UK release. In July 1948, Allen Ginsberg hallucinated the voice of William Blake chanting two songs from his Songs Of Experience. He later started setting Blake's songs to tunes of his own invention. In 1976, he began an association with guitarist Steven Taylor, who would accompany Ginsberg's performances of Blake for the next 20 years. This CD contains Steven Taylor's own arrangements and records of the two books. Taylor (as well as producer Scott Petito) has been a member of the Fugs for 35 years, and Blake's songs frequently feature in their concerts. Contains an in-depth note with a biography of Blake and many illustrations from the US Library Of Congress' 1974 copy of Songs Of Innocence and Experience.

Tracklist:

Introduction (Innocence)
The Shepherd
The Echoing Green
The Lamb
The Little Black Boy
The Blossom
The Chimney Sweeper
The Little Boy Lost ; The Little Boy Found
Laughing Song 1
A Cradle Song 1
The Divine Image 1
Holy Thursday (Innocence) 1
Night 1
Spring 1
Nurse's Song (Innocence) 1
Infant Joy 1
A Dream 1
On Another's Sorrow 1
Introduction (Experience) 2
Earth's Answer 2
Holy Thursday (Experience) 2
Nurse's Song (Experience) 2
The Sick Rose 2
The Fly 2
The Angel 2
My Pretty Rose-Tree 2
Ah! Sun-Flower 2
The Garden Of Love 2
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UPC: 029667097222
Label: Ace Records Uk
Release Date: 12.20.19
Format: CD

Steven Taylor - William Blake's Songs Of Innocence & Of Experience (CD)