Gluons (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 33rpm vinyl record but 7.5" diameter, very good condition in color printed sleeve, with contents sheet present.

Single 33 1/3 rpm 7" vinyl disc, with white and red label and original dust-sleeve, rubber-stamped with Wax Trax Records' Denver address; photographic outer sleeve screen-printed in colors. Record Near Mint; dust-sleeve with mild wear and a few short splits to extremities, with the outer sleeve in Fine condition. Lacking the original printed insert sheet. The Beat poet's first shot a punk rock credibility, released a year before he appeared on The Clash's "Ghetto Defendant." Side A records his anti-Reagan poem "Birdbrain" backed by Mike Chapell's Denver-based band The Gluons, with the bands "Sue Your Parents" on Side B. There were reportedly five pressings of 1,000 copies, each with a number of sleeve variations, though the earliest of these were screenprinted in color. OCLC notes 8 holdings. Morgan F82.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing, original-release recording; phonograph album near fine in publisher s illustrated sleeve. | Laid in: Publisher s insert sheet. |Side one: Allen Ginsberg reading his poem «Birdbrain» (accompanied by The Gluons). Side two: «Sue Your Parents» by the Gluons. | SIGNED by Allen Ginsberg on sleeve. Signed by Author(s).

A vinyl recording of Ginsberg's first foray into punk-rock, this copy inscribed on the front sleeve, "for Carolyn & John Allen, Allen Ginsberg, NYC 5/2/83". The recipients were Carolyn Cassady, wife of the late Neal Cassady, and her son, named in honour of Ginsberg and Kerouac. Side A records Ginsberg reading his anti-Reagan poem "Birdbrain" backed by Mike Chapell's Denver-based band the Gluons, with the band's "Sue Your Parents" on the B side. There were reportedly five pressings of 1,000 copies, each with a number of sleeve variations; the earliest were screen-printed in colour, this example is from the later black & white issue. Morgan F82. Original vinyl disc (175 mm diameter) with red labels printed in black, black and white sleeve (185 x 183 mm). Sleeve lightly creased from handling, else a fine example.