Leonard Cohen - Six Montreal Poets - 1957 Rare Vinyl LP
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Six Montreal Poets

Folkways Records FL 9805     Released in 1957

Extremely rare and hard to find LP featuring Leonard Cohen as a poet prior to his music career.

In 1957 Folkways Records released the "Six Montreal Poets" album with A.J.M. Smith, Irving Layton, Louis Dudek, F.R. Scott, A.M. Klein, and Leonard Cohen - all reading their own poetry on the record.

Credits - Produced by Sam Gesser ; Design by Ronald Clyne

The album comes with 8 pages of descriptive notes which includes all poems as on LP. 

Leonard Cohen reads the following poems (recorded in 1957):

For Wilf And His House (1955),   Beside The Shepherd (1956),
Poem (1955),   Lovers (1955),   The Sparrows (1955),
Warning (1956),   Les Vieus (1954),   Elegy (1955).

All poems are from "Let Us Compare Mythologies"

A.J.M. Smith:

Like an Old Proud King in a Parable, A Hyacinth for Edith, Noctambule,   The Plot Against Proteus,   Business as Usual, Fear as Normal,   The Archer,   Sonnet,   My Death.

Irving Layton:

The Birth of Tragedy, The Fertile Muck, Maxie, The Bull Calf,  The Cold Green Element, The Improved Binoculars.

F.R. Scott:

Surfaces, Lakeshore, Laurentian Shield, The Bird, Caring,   Bonne Entente, Memory, Will to Win, Conflict.

Louis Dudek:

Poem 19 from Europe, Poem 95 from Europe, To an Unknown in a Restaurant, A Cracker Jack, The Pomegranate, Line and Form.

A.M. Klein:

Psalm XXII, Plumaged Proxy, The Rocking Chair, Political Meeting,For the Sisters of the Hotel Dieu, Montreal.

Record Collector's Grading Sytem: Excellent

The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is is very little lessening in sound qualty. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and / or creasing.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO MUSIC ON THIS LP RECORD!



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