Can't thank you enough for uploading & posting this. In 1973 I swapped an extra motorcycle helmet I had for the original Dead Book (with this Acetate disc inside), not even knowing who Neal Casady was at the time. Then after reading this book, the Electric Koolade Acid Test & others (incl. On The Road), I soon found out & have been digging him ever since. I transferred this on Tape & have listened to & played Neal's Rap many times & for many Friends who had yet heard about him. We've been having fun "Reciting" various lines throughout our conversations, etc. ever since - how can you NOT ? He was so cool, so wise & underneath all the misunderstanding of him others may have had, I truly feel he was some kind of Holy Man as others may also agree. In the History of the World, I feel more & more these days that every one of us has a unique purpose on this Earth, no matter how big or small it may be. There just had to be at least ONE Neal Casady for some Divine Purpose. This is very obvious as we are now seeing from so many Neal Lovers out there as Time flows on. Where some may have observed him as a Mad Man of a sort, I think Neal was a very harmless, fun-loving, well-meaning & very loving person who was here to entertain, inform, enlighten & in turn - "Lighten Us Up" some. We all sure need that, don't we ? I Could go on & on - "I knew I should have worn more Paisley...!" Thanks so much - you really have made my day with such an excellent sounding audio. I have been searching for this on YT & have finally found it !
I was loaned this book by my boss when I was a teenager just starting my journey on the bus...the book had a lot to do with striking my curiosity beyond the music and into the history of that golden era in creativity
This was recorded live at the Straight Theater and passed along to Hank for back ground by the sound dept. we were all surprised when it was publish in his book.
I know the band had big problems with him and he wasn’t exactly welcome backstage on New Year’s Eve in the early 80s...but dead heads and posterity owe his crazy ass a debt of thanks for doing writing what he did, presenting unique photos and this priceless historical document.
Kim Spurlock and Ken Babbs published a very informed annotated transcription of this Cassady rap in Mike McGonigal's Chemcal Imbalance magazine in the mid 1990s, and you can find it these days here: wild-bohemian.com/cassady1.htm
I have this record, but as it says in the book it's on a fragile plastic medium and needs to be transferred to tape...part of my record's grooves have disappeared. good to hear it all.
Didn't Burroughs already do that with _'The Last Words of Dutch Schultz'_ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Words_of_Dutch_Schultz Gotta say listening to Trump's 'coronavirus press briefings-cum-jeremiad-cum-campaign rally' is a lot like a hybrid of Cassady and Schultz... Did Trump do a lot of acid in Queens and during 'his Vietnam War' in the seething nightspots of New York I wonder?
@@letemroll7871 thanks so much for the link.When I read the transcription and the the translation my mind was blown again, It may have appeared that NC was just a hard living speed freak jiving improv but then again he was the universe backwards in 4 dimensions flying down the highway as I'm sure he still is ,but just too fast for the human eye to make out you understand....
I'm going to go out on a limb here & admit that this is a disappointing rap. I read the Joan Anderson letter written by Neal years ago & the writing was quite original, and creative & gave hints as to why it influenced Jack Kerouac. But that kind of dialogue is definitely not here. Neal's stream of consciousness talking with colorful language, descriptive sentences, and wacko word combinations -- in abundance in the letter is absent here. This is just a whole lot of nothing. His few moments, seated beside & talking to Allen Ginsburg at the City Lights Bookstore decades ago (on RUclips) -- as "out there" as it was, was interesting, compelling & very Neal Casady. Butt this performance -- it's not even on the level of Lord Buckley's raps (The Nazz) or even Iceberg Slim's wild, wild tales. I really don't know what is trying to be achieved with this. If they thought it was art...they were wrong. And people who adore the Beat Generation writers & personalities will embrace this. But they don't understand that this is the very thing that gave the Beats a bad rap (a play on words) in literary circles in the first place. Charles Bukowski (poet/alcoholic) himself didn't want to be associated as a beat writer. His writing was not included in the Outlaw Bible of Poetry because as they noted (they couldn't get written permission in time). No, I believe they were turned down by Bukowski publishers if not Charles himself. I say this despite the fact that I like Neal Casady. Always did. But this doesn't help further his legacy. It furthers his lunacy if that was the intent. Acid test? Someone didn't pass.
@@mjg086 - It's a comprehension issue. Unfortunately, m g -- if you're over 15 years old it's incurable. Try reading the backs of cans of cream of corn & potato chip bags. But don't tax your limited skill with any cable TV hook-up instructions.
I had this flexdisc but lost it years ago. never thought I would hear it again. Thanks for posting this piece of acid test history.
Can't thank you enough for uploading & posting this. In 1973 I swapped an extra motorcycle helmet I had for the original Dead Book (with this Acetate disc inside), not even knowing who Neal Casady was at the time. Then after reading this book, the Electric Koolade Acid Test & others (incl. On The Road), I soon found out & have been digging him ever since. I transferred this on Tape & have listened to & played Neal's Rap many times & for many Friends who had yet heard about him. We've been having fun "Reciting" various lines throughout our conversations, etc. ever since - how can you NOT ? He was so cool, so wise & underneath all the misunderstanding of him others may have had, I truly feel he was some kind of Holy Man as others may also agree. In the History of the World, I feel more & more these days that every one of us has a unique purpose on this Earth, no matter how big or small it may be. There just had to be at least ONE Neal Casady for some Divine Purpose. This is very obvious as we are now seeing from so many Neal Lovers out there as Time flows on. Where some may have observed him as a Mad Man of a sort, I think Neal was a very harmless, fun-loving, well-meaning & very loving person who was here to entertain, inform, enlighten & in turn - "Lighten Us Up" some. We all sure need that, don't we ? I Could go on & on - "I knew I should have worn more Paisley...!" Thanks so much - you really have made my day with such an excellent sounding audio. I have been searching for this on YT & have finally found it !
Thank you for this, i would have never had the chance to hear this rare recording otherwise!
I was loaned this book by my boss when I was a teenager just starting my journey on the bus...the book had a lot to do with striking my curiosity beyond the music and into the history of that golden era in creativity
This was recorded live at the Straight Theater and passed along to Hank for back ground by the sound dept. we were all surprised when it was publish in his book.
How much acid were you on?
I know the band had big problems with him and he wasn’t exactly welcome backstage on New Year’s Eve in the early 80s...but dead heads and posterity owe his crazy ass a debt of thanks for doing writing what he did, presenting unique photos and this priceless historical document.
@@markusrose9667You are referring to Augustus Owsley Stanley III, not Neal Cassidy. Plus, Neal died in ‘68.
@@BuffaloVoice neither, I was referring to Hank Harrison.
@@markusrose9667Ahh, I missed that.
thank you ! I haven't heard this since '75. thank you
I used to have this! Still have the book a little worn, but a lost the flexidisk.
Saint Neal 😊🙏
Man. Thanks for this.
Kim Spurlock and Ken Babbs published a very informed annotated transcription of this Cassady rap in Mike McGonigal's Chemcal Imbalance magazine in the mid 1990s, and you can find it these days here: wild-bohemian.com/cassady1.htm
"Informed..." Not quite. I love Babbs, but it's a pretty well-fried and error-filled interpretation, living up to the motto "Never Trust a Prankster."
I guess you had to be there…😂😂😂
I have this record, but as it says in the book it's on a fragile plastic medium and needs to be transferred to tape...part of my record's grooves have disappeared. good to hear it all.
Double crossed my paisley good the last time I committed suicide too! I thought I was the only one! 🥀👍😊👍🦎🍬🍄🍷💖👁️💕❄️🌍❄️
Someone should transcribe this.
Didn't Burroughs already do that with _'The Last Words of Dutch Schultz'_
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Words_of_Dutch_Schultz
Gotta say listening to Trump's 'coronavirus press briefings-cum-jeremiad-cum-campaign rally' is a lot like a hybrid of Cassady and Schultz...
Did Trump do a lot of acid in Queens and during 'his Vietnam War' in the seething nightspots of New York I wonder?
It has been done, with clarifying (and sometimes confusing footnotes by Ken Babbs)
whitegum.com/introjs.htm?/songfile/NEALCASS.HTM
@@letemroll7871 thanks so much for the link.When I read the transcription and the the translation my mind was blown again, It may have appeared that NC was just a hard living speed freak jiving improv but then again he was the universe backwards in 4 dimensions flying down the highway as I'm sure he still is ,but just too fast for the human eye to make out you understand....
Still have this
Thanks for posting written by Courtney Love’s Dad Hank Harrison Neal is my fav! Love it had this book not sure where it went wasn’t record blue?
I’ve never heard this.....🤔🤖🌾🌙 I have now. Thanks!
I'm going to go out on a limb here & admit that this is a disappointing rap. I read the Joan Anderson letter written by Neal years ago & the writing was quite original, and creative & gave hints as to why it influenced Jack Kerouac.
But that kind of dialogue is definitely not here. Neal's stream of consciousness talking with colorful language, descriptive sentences, and wacko word combinations -- in abundance in the letter is absent here. This is just a whole lot of nothing. His few moments, seated beside & talking to Allen Ginsburg at the City Lights Bookstore decades ago (on RUclips) -- as "out there" as it was, was interesting, compelling & very Neal Casady.
Butt this performance -- it's not even on the level of Lord Buckley's raps (The Nazz) or even Iceberg Slim's wild, wild tales.
I really don't know what is trying to be achieved with this. If they thought it was art...they were wrong. And people who adore the Beat Generation writers & personalities will embrace this. But they don't understand that this is the very thing that gave the Beats a bad rap (a play on words) in literary circles in the first place.
Charles Bukowski (poet/alcoholic) himself didn't want to be associated as a beat writer. His writing was not included in the Outlaw Bible of Poetry because as they noted (they couldn't get written permission in time). No, I believe they were turned down by Bukowski publishers if not Charles himself.
I say this despite the fact that I like Neal Casady. Always did. But this doesn't help further his legacy. It furthers his lunacy if that was the intent. Acid test? Someone didn't pass.
this is the worst rap so far... I can't believe I actually read it all 😝
@@mjg086 - It's a comprehension issue.
Unfortunately, m g -- if you're over 15 years old it's incurable. Try reading the backs of cans of cream of corn & potato chip bags. But don't tax your limited skill with any cable TV hook-up instructions.