In 1971, Bob Dylan and Allen Ginsberg wrote and recorded together. Bob took the tapes to CBS Records, who said “no way will we release this crap.” The tapes went unheard until 1982, when producer John Hammond started his own record company and put them out, as he saw it as a “landmark cultural moment.” The LP sunk without a trace, but I did hear about it, via MTV News of all places and bought it. Fast forward many decades, I met with the Ginsberg estate and got permission to put it on CD. The master tapes were in storage at Stanford University and I brought them to Fantasy Studios in Berkeley to be transfered. Currently selling on Amazon from 25 to 800 dollars !?!?!
– Pat Thomas is the author of the recently released work, Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975
