POE "TO ONE IN PARADISE"  (for Hal Willner) 

Shimmy-2027  (Release Date: October 18, 2024)

The VERY LIMITED 1st pressing of just 100 hand-numbered LP's on 150gm black vinyl, is *NOW SOLD OUT* and was available exclusively through the Shimmy-Shop & on Bandcamp.

A Clear vinyl pressing will arrive in stores by November 15, 2024.

A link to the free digital download will be provided with each vinyl purchase.

...Keeping the flame of spoken-word alive for a world that appreciates the gothic sensibilities of Poe's poetry now more than ever.

13 Beautiful renderings offered by 13 luminary voices from across the spectrums of poetry, literature, theater, music and magic...featuring music by Kramer**.

All music composed and performed by Kramer - ** except: “To One in Paradise” Music by Joan Wasser & Kramer, & “To My Mother” Music by Thurston Moore & Kramer.

13 Artists reading 13 poems by EDGAR ALLAN POE

In Loving Memory - HAL WILLNER

This LP of Edgar Allan Poe’s timeless poetry was created in reverent tribute to Kramer's great friend and fellow traveller on the musical roads least taken, Hal Willner (1956 - 2020). 

As a fitting coda, the LP closes with an archival recording of Allen Ginsberg vividly reciting “The Bells”. The unaccompanied reading from June 1981 is an excerpt from his ‘Expansive Poetics’ study course at The Naropa School of Disembodied Poets - Bolder, CO. 

Side A

“To One in Paradise”** by JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN

“Eldorado” by EDGAR OLIVER

“To My Mother”** by THURSTON MOORE & EVA MOORE

“The Valley of Unrest” by ERIC MINGUS

“A Dream Within a Dream” by BRITTA PHILLIPS

“Evening Star” by TELLER

Side B

“Fairy-Land” by ANNE WALDMAN

“Dreamland” by LYDIA LUNCH

“The Sleeper” by LARRY “RATSO” SLOMAN

“Silence” by CHLOE WEBB

“Imitation” by RICK MOODY

“The Lake” by JENNIFER CHARLES

“The Bells” by ALLEN GINSBERG