Recorded probably 1958 or early 1959.
Readings by Jack Kerouac on The Beat Generation originally released on LP (Verve LP #15005, January 1960).
Released in a custom cut outer card envelope with tab and slot and containing another custom card sleeve insert composed of 9-panels accordion folded.
The 18-page insert contains a CD envelope and Allen Ginsberg's original liner notes on 7 reproduced postcards on one side and photographs and writing on the other side.
Time taken from a computer.
Nominated for the 1999 Grammy award for Best recording package.
? 1958
© 1997 PolyGram Records, Inc.
Manufactured and marketed by Verve Records, a division of PolyGram Classics and Jazz, a division of PolyGram Records, Inc.
Duration of track 4 "History Of Bop" is listed as 10:53