BEATSVILLE RARE LP ROD McKUEN BEATNIK KEROUAC BEAT HI-FI JAZZ Art Folk R419 1959

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BEATSVILLE RARE LP ROD McKUEN BEATNIK KEROUAC BEAT HI-FI JAZZ ESPRESSO R419 WOW 1959 ORIG! high fidelity recording, cover is vg to vg+, light wear/soiling, wear to edges and corners (no splits), small name to back corner and small ink mark at the word "like" donoting a song break, a bit of wrinkle to glossy covers, lp is very clean, ex shape lp overall with a few very faint scuffs barely see-able, no damage to effect play, with hi fi orig printed on inner plastic sleeve, cool mega-rarity beatnik album orig!

R O D    M c K U E NB  E  A  T  S  V  I  L  L  E   HiFi Records   1959
     A Very Rare LP
This is the legendary, hard-to-find, original hi-fi pressing of Rod McKuen's classic contribution to the beat era, as it was happening. Rod McKuen made dozens of books & records over the past 50-plus years: poetry & short stories(print), and poetry/singing & music(audio recordings). McKuen's LP titled BEATSVILLE is, by far, the rarest,  the most sought-after of his audio recordings.  The Beatsville LP has a cult following among collectors of 50's jazz, poetry, spoke-word recordings, and bohemian/coffeehouse culture. This LP serves as a documentation, of sorts, of the beat era. 
  This high-fidelity, analog audio recording is a must have for archivists, beat era historians, and for aficionados of beatnik poetry. Beatsville will make an excellent addition to a sound archive or to a private record collection. As well, this record would be excellent on-air material for radio music programmers(DJs) who specialize in jazz and/or spoken word.  
Label: HiFi Record            High Fidelity Recordings, Inc.            Sunset Blvd.            Hollywood, CALP: R419 .... RIAA CurveSpeed: 33 1/3 RPMSize: 12-inchDuration: Long-Play (LP)
 Principally recorded at HiFi Records, Hollywood, California, 1959 Liner notes: Ben Shecter Liner photos: Richard Strauss and Ben Shecter Cover photo: Rick Strauss
 Personnel: Rod McKuen (spoken-word, vocals); Bob McFadden, Dor (vocals); Buddy Colette (flute); Chris Anderson (piano, guitar, concertina); Howard Heitmeyer (guitar); Paul Gray, Brent Harding (string bass); and the uncredited session musicians; Bill Haley & The Comets.
 Description: The cover features bold stylized title "BEATSVILLE", "rod mckuen" (all lower case) and a color photograph of Rod McKuen and a woman sitting in a coffeehouse, jazz club or an art studio. They are seated at a chessboard table with a blue-green wine bottle, two glasses and a copper ashtray that has a glowing candle in it. The chairs seen in the photograph are rattan tiki style which were popular in that era. In the background is an surrealist or impressionist-style painting. (Painter unknown, not credited) Great art direction and a wonderful example of cool jazz album cover art of the era.
The back cover features two black & white photos of Rod McKuen, his image dividing the bold lower-case title "beats" and "ville". Ten paragraphs of liner notes, by Ben Shector, which provide a condensed bio on McKuen, and lots of information about the recording. The liner notes describe "the scene" and its illustrious characters in a cafe district. Also listed on the back cover is the list of McKuen's song-poems/tone-poems. 
 The LP cover left edge has the album title for reading it when filed on a shelf. As well, the same title information is printed on the top edge, for reading when filed in a record bin. The "top titling" is not very common and was likely intended for radio disc jockeys' ease of use & retrieval. This LP was a retail copy purchased originally fro a record shop in Beverly Hills, CA. This is not a promo copy, a white label or a test pressing.
 Excerpts from the liner notes: "Rod McKuen, who received such outstanding critical response for his previous album, 'Time of Desire'(HiFiRecord R407)- again gives us the unusual. This time the setting is the expresso(sic) houses, the beaches and the pads of the beat generation. You don't have to be in a two point beer haze or hypnotized by the jazz beat to enjoy this album but it is decidedly for the seeker of the off beat. Just as 'Time of Desire' appealed to the lover seeker, BEATSVILLE is for the wanderer, the restless breed.
 Although much of BEATSVILLE's mood is serious and lyrical, you will find Rod more often than not playing tongue in cheek with the beard and leotard set that has proved so serviceable for Kerouac and Ginsberg. Rod himself is more off-beat than beat, though he has lived and worked in and around the beat areas much of his life and obviously has an understanding of the movement."
Ben Shecter closes his liner notes with this... "To borrow a phrase from one of Rod's BEATSVILLE characters, 'Put the needle down on the opening groove, and groove.' "
BEATSVILLE has 17 tracks.
The BEATSVILLE track list:
Side 1: Co-existence Bagel Shop Blues             Bearded Ladies             Haiku Poems             No Pictures, Please             Back To Sausalito             Three Songs For "S"              R.S.V.P.              Joue              Reflections On A Plane Trip Home
Side 2:  Life Is              The Elegant Prison Downstairs              The Bird Boy              Grant Avenue Square Dance              A Gallery Of Assorted Beats              Get The Hell Out Of My World              Like              What Is A Fabian?



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