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JACK KEROUAC<br />

Literature: audio <strong>and</strong> video recordings<br />

Blues <strong>and</strong> Haikus. Hanover HM 5006, 1959<br />

disc 30 cm 33 rpm<br />

SA: 1LP0216660<br />

Com: Kerouac's second LP. Musical accompaniment by Al Cohn <strong>and</strong> Zoot Sims.<br />

'American Haikus', 'Hard Hearted Old Farmer', 'The Last Hotel', 'Some <strong>of</strong> Dharma', <strong>and</strong><br />

'Poems from the Unpublished Book Of Blues'.<br />

Carolyn Cassady tape<br />

tape cassette<br />

SA: C1255/1<br />

Com: Private recording <strong>of</strong> Neal Cassady <strong>and</strong> Jack Kerouac made at the Cassadys' home<br />

in San Jose, 1952. 1. Cassady reads from Proust; 2. Kerouac reads from Doctor Sax; 3.<br />

Discussing William S. Burroughs; 4-7. Kerouac scat sings. Tape cassette copy <strong>of</strong> original<br />

paper tape recording, probably not a first-generation copy. In her letter <strong>of</strong> 24 May 2007<br />

accompanying the donation Carolyn Cassady says the original recording, made on the<br />

paper tape that came with the Ekotape machine, is now 'long gone'.<br />

Interview with Jack Kerouac. Contemporary Arts Media, ca. 2006<br />

DVD PAL b&w<br />

SA: 1DVD0001976<br />

Com: Kerouac interviewed in Montreal, by Fern<strong>and</strong> Seguin, for the Radio-Canada<br />

programme Le Sel de la Semaine. First broadcast 7 March 1967. Includes short film<br />

insert shot in Kerouac's home town <strong>of</strong> Lowell, Massachusetts, which includes comments<br />

from local people who knew him. Kerouac talks about his childhood in Lowell, why he<br />

returned to live there, <strong>and</strong> the derivation <strong>of</strong> the term 'beat'. In French with English<br />

subtitles.<br />

The Jack Kerouac collection. Rhino Word Beat R2 70939, 1990<br />

3 compact discs<br />

SA: 1SS0001950<br />

Com: Boxed set comprising remastered reissue <strong>of</strong> the LPs Poetry for the Beat Generation<br />

(plus bonus track - readings from On the Road <strong>and</strong> Visions <strong>of</strong> Cody from the Steve Allen<br />

Plymouth Show, 16 November 1959), Blues <strong>and</strong> Haikus (plus previously unreleased<br />

outtakes), <strong>and</strong> Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation (plus bonus track from<br />

the 'Is There a Beat Generation?' forum at Br<strong>and</strong>eis University, 6 November 1958).<br />

Includes 40pp book with bibliography <strong>and</strong> essays.<br />

Jack Kerouac reads on the road. Rykodisc RCD 10474, 1999<br />

compact disc<br />

SA: 1CD0056368<br />

Com: Previously unreleased recordings <strong>of</strong> Kerouac singing popular songs, <strong>and</strong> reading an<br />

excerpt from On the Road. Excerpt begins, 'Out we jumped in the warm, mad night ...',<br />

<strong>and</strong> ends, '... all the lovers in this dream'.<br />

Kaleidoscope feature. On the road - the beat goes on<br />

tape VHS cassette<br />

SA: H9204/1<br />

Com: BBC Radio 4 programme exploring the impact <strong>and</strong> legacy <strong>of</strong> On the Road.<br />

Presented by Donovan. Broadcast 6 September 1997.<br />

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