V.A. "Better an Old Demon Than a New God"

Various Artists
Better an Old Demon Than a New God
Giorno Poetry Systems Records (US) 1984
GPS 033 (LP) w/original inner sleeve(SPSE/TOC: 3cm tear and tape on bottom. slightly color-faded.)
media : EX/VG+(some slightly surface noises. side B has some light surface noises caused by slightly hairlines.)

"Better an Old Demon Than a New God", under the direction of John Giorno, is a film by William S. Barroughs, one of the most famous beatnik writers of the 1950s, whose works include "Junkie", "Naked Lunch" and "Soft Machine". David Johansen, Psychic TV, Lydia Lunch, Meredith Monk, Jim Carroll, Anne Waldman, Richard Hell, and Arto Lindsay each contributed a song to this compilation album was released in 1984. The album is a mixture of various genres such as poetry reading, avant-garde, experimental, post-punk, new wave, etc., but the worldview is consistently built around the iconic William S. Barroughs. The content is great. You can enjoy the whole album.