tracks from  THE WORLD RECORD
Readings at the St. Mark's Poetry Project 1969-1980

The World Record (volumes 1 & 2, 1981) was produced from the tape archive of live performances of poets and writers at the Poetry Project.


Charles Reznikoff (recording date uncertain: either November 4, 1970 or December 6, 1972)

1. from Going To and Fro and Walking Up and Down ("The young fellow walks about...") (0:32): MP3
2. from By the Well of Living and Seeing ("You must not suppose...") (0:12): MP3
3. Love Story (3:47): MP3

John Wieners (recorded January 6, 1971)

4. Loss (0:37): MP3
5. Elizabeth Taylor is My Sister (3:12): MP3

Alice Notley (recorded February 21, 1979)

6. A Woman Comes Into the Room (1:06) MP3

Edwin Denby (recorded February 9, 1972)

7. Elegy — the Streets (5:36): MP3

Ted Berrigan (recorded March 28, 1973)

8. Things to Do in New York City (0:48): MP3
9. Landscape with Figures (Southampton) (0:40): MP3
10. Frank O'Hara (1:17): MP3

Robert Creeley (recorded October 22, 1975)

11. I is the Grandson (1:37): MP3
12. Anger (4:45): MP3

Anselm Hollo (recorded 1969)

13. from The Empress Hotel Poems (1:30): MP3

Joe Brainard (recorded March 31, 1971)

14. Van Gogh (1:18): MP3

Carl Rakosi (recorded April 19, 1978)

15. A Moment with the Imagination (1:07): MP3

Joanne Kyger (recorded March 22, 1978)

16. from Visit to Mayaland ("In the time of the ancients...") (1:50): MP3

Lorenzo Thomas (recorded November 20, 1979)

17. Red Cross Stations (1:36): MP3

Clark Coolidge (recorded March 19, 1980)

18. On Induction of the Hand (2:18): MP3
19. The Hand Further (0:56): MP3

Bernadette Mayer (recorded December 21, 1971)

20. from Studying Hunger ("Blondie") (5:29): MP3

Bill Berkson (recorded May 17, 1978)

21. Blue is the Hero (1:46): MP3

Lewis Warsh (recorded October 2, 1974)

22. My Blue Heaven (1:05): MP3

Michael Palmer (recorded March 3, 1978)

23. Dance of the Bees (0:41): MP3

Ron Padgett (recorded January 4, 1973)

24. The Music Lesson (7:33): MP3

John Godfrey (recorded February 28, 1979)

25. Show Me a Rose (0:49): MP3

Jim Brodey (recorded April 4, 1979)

26. Homeward Bound (0:55): MP3

Ted Greenwald (recorded February 29, 1979)

27. Whiff (2:14): MP3

Eileen Myles (recorded December 7, 1977)

28. Classican Gass (0:46): MP3

Record editors: Bill Berkson & Bob Rosenthal.
Tape archivists: Harvey Lillywhite & Kate Baum.
Administrators: Bob Holman, Gary Lenhart, Bernadette Mayer, Maureen Owen & Ron Padgett.
Sound technicians: Kurt Munkacsi & Bob Rosenthal.
Production: ERH.

PennSound digital edition made in collaboration with
The Poetry Project
St. Mark's Church
131 East 10th Street
New York, N.Y. 10003

• April 25, 2008: "The World Record: Poetry Project Recordings 1969-1980"

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