Beat Generation: 34 Kool Kuts & Beat Talkin Daddio Beat Generation: 34 Kool Kuts & Beat Talkin Daddio CD

THE BEAT GENERATION was something of a catch-all phrase in the 1950s, which encompassed Beatniks, Hipsters, nonconformist counterculture, bohemian hedonism, Greenwich Village folkies, and writers like Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Lucien?Carr and William S. Burroughs. Musically, it touched many bases, from late night Jazz to Rock'n'Roll, via film noir, Beat Poetry, cool Instros, and unashamed novelty material. This eclectic compilation covers all these and more, making this perhaps the perfect soundtrack to an imaginary "Beat Generation" documentary. Among a plethora of rarities included are Jack Kerouac, reading from the eternally cool On The Road; Beat Poetry from Kerouac, Phillipa Fallon and Lenny Bruce; classic mood pieces from Earl Bostic, John Barry, Hank Levine, Oscar Brown Jr, Keely?Smith and Mamie Van Doren; and cash-in novelty items from Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes, The Hollywood Argyles, and Bob McFadden &?Dor. Also featured are collectable rarities from The Bikinis, Jimmy Van Eaton, The Bee Hives, Bobby?Summers, and many more.

1. Bob McFadden ;?Dor ò the Beat Generation 2. Jack Kerouac ò Beat Generation (Beat Poetry) 3. John Barry ò Beat Girl Main Title Theme 4. The Hollywood Argyles ò Alley Oop 5. Paul Evans ò the Beat Generation 6. Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes ;?Friend ò Like, I Love You 7. The Beats ò the Beatnik Bounce (Part 1) 8. Johnny Beeman ò Laffin' Beatnik 9. The Bikinis ò Crazy Vibrations 10. Oscar Brown Jr. ò But I?Was Cool 11. Bing Day ò Mama's Place 12. Jack Kerouac ;?Steve Allen ò Charlie Parker 13. Earl Bostic ò Harlem Nocturne 14. John Barry ò the Sharks 15. Adam Faith ò Beat Girl 16. Bobby Summers ò Pad 17. Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes ò Kookie's Mad Pad 18. Keely Smith with Louis Prima ò the Lip 19. Phillipa Fallon ò High School Drag (Beat Poetry) 20. The Bee Hives ò Beatnik Baby 21. The Champs ò Beatnik 22. Barbara Evans ò Beatnik Daddy 23. Lenny Bruce ò Psychopathia Sexualis 24. Louis Nye ò Teenage Beatnik 25. Bob McFadden ; Dor ò the Mummy 26. Richard Pine ò Beatnik Bill 27. The Expressos ò a?Beatnik Story 28. Jimmy Van Eaton ò Beat-Nik 29. Untouchables ò Benny the Beatnik 30. John Barry ;?His Orchestra ò Beat for Beatniks Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes ; Connie Stevens ò Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) 31. Mamie Van Doren ò the Beat Generation 32. Hank Levine ò the Image (Part 1) 33. Jack Kerouac Reads the Last Page of 'On the Road'