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UK . 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. Album Tracks 1. Introduction (Innocence) 2. The Shepherd 3. The Echoing Green 4. The Lamb 5. The Little Black Boy 6. The Blossom 7. The Chimney Sweeper 8. The Little Boy Lost & the Little Boy Found 9. Laughing Song 10. A Cradle Song 11. The Divine Image 12. Holy Thursday (Innocence) 13. Night 14. Spring 15. Nurse's Song (Innocence) 16. Infant Joy 17. A Dream 18. On Another's Sorrow 19. Introduction (Experience) 20. Earth's Answer 21. Holy Thursday (Experience) 22. Nurse's Song (Experience) 23. The Sick Rose 24. The Fly 25. The Angel 26. My Pretty Rose-Tree 27. Ah! Sun-Flower 28. The Garden of Love 29. London
