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Tape Poems, ed. Eduardo Costa and John Perreault (1969)

AN INTRODUCTION TO TAPE POEMS – FIRST PUBLICATION (500 copies) OF WORKS CREATED SPECIFICALLY FOR TAPE – Edited by Eduardo Costa and John Perreault, Audio Engineer: Alcides Lanza

Thanks to Patrick Durgin, whose research on Hannah Weiner led PennSound and Jacket2 to these recordings.

Side One

  • Vito Hannibal Acconci
  • Untitled (2:56): MP3
    • Michael Benedikt
  • Some Litanies (3:13): MP3
    • Scott Burton
  • Adding Minutes (0:13): MP3
    • Ted Castle & Leandro Kats
  • Some Toast & Principles or Something (9:03): MP3
    • Eduardo Costa: Four Works
  • Instructions (0:32): MP3
  • Second Tale (2:04): MP3
  • Explanation (0:41): MP3
  • Property Poem (0:26): MP3
  • Give it to Me Baby (5:41): MP3

    • Side Two

  • Poems and Background (2:43): MP3
    • Dan Graham
  • Foams plus Fill (4:30): MP3
  • Complete Films of Webern, A Movie (4:46): MP3
    • John Perrault
  • Five Works for Tape Recorder: Two Minutes and Eighty Feet of Silence and/or Intermission and/or Do-It-Yourself-Tapes Poem and/or Tape Poem To Be Read From Tape And Recorded And Then Played Back (2:07): MP3
  • Three Minutes of My Life (2:42): MP3
  • Halloween (3:11): MP3
  • Poem 2: The Problem (0:29): MP3
  • Poem 3: Helium and Krypton (1:06): MP3
  • Poem 4, Part 1: The Sound of an Object in One-Dimensional Motion Along a Line from A to B (0:41): MP3
  • Poem 4, Part 2: The Sound of an Object in One-Dimensional Motion Along a Line from B to C (0:42): MP3
  • Poem 4, Part 3: The Sound of an Object in One-Dimensional Motion Along a Line from C to D (0:39): MP3
  • Poem 4, Part 5: Speed Racer (1:00): MP3

    • Read Patrick Durgin's commentary on Hannah Weiner on Jacket2.


    © 1969 all associated artists. These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the authors. Used with permission of featured authors. Distributed by PennSound.