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The Best of William Burroughs from Giorno Poetry Systems + promo broadside.
NY: GPS/Mouth Almighty/Mercury, 1998. 4-CD box set (314-536-700), with lavishly illustrated book featuring texts by John Giorno and Burroughs, including his short story “Señor Kaposi” (illustrated with photographs by, among others, Allen Ginsberg, Les Levine, John Giorno, Udo Breger and Ulrich Hillebrand).
A collection of Burroughs’ recordings made over a 35 year period (1959-1995), from his earliest sound experiments (including a reissue of “Nothing Here Now But The Recordings”, item #27) to his first public performances.
Short scratch to printed (green) label on box; tiny rubbed patch to cloth at top edge; minor spine wear to booklet; o/w Near Fine.
TOGETHER WITH:
a GPS double-sided promotional broadside with central horizontal serration. Reproduces all four colour variants of the box set’s cover label - pink, blue, green and orange - and announces “The Definitive William Burroughs Box Set 4 CDs and 64-Page Photo Booklet”. Near Fine (centrally folded).
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