Various - The Nova Convention - Vol. 1 & 2

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Vol. 1
A1	–Terry Southern	Vignette Of Idealistic Life In South Texas	1:25
A2	–William S. Burroughs	Keynote Commentary & Roosevelt After Inauguration	5:52
A3	–John Giorno	Eating The Sky	13:30
A4	–Patti Smith	Poem For Jim Morrison & Bumblebee	11:45
B1	–William S. Burroughs	Benway	3:40
B2	–Philip Glass	Building, Excerpt From Einstein On The Beach	3:04
B3	–Brion Gysin	Kick That Habit, Junk Is No Good Baby, Somebody Special & Blue Baboon	7:06
B4	–Frank Zappa	The Talking Asshole	5:25
B5	–William S. Burroughs	From The Gay Gun: "This Is Kim Carson" & "Just Like The Collapse Of Any Currency" & "The Whole Tamale"	13:27
Vol. 2
C1	–William S. Burroughs	What The Nova Convention Is About	2:35
C2	–John Cage	Writing For The Second Time Through Finnegans Wake	14:15
C3	–Anne Waldman	Plutonium Ode, Skin Meat Bones, Matriarchly	14:15
D1	–Laurie Anderson & Julia Heyward	Song From America On The Move	12:50
D2	–Allen Ginsberg	Punk Rock, Old Pond, Nurses Song
D3	–Peter Orlovsky	Feeding Them Raspberries To Grow Banjo – Steven Taylor Guitar – Steven Hall
D4	–William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Timothy Leary*, Les Levine & Robert Anton Wilson	Conversations	7:10

Companies, etc.

• Engineered At – ZBS Media
• Copyright (c) – Giorno Poetry Systems Institute Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Giorno Poetry Systems Institute Inc.

Credits

• Design – George Delmerico
• Engineer – Bobby Bielecki*
• Photography By – James Hamilton
• Producer [Associate] – Greg Shifrin
• Typography [Typesetting] – Total Typesetting

Notes

Both cassettes have A&B sides (here entered as C&D for Vol. 2), but different catalogue number on label, and different Volume number on cover spine.
Vol. 1 (GPS 016, A & B sides) Recorded Saturday, December 2, 1978
Vol. 2 (GPS 017, A & B sides) Recorded Friday, December 1, 1978

Note: although including fewer tracks than the 2 LP edition, the cassette edition includes an extra track by Anne Waldman (Matriarchly, C3).

This cassette has been made possible in part by a grant from The National Endowment for the Arts.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
GPS 014-015	Various	The Nova Convention ‎(2xLP)	Giorno Poetry Systems	GPS 014-015	US	1979