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WINK is the only one of Ken Nordine's albums on which he's speaking someone else's words. Instead of his own surreal brand of "word jazz," WINK is a reading of the 34 brief poems from Robert Shure's chapbook TWINK, originally published by Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City Lights Press in 1958. (Upon its original 1967 release, this record was also called TWINK, but when the album was reissued by Asphodel on CD in 2003, the title was amended.) Shure's poems were written as interior dialogues, and that's how Nordine performs them, with his voice split between the two stereo channels--normal on the left, echoing and reverb-soaked on the right. Under these surreal, often hilarious tracks, an experimental jazz quartet plays percussion-heavy improvisations that, like the poems themselves, are marvels of beat-generation economy. Although purists might scoff because Nordine didn't write the pieces himself, WINK is both essential for fans and an excellent starting point for curious newcomers.
Asphodel reissue of the 1967 release of Ken Nordine Does Robert Shure's ''Twink'', re-titled Wink, at the insistence of the author Shure. The hallmark of his original work was its unfeigned innocence, an atmosphere the original title, alas, could no longer convey. 34 tracks like 'Zebra', 'When You're Born', 'Cellophane', 'Moth', 'Knee' and 'Eyelashes'. 2003.
Recording information: 1967.
Illustrator: Ray Zimmerman.
Personnel: Ken Nordine (vocals).
Liner Note Authors: Bobby Shure; Joel Selvin; Ken Nordine.
Ken Nordine Wink Songs | 1. | Windshield Wipers |
| 2. | Tears |
| 3. | Suede |
| 4. | Zebra |
| 5. | Sidewalks |
| 6. | Breathing |
| 7. | Chimney |
| 8. | Queen |
| 9. | Nothing |
| 10. | Apple Cider |
| 11. | Bathtub |
| 12. | When You're Born |
| 13. | Piccolos |
| 14. | Knee |
| 15. | Pea |
| 16. | Great |
| 17. | Eyelashes |
| 18. | Clock |
| 19. | Ear |
| 20. | Ping Pong |
| 21. | Freckles |
| 22. | Cellophane |
| 23. | Dream |
| 24. | Gabardine |
| 25. | Planet |
| 26. | Meat Balls |
| 27. | Sky |
| 28. | Envelope |
| 29. | Roller Skate |
| 30. | Blotter |
| 31. | Moth |
| 32. | Indians |
| 33. | Lampshades |
| 34. | Cigars |
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