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Mexico City Blues Readings

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In 1996, Shambhala Publications (for their Shambhala Lion Editions) produced a two-cassette audiobook (that ran for just under three hours) - Allen reading the entire Mexico City Blues.

We've featured Allen reading from Mexico City Blues before (see this 1975 Naropa class -  and, as we mentioned there, by way of contrast, a later, 1988 Mexico City Blues class)

Here's the first ten sections from the Shambhala recording


           
Here's Gregory Corso reading from Mexico City Blues




Johnny Deppreading from Mexico City Blues



Kerouac himself reading 



and not forgetting this unforgettable Chorus - (211th Chorus - "The wheel of the quivering meat/ Conception") 

So, a brief shout-out for that Shambhala audio. Hopefully it'll be back, back in circulation  again real soon.

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