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There's a major strike against this recording of a September 14, 1972, reading in San Francisco that has nothing to do with the performance or the contents of the readings: the fidelity is poor, sounding as if it was made on a cheap portable tape player from the audience. That makes this more of archival historical value than something that might endure as a document of Charles Bukowski at his best in a live setting. Setting the sound quality aside, the author is reasonably effective in this 40-minute set, which is not so much poems -- or what many average listeners might conceive of as poetry, at any rate -- as vignettes and observations. In keeping with the tone of much of Bukowski's work, these tend toward laconic portraits of life's dark side that avoid moralizing. They're laced with references to explicit sexual practices, abuse, poverty, and bodily excretions that still retain their capacity to shock, and won't be well received by the easily offended. Still, they have their value as unflinching reflections of harsh experience, occasionally lightened by some morbid humor. Sometimes individual lines of the pieces are striking, as when he notes "it's darker than hell, and twice as expensive" in "The Shoelace." And sometimes, the wit, sex, bodily excretions, and zest for pushing the limits of acceptable taste all come together, particularly in the concluding ode to anal sex, "The Best Love Poem." Bukowski also lives up to some aspects of his legend with some self-deprecating unflattering comments about his own character, occasionally burping into the mike as if to remind us (as if any reminder was necessary) that he was an uncouth drinker without conventional respect for social etiquette. ~ Richie Unterberger

Audio Remasterer: Joe Tarantino.

Liner Note Author: Richard Meltzer.

Recording information: Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center, San Francisco, CA (09/14/1972).
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Category Rock/Pop Albums, Spoken CDs, Live Performances
Label Fantasy (distributor)
Orig Year 2004
All Time Sales Rank   178793  
CD Universe Part number 6788863
Catalog number 6514
Discs 1
Release Date Oct 12, 2004
Studio/Live Live
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Joe Wolberg
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Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.Creation of the Morning Line
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.Death
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.Sex Fiends, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5."Love, " He Said
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.Piss and Shit
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample7.Death of an Idiot, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample8.Style
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample9.World's Greatest Loser, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample10.Last Days of the Suicide Kid
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample11.Shoelace, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample12.Hot
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample13.Earthquake
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