Gregory Corso - DIE ON ME (2025) [Hi-Res]

The album 'DIE ON ME' is a historic collection, released for the first time on vinyl (originally on CD in 2002), which features the last voice recordings of the legendary Beat poet Gregory Corso (1930–2001), remastered and newly edited by Kramer. The recordings include archival material from 1959, as well as intimate conversations with Corso recorded by Hal Willner in January 2001, shortly before the poet's death on January 17th. In these raw recordings, Corso muses on his life, discussing and reciting his most beloved poems in conversation with friends, including Allen Ginsberg, Marianne Faithfull, and Studs Terkel. Marianne Faithfull also graces him with her own recitations of his poems.

Gregory Corso was the youngest and one of the most prominent members of the Beat generation, alongside Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, who considered Corso to be a "far greater poet." Despite a traumatic childhood, he self-educated and developed a unique poetic style that combined classical and modern language. His first book, 'The Vestal Lady on Brattle,' was published in 1955. 'DIE ON ME' is positioned as a unique compendium of the works of this underappreciated master of American poetry. Producer Hal Willner noted that the record felt divinely guided and expressed pride in how it came together. Corso's ashes were laid to rest in Rome on May 5th, 2001, near the graves of Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats.

Tracklist:
1-1 Gregory Corso - For Homer [3:11]
1-2 Gregory Corso - Ode to Coit Tower [5:13]
1-3 Gregory Corso - Inner Outer Rhyme [0:52]
1-4 Gregory Corso - Ode to The West Wind [4:17]
1-5 Gregory Corso - A Bed's Lament [0:43]
1-6 Gregory Corso - Hair [6:02]
1-7 Gregory Corso - Mythology [4:56]
1-8 Gregory Corso - Bomb [8:58]
1-9 Gregory Corso - The Truth [1:03]
1-10 Gregory Corso - Don't Shoot the Warthog [1:39]
1-11 Gregory Corso - Prophecy [7:03]
1-12 Gregory Corso - No Arrangement Was Made [2:32]
1-13 Gregory Corso - As Rome Burned [1:43]
1-14 Gregory Corso - Last Night I Drove a Car [0:42]
1-15 Gregory Corso - Getting To The Poem [1:40]