remember back in the 60s when bands/artists would have those long poem things on the back of their lp sleeves?

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y'know, not liner notes, but an original poem by whomever? oftentimes like not even related to lyrics or imagery on the lp? i think everyone from art ensemble of chicago to phil ochs did this. across all genres, too.

another reason why i hate cds.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 13:20 (twenty years ago)

ALso good was getting poets (ie. Amiri Baraka at least) to write linernotes (for John Coltrane at least)

― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 13:22 (twenty years ago)

well, baraka also wrote a lot about music, he isn't/wasn't just a poet. you should check out his music books.

i don't really hate cds.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 13:23 (twenty years ago)

search: john wesley harding
destroy: scott 3

― debden, Tuesday, 26 April 2005 13:24 (twenty years ago)

Ha ha "Scott 3" - Keith Altham gettin' all arty and portentous on us!

― Pradaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 13:27 (twenty years ago)

Ginsburg did a bit of this didn't he? On the back of Fugs records and the like.

― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 13:27 (twenty years ago)

but again i'm not talking liner notes per se, but like epic poems.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 13:28 (twenty years ago)

Titles? Had no idea. He certainly wrote vvvv well about JC on those recs.

― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 13:30 (twenty years ago)

How many of them were any good? I have a fondness for the Dylan things, but even then I'm no sure...

― Not Thaat Chuck, Tuesday, 26 April 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)

Incredible String Band (not surprisingly) - on "Changing Horses" (I think) there is indeed a poem which is fairly epic.

― Pradaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)

Janet Planet to thread!

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)

... it's a poem, it's epic and it's also quite good in an Incredible String Band-y sorta way

― Pradaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 13:34 (twenty years ago)

Search: Terry Riley's prosepome on the back of 'Rainbow in Curved Air' or Ralph Gleason's on 'Bitches Brew'

― Andrew J L, Tuesday, 26 April 2005 15:12 (twenty years ago)

Lou Reed's liner notes to Metal Machine Music

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

I AM THE LIZARD KING!

I CAN DO ANYTHING!

*ahem*

― JD from CDepot, Tuesday, 26 April 2005 16:00 (twenty years ago)

I've always enjoyed the poems Andrew Loog Oldham wrote on the back of Stones' LPs, especially when he tried to incorporate song titles.

― Vic Funk, Tuesday, 26 April 2005 16:08 (twenty years ago)

Todd Rundgren included a Patti Smith poem on an insert in the A Wizard, A true Star LP, before she was widely known (73, was it?). It was printed on a small paper that looked like a band-aid.

― nickn (nickn), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 16:15 (twenty years ago)

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