{"product_id":"allen-ginsberg-howl-180g-colored-vinyl-vinyl-lp-boxset","title":"Allen Ginsberg: Howl (180g, Colored Vinyl) Vinyl LP Boxset","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeluxe boxset edition of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Allen+Ginsberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAllen Ginsberg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e’s classic beat poem HOWL.\u003c\/i\u003e My freshman English teacher assigned every student in the class a different “classic” poem to read and write about, and naturally I got stuck with \u003cem\u003eHOWL\u003c\/em\u003e. The teacher snickered and said something like, “here, you’ll appreciate this” (still not really sure what to make of that). I’d never heard of Ginsberg, had no clue what Beat poetry was; I was just pissed off that it was long as hell. But my young impressionable mind was blown by Ginsberg’s rich descriptives, the way he sized up entire swaths of the human population so smartly, leading me eventually to the god \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=William+S.+Burroughs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam S. Burroughs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (my St. Louis roots require that I prefer Burroughs over the other Beats). This deluxe hardcover boxset commemorates the 60th anniversary of the landmark obscenity trial that made Ginsberg a household name, with a recording of the man himself reading \u003cem\u003eHOWL \u003c\/em\u003eat Chicago’s Big Table on January 29, 1959. Pressed on translucent red 180g vinyl housed in single pocket tip-on jacket with a replica of the original ‘pocketpoem’ and a ton of other bonus materials. Skip the Franco movie and get with this instead. Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e180g red vinyl pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eold-school tip-on jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edeluxe hardcover outer box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereplica ‘pocketpoem’ booklet of \u003cem\u003eHowl \u0026amp; Other Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8”x10” photo of Allen Ginsberg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12” full color booklet containing extensive liner notes by Beat scholar Ann Charters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereplica postcard of the original Howl reading invitation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elimited to 500 copies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Craft Recordings 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by hannibal chew 03\/2018\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Allen Ginsberg","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP Boxset","offer_id":1559828004872,"sku":"lp-9370","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/allenginsberg-howlpoems.jpg?v=1762274617","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/products\/allen-ginsberg-howl-180g-colored-vinyl-vinyl-lp-boxset","provider":"turntablelab.mom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}