William Burroughs - Nothing Here Now But the Recordings on limited Colored vinyl

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William Burroughs

Nothing Here Now But the Recordings
Dias 065 - LP on super limited WHITE vinyl (limited to 300 copies worldwide)

In 1980, Genesis P-Orridge and Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson of (then-)Throbbing Gristle travelled to New York City to meet up at the fortified apartment, known as The Bunker, of famed beat writer and cultural pioneer William S. Burroughs and his executor James Grauerholz. Genesis and Sleazy started the daunting task of compiling the experimental sound works of Burroughs, which, up until that point, had never been widely heard.During those visits, Burroughs would play back his tape recorder experiments featuring his spoken word "cut-ups", collaged field recordings from his travels and his flirtations with EVP recording techniques, pioneered by Latvian intellectual Konstantins Raudive. Over the following year, P-Orridge, Christopherson and Grauerholz spent countless hours compiling various edits, each collection showcasing Burroughs sensitive ear and experimental prowess for audio anomaly within technical limitations. In early 1981, Burroughs had relocated to Lawrence, KS to escape the violence and manias of New York City life. There, P-Orridge and Christopherson put the finishing touches on the record that would be known as Nothing Here Now but the Recordings. Released in Spring 1981, the album would end up as the final release on Industrial Records, brought about by the dissolution of Throbbing Gristle. It was quietly out of print until 1998, when John Giorno and the Giorno Poetry Systems included the album on a retrospective CD box set, which compiled the majority of Burroughs's seminal recordings. In 2015, Dais Records worked closely with the Estate of William S. Burroughs to finally re-release, for the first time in 36 years, a proper vinyl reissue of William S. Burroughs Nothing Here Now but the Recordings to celebrate the centennial anniversary of William S. Burroughs. For the 2023 edition, Dais has remastered the audio with renowned engineer Josh Bonati, and restored the original artwork with a new dedication to Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Peter Christopherson. Most of these recordings stem from 1959-early 60s, but includes one from 1978.

Track Listing:
Captain Clark Welcomes You Aboard
The Saints Go Marching Through All the Popular Tunes
Summer Will

Outside the Pier Prowled Like Electric Turtles
The Total Taste is Here - News Cut-up

Choral Section - Backwards

We See the Future Through the Binoculars of the People
Just Checking Your Summer Recordings
Creepy Letter - Cut-up at the Beat Hotel in Paris
Inching - Is This Machine Recording?

Handkerchief Masks - News Cut-up
Word Falling - Photo Falling

Throat Microphone Experiment
It's About Time to Identify Oven Area

Last Words of Hassan Sabbah

NEW SEALED LP set on Super limited WHITE vinyl