Basic Hip
  • 1:11

  • 15
  • Christopher Columbus Digs the Jive
  • Barrymore, John Drew
  • 3:04

  • 16
  • The Clown
  • 12:11

  • 17
  • The Murder of Two Men by a Young Kid Wearing Lemon Colored Gloves
  • 1:15

  • 18 (2)
  • The Hip Gahn
  • Lord Buckley
  • 6:09
  • Sound Clip for The Hip Gahn from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 19 (2)
  • Twisted
  • Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
  • 2:14
  • Sound Clip for Twisted from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 20 (2)
  • Yip Roc Heresy
  • Gaillard, Slim And His Middle Europeans
  • 2:28
  • Sound Clip for Yip Roc Heresy from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 21 (2)
  • Ha!
  • Ventura, Charlie & His Orchestra
  • 2:46
  • Sound Clip for Ha! from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 22 (2)
  • Pull My Daisy
  • 4:29
  • Sound Clip for Pull My Daisy from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 23 (2)
  • October in the Railroad Earth
  • 7:06
  • Sound Clip for October in the Railroad Earth from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 24 (2)
  • The Cool Rebellion
  • Smith, Howard [R&B/Jazz Vocals]
  • 20:13
  • Sound Clip for The Cool Rebellion from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 25 (2)
  • Cosmic Rays
  • Parker, Charlie
  • 3:05
  • Sound Clip for Cosmic Rays from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 26 (2)
  • Kookie's Mad Pad
  • Byrnes, Edd
  • 2:03
  • Sound Clip for Kookie's Mad Pad from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 27 (2)
  • Bebopper
  • 2:44
  • Sound Clip for Bebopper from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 28 (2)
  • Hunger Is From
  • Nordine, Ken
  • 3:48
  • Sound Clip for Hunger Is From from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 29 (2)
  • No Pictures Please
  • mcKuen, Rod
  • 4:03
  • Sound Clip for No Pictures Please from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 30 (2)
  • Like Young
  • 2:53
  • Sound Clip for Like Young from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 31 (2)
  • Married Blues
  • Rexroth, Kenneth
  • 3:22
  • Sound Clip for Married Blues from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 32 (2)
  • Psychopathia Sezualis
  • Bruce, Lenny
  • 2:24
  • Sound Clip for Psychopathia Sezualis from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 33 (3)
  • Jack and Neal / California, Here I Come
  • Waits, Tom
  • 4:57
  • Sound Clip for Jack and Neal / California, Here I Come from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 34 (3)
  • Readings from "On the Road" and "Visions of Cody"
  • 3:28
  • Sound Clip for Readings from "On the Road" and "Visions of Cody" from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 35 (3)
  • Interview With Jack Kerouac
  • Hecht, Ben
  • 15:29
  • Sound Clip for Interview With Jack Kerouac from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 36 (3)
  • Kerouazy
  • Morrow, Don
  • 2:06
  • Sound Clip for Kerouazy from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 37 (3)
  • Cool
  • 3:50
  • Sound Clip for Cool from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 38 (3)
  • But I Was Cool
  • Brown, Oscar Jr. [1]
  • 2:53
  • Sound Clip for But I Was Cool from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 39 (3)
  • Uncool
  • :58
  • Sound Clip for Uncool from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 40 (3)
  • High School Drag
  • Fallon, Phillipa
  • 2:14
  • Sound Clip for High School Drag from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 41 (3)
  • Oop-Bop SH-Bam
  • Clarke, Kenny & his 52nd Street Boys
  • 3:04
  • Sound Clip for Oop-Bop SH-Bam from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 42 (3)
  • Professor Bop
  • 2:26
  • Sound Clip for Professor Bop from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 43 (3)
  • Beatnik's Wish
  • Raye, Patsy & The Beatniks
  • 2:28
  • Sound Clip for Beatnik's Wish from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 44 (3)
  • Like Having Fun
  • Bernstein, Elmer
  • 2:17
  • Sound Clip for Like Having Fun from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 45 (3)
  • On Beatniks
  • Sandburg, Carl
  • :27
  • Sound Clip for On Beatniks from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 46 (3)
  • Swinghouse
  • Mulligan, Gerry Quartet
  • 2:53
  • Sound Clip for Swinghouse from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 47 (3)
  • The Greenwich Village Poets
  • Kuralt, Charles
  • 1:36
  • Sound Clip for The Greenwich Village Poets from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


  • 48 (3)
  • America
  • ginsberg, Allen
  • 4:47
  • Sound Clip for America from The Beat Generation (Rhino)


    • Credits of The Beat Generation (Rhino)

    • James Austin
    • Producer, Liner Notes, Compilation Producer, Photography
    • Frank Leal
    • Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Clarinet (Bass)
    • David Amram
    • Flute, Piano, Kazoo, Bazouki, Pakistani Flute, Performer, French Horn, Guitar


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