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Rockdrill CD #9, Ghost Tantras, Poems 1955-1991, Published by the Contemporary Poetics Research Centre, Opic Nerve for Birkbeck College, 2005.

  1. Song: 'I Work with the Shape' (0:23): MP3
  2. For the Death of 100 Whales (2:26): MP3
  3. Peyote Poem (5:18): MP3
  4. O giddy blank white page (1:24): MP3
  5. Ode to Jackson Pollock (4:01): MP3
  6. The Column (5:07): MP3
  7. The Flowers of Politics I (1:50): MP3
  8. The Flowers of Politics II (1:36): MP3
  9. Intro to "Ghost Tantras" (2:12): MP3
  10. Ghost Tantra #39 (1:14): MP3
  11. Ghost Tantra #51 (1:05): MP3
  12. Ghost Tantra #49 at SF Zoo, 1966 (4:40): MP3
  13. Ghost Tantra #49 [with Terry Riley] (2:14): MP3
  14. Viet Nam Song (1:32): MP3
  15. Written after Finding a Dolphin's Skull (2:48): MP3
  16. Baja-Outside Mexicali (1:42): MP3
  17. from "Rare Angel" (1:37): MP3
  18. For Robert Creeley (1:03): MP3
  19. El Cerro Es Nuestro! (1:19): MP3
  20. Freewheelin's Tattoo (1:30): MP3
  21. Watching the Vulture (1:02): MP3
  22. Memories from Childhood (0:40): MP3
  23. Action Philosophy (1:21): MP3
  24. Action Philosophy [with Ray Manzarek] (3:17): MP3
  25. Leadbelly Blues (1:20): MP3
  26. Maybe Mama Lion [with Ray Manzarek] (5:24): MP3

Rockdrill CD #10, Rebel Lions, Poems 1991-2004, Published by the Contemporary Poetics Research Centre, Opic Nerve for Birkbeck College, 2005.

  1. Indian (2:40): MP3
  2. Indian [with Ray Manzarek] (3:01): MP3
  3. Spanish Roses [with Ran Manzarek] (2:58): MP3
  4. Acid Memento One (1:14): MP3
  5. Acid Memento Two (1:13): MP3
  6. Beginning with a Line by di Prima (3:38): MP3
  7. Field 8 (1:53): MP3
  8. haikus from 'Rain Mirror' (6:32): MP3
  9. Dharma Devotion #7 (0:40): MP3
  10. Dharma Devotion #67 (0:50): MP3
  11. Dharma Devotion #32 (0:53): MP3
  12. Dharma Devotion #36 (0:49): MP3
  13. Dharma Devotion #67 (0:52): MP3
  14. Dharma Devotion #99 (0:59): MP3
  15. Plumstone #1/Vain Vanity Vanitas [with Terry Riley] (6:34): MP3
  16. from 'Cracked Goddess' (5:34): MP3
  17. from 'Mysteriosos' (2:46): MP3
  18. from 'The Beard' (4:52): MP3
  19. Plum Stone #3 [with Terry Riley] (2:40): MP3
  20. Fuck Ode (9:38): MP3

I Like Your Eyes Liberty with Terry Riley, recorded by SRI Moonshine, 2004


  1. Evil (2:38): MP3
  2. The Beat (2:56): MP3
  3. Plum Stones (3:02): MP3
  4. Each Side (15:37): MP3
  5. Doorways (6:40): MP3
  6. Grahhrr (3:19): MP3
  7. Coming (6:34): MP3
  8. Red Purple Rose (13:51): MP3
  9. Finale (5:34): MP3

There's a Word! with Ray Manzarek, recorded at The Noe Valley Ministry by Rare Angel Music, San Francisco, 2001


  1. Beat Moves On (2:57): MP3
  2. For Willie Dixon (8:25): MP3
  3. Maybe Mama Lion (5:23): MP3
  4. For Jim Morrison (7:32): MP3
  5. Paragon of Danger (3:20): MP3
  6. Cowboy (3:17): MP3
  7. So The Owl Hoots (5:58): MP3
  8. High Heelz (3:53): MP3
  9. Spank Me With A Rose ((Deep Mud Medley)) (5:22): MP3
  10. Music Haikus (6:50): MP3
  11. Stanzas in Turmoil (14:21): MP3

Wednesdays at 4Plus, University at Buffalo, March 18, 1998

Complete Reading (49:03): MP3

Love Lion with Ray Manzarek, recorded at The Bottom Line by Shanachie Entertainment Corp., New York City, 1993




  1. Action Philosophy (3:10): MP3
  2. Love Lion Blues (5:08): MP3
  3. In Memoriam : For Jim Morrison (5:13): MP3
  4. Maybe Mama Lion (4:58): MP3
  5. Indian (2:56): MP3
  6. Antechamber of the Night (14:07): MP3
  7. Czechoslovakia (2:58): MP3
  8. High Heelz (4:41): MP3
  9. Paragon of Danger (3:04): MP3
  10. Spanish Roses (2:52): MP3
  11. A Breath (0:38): MP3
  12. Rose Rain (1:13): MP3
  13. Stanzas in Turmoil (15:54): MP3

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. © 2011 Michael McClure. Used with the permission of Michael McClure. Distributed by PennSound.