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William S. Burroughs (05 Feb 1914 - 02 Aug 1997)

Male Person - United States

Releases (23)

Official

Album

  1. Nothing Here Now but the Recordings May 1981
  2. Dead City Radio 31 Aug 1990
  3. Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales 28 Sep 1993
  4. Let Me Hang You 15 Jul 2016
  5. Curse Go Back 2016

Album - Spokenword

  1. The Doctor Is on the Market Oct 1986
  2. Uncommon Quotes 1988
  3. The Instrument of Control 15 Apr 2008

Album - Compilation

  1. The Best of William Burroughs 1998

Album - Spokenword / Audiobook

  1. Junky 2000

Single

  1. TALK TALK, Volume 3 Number 6 Sep 1981
  2. Words of Advice for Young People 1993

Other - Spokenword

  1. Call Me Burroughs 1965
  2. Break Through in Grey Room 1986
  3. Vaudeville Voices 1993
  4. Selections From the Best of William Burroughs From Giorno Poetry Systems 22 Dec 1998
  5. Real English Tea Made Here 2007

Other - Audiobook

  1. Naked Lunch 1995
  2. Junky

Other - Audio drama

  1. Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages 2014

Promotion

Single

  1. Naked Lunch

Other - Interview

  1. The Operator's Manual 1993

Bootleg

Album - Spokenword

  1. Electronic Revolution 1998

Recordings by (281)

  1. Bradley the Buyer 6:24 (1965)
  2. Meeting of International Conference of Technological Psychiatry 4:56 (1965)
  3. The Fish Poison Con 6:59 (1965)
  4. Thing Police Keep All Board Room Reports 1:25 (1965)
  5. Mr. Bradley Mr. Martin Hear Us Through the Hole in Thin Air 4:16 (1965)
  6. Where You Belong (Rewrite) 6:38 (1965)
  7. Inflexible Authority 10:45 (1965)
  8. Uranian Willy (Rewrite) 2:00 (1965)
  9. What Washington, What Orders, From Exterminator 7:01 (1974)
  10. From "The Wild Boys", the Chief Smiles 6:50 (1975)
  11. From "The Wild Boys", the Green Nun 3:32 (1975)
  12. From "Ah Pook Is Here" 12:00 (1975)
  13. From "Cities of the Red Night" 10:00 (1975)
  14. From "Junkie", 103rd Street Boys 7:29 (1975)
  15. From "Naked Lunch" 20:28 (1975)
  16. From "Exterminator", From Here to Eternity 3:40 (1975)
  17. When Did I Stop Wanting to Be President 7:07 (1976)
  18. Excerpt From Naked Lunch: The Laboratory Has Been Locked for Three Hours Solid 2:14 (1978)
  19. Keynote Commentary / Roosevelt After Inauguration 5:52 (1979)
  20. Benway 3:40 (1979)
  21. from The Gay Gun: This Is Kim Carson / Just Like The Collapse Of Any Currnency / The Whole Tamale 13:27 (1979)
  22. What the Nova Convention Is About 2:35 (1979)
  23. I was Traveling Wth The Intolerable Kid On The Nova Lark (From Nova Express) 8:06 (1980)
  24. Translucent Boy, An Excellent Time, & For Neal Cassidy 5:11 (1980)
  25. Captain Clark Welcomes You Aboard ?:?? (May 1981)
  26. The Saints Go Marching Through All the Popular Tunes ?:?? (May 1981)
  27. Summer Will ?:?? (May 1981)
  28. Outside the Pier Prowled Like Electric Turtles ?:?? (May 1981)
  29. The Total Taste Is Here (News Cut-Up) ?:?? (May 1981)
  30. [untitled] (Choral Section, Backwards) ?:?? (May 1981)
  31. We See the Future Through the Binoculars of the People ?:?? (May 1981)
  32. Just Checking Your Summer Recordings ?:?? (May 1981)
  33. [untitled] (Creepy Letter, Cut-Up at the Beat Hotel in Paris) ?:?? (May 1981)
  34. Is This Machine Recording? (Inching) ?:?? (May 1981)
  35. Handkerchief Masks (News Cut-Up) ?:?? (May 1981)
  36. Word Falling - Photo Falling ?:?? (May 1981)
  37. [untitled] (Throat Microphone Experiment) ?:?? (May 1981)
  38. It's About Time to Identify Oven Area ?:?? (May 1981)
  39. Last Words of Hassan Sabbah ?:?? (May 1981)
  40. Abandoned Artifacts ?:?? (Sep 1981)
  41. On the Nova Lark ?:?? (Sep 1981)
  42. The Do Rights 3:37 (1981)
  43. Twilight’s Last Gleaming 4:28 (1981)
  44. Introducing John Stanley Hart: He Entered the Bar With the Best Intentions 2:23 (1981)
  45. Twilight’s Last Gleamings 2:51 (1981)
  46. My Protagonist Kim Carson 4:57 (1981)
  47. Salt Chunk Mary; Like Mr Hart, Kim Has a Dark Side to His Character 4:13 (1981)
  48. Progressive Education 7:13 (1981)
  49. The Wild Fruits 2:26 (1981)
  50. The Unworthy Vessel 2:45 (1981)
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On Recordings (21)

Performer

  1. Millions of Images 4:07 Gus Van Sant feat. William S Burroughs (25 Feb 2002)

Vocals

  1. Sharkey's Night 2:29 Laurie Anderson (1983)
  2. Late Show 4:33 Laurie Anderson (1986)
  3. Quick Fix 4:12 Ministry (1992) guest, lead vocals
  4. I Tre Merli 6:04 Yellow Magic Orchestra (26 May 1993)
  5. Be a Superman 5:20 Yellow Magic Orchestra (26 May 1993)
  6. The “Priest” They Called Him 9:42 William S. Burroughs & Kurt Cobain (12 Oct 1993) spoken vocals
  7. ’T Ain’t No Sin 2:25 Tom Waits (25 Oct 1993)
  8. Words of Advice 4:00 Material (Feb 1994) spoken vocals
  9. Star Me Kitten 3:30 William S. Burroughs & R.E.M. (26 Mar 1996) lead vocals
  10. Old Lady Sloan 3:02 Eudoras (1996)
  11. Last Words of Hassan Sabbah (excerpt) 4:35 William S. Burroughs (22 Dec 1998) spoken vocals
  12. The Name Is Clem Snide (excerpt) 1:09 William S. Burroughs (22 Dec 1998) spoken vocals
  13. Roosevelt After Inauguration (excerpt) 4:05 William S. Burroughs (22 Dec 1998) spoken vocals
  14. The Mummy Piece 4:04 William S. Burroughs (22 Dec 1998) spoken vocals
  15. Dr. Benway Is Operating in an Auditorium 2:00 William S. Burroughs (22 Dec 1998) spoken vocals
  16. My Protagonist Kim Carson (excerpt) 1:13 William S. Burroughs (22 Dec 1998) spoken vocals
  17. The Western Lands 6:13 Bill Laswell (1999)
  18. International Dark Skies 4:22 Coil (19 May 2019) spoken vocals
  19. [interview] 25:41 William S. Burroughs, John Balance & Peter Christopherson () spoken vocals

Produced Material That Was Sampled In

  1. Third Abandoned Planet 4:00 Jonwayne (10 May 2014) spoken vocals

Credited as (50)

  1. William S. Burroughs
  2. William S. Burroughs + Gus Van Sant
  3. William S. Burroughs & Kurt Cobain
  4. William S. Burroughs & Iggy Pop with Techno Animal
  5. William S. Burroughs & R.E.M.
  6. Laurie Anderson / John Giorno / William S. Burroughs
  7. William S. Burroughs & Martin Olson
  8. William Burroughs & Jack Kerouac
  9. William Burroughs & NBC Symphony Orchestra
  10. Brion Gysin / William S. Burroughs / Genesis P-Orridge
  11. Brion Gysin / William S. Burroughs / Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
  12. R.E.M. feat. W.S. Burroughs
  13. Brion Gysin, W.S.Burroughs, Stilluppsteypa & Aalfang Mit Pferdekopf
  14. R.E.M. feat. William S. Burroughs
  15. Changes with William Burroughs
  16. Beastianity with William Burroughs
  17. William Burroughs
  18. Bill Laswell & William S. Burroughs / Praxis & Iggy Pop
  19. William Burroughs, Felicity Mason, Ira Cohen, Hamri, Hakim Bey & Terry Wilson
  20. William S. Burroughs Conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill
  21. Gus Van Sant feat. William S Burroughs
  22. William S. Burroughs & tomandandy
  23. William S. Burroughs / Brion Gysin
  24. William S. Burroughs / Ulrike Haage / Barbara Schäfer
  25. R.E.M. (w/William Burroughs)
  26. Dub Spencer & Trance Hill feat. William S. Burroughs
  27. Dubblestandart feat. William S. Burroughs
  28. Material with William S. Burroughs
  29. William S. Burroughs / John Giorno
  30. William S. Burroughs, John Balance & Peter Christopherson
  31. Opening Performance Orchestra, Bill Laswell & Iggy Pop featuring William S. Burroughs
  32. WS. Burroughs
  33. Bill Laswell & William S. Burroughs
  34. William S. Burroughs feat. King Khan
  35. William S. Burroughs feat. Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz & Eyvind Kang
  36. William S. Burroughs feat. Bill Frisell
  37. William S. Burroughs feat. King Khan, Bill Frisell & Hal Willner
  38. William S. Burroughs feat. Bill Frisell, Eyvind Kang & Wayne Horvitz
  39. William S. Burroughs feat. Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz & King Khan
  40. William S. Burroughs feat. King Khan & El Congo Allen
  41. William S. Burroughs feat. King Khan, Nick Van Bakel & M. Lamar
  42. William S. Burroughs feat. Wayne Horvitz
  43. DJ Food & William S. Burroughs
  44. William S. Burroughs conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill
  45. William S. Burroughs & Iggy Pop
  46. William S Burroughs
  47. Redeye Feat. William S. Burroughs
  48. William S. Burroughs read by A Computer Simulation of William Burroughs / Timothy Leary
  49. William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Timothy Leary, Les Levine & Robert Anton Wilson
  50. William S. Burroughs / Bill Laswell

Works (28)

Wrote

  1. Composite Text
  2. Junky
  3. Naked Lunch
  4. Words of Advice

Composed

  1. The Saints Go Marching Through All the Popular Tunes

Lyrics

  1. Last Words With Ras I. Zulu
  2. Interlude 3: The Vultures Are Gone and Will Never Come Back
  3. Interlude 2: This Is Insane
  4. Interlude 1: Wrinkled Earlobes Are a Sign of Impending Heartattacks
  5. The Last Words of Dutch Schultz
  6. Warning to Young Couples (Huntsman's Hounds)
  7. Mildred Pierce Reporting (Old Sarge)
  8. Words of Advice for Young People
  9. Dr. Benway Operates
  10. Naked Lunch
  11. Spare Ass Annie
  12. The Foogoo Way
  13. That’s the Way
  14. Flash Pan Hunter
  15. Crossroads
  16. Quick Fix
  17. The Talking Asshole
  18. The Saints Go Marching Through All the Popular Tunes
  19. Did I Ever Tell You About the Man That Taught His Asshole to Talk?
  20. Last Words With Michael Franti
  21. The Junky's Christmas
  22. Interlude 4: Fletch Is Here
  23. A One God Universe

Links (15)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118517805
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/william_s__burroughs
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79-026862

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/50077

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000960205

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123221/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/108916275

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188176

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/66736

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/99757
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/3CcqTY5fsD6Bli5ecGhDKz

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id85080

Picture

  1. http://web.archive.org/web/20121214171829/http://www.trondheim-filmklubb.no/film/tfk/h99/bilder/burroughs.jpg
  2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burroughs1983_crop_b.jpg

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/f150ed27-bee7-49d8-a226-31fef88c29b3