Originally released on CD in 2002, this LP features archival recordings dating back to 1959 alongside recordings made by Hal Willner in January 2001 (Jan 7th - 10th). For the first time ever on vinyl, ‘DIE ON ME’ has been re-mastered & newly edited by Kramer. Within this historic collection are the last voice recordings of the legendary Beat poet Gregory Corso.

Intimate and raw, he muses on his life in conversation with friends Allen Ginsberg, Marianne Faithfull, and the legendary Chicago writer Studs Terkel, discussing and reciting some of his most beloved poems. The recording process illuminates Corso’s thoughts on his own work in deeply revealing detail. No other spoken-word LP shines a brighter light on its subject. Marianne Faithfull playfully incites him to tell stories, and upon his request, graces him with her own recitations of his poems. This is a one-of-a-kind compendium of the works of one of the undersung heroes of modern poetry, produced by the late great Hal Willner.

Gregory Corso died on January 17th at the age of 70, just a few days after many of these precious recordings were completed. Corso’s ashes were laid to rest in Rome on May 5th, 2001 at the foot of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s grave in the Cimitero Acattiolico. John Keats lay nearby.

1. For Homer
2. Ode to Coit Tower
3. Inner Outer Rhyme
4. Ode to The West Wind
5. A Bed's Lament
6. Hair
7. Mythology
8. Bomb
9. The Truth
10. Don't Shoot the Warthog
11. Prophecy
12. No Arrangement Was Made
13. As Rome Burned
14. Last Night I Drove a Car
15. Getting To The Poem