tracks

"How Isaac Tens Became A Shaman" - Gitskan Indian
"A Shaman Climbs Up Into The Sky" - Altaic
"A Poison Arrow" - Nigeria
"For A Sudden Stitch" - Anglo-Saxon
"The Killer" - Cherokee Indian
"Cannibal Song," "Against Wens," "Against Syphillis" - Dobu, New Guinea
"Nine Herbs Charm" - Anglo-Saxon
"Rain Song" Keresan Indian
"Songs In The Garden Of The House God" - Navajo
"Flower Feast Song" - Aztec
"Circumcision Rite" Arnehm Land, Australia
"Songs Of The Masked Dancers" - Apache
"Marriage Rites" - Arnehm Land, Australia
"Night Chant" - Navajo
"The Forest" Aztec
"The Annunciation" - Tibet
"Smohalla Speaks" - American Indian
"Songs Of The Ghost Dance Religion" - American Indian
"The Light Becomes Dark" Gabon Pygmy
"Those Were People Who Broke The String"
"The Surrender Speech Of Chief Joseph" - American Indian
"Dead Hunter Speaks Through The Voice Of A Shaman" - Copper Eskimo
"The Gates Of Dan Are Shut" Gabon Pygmy

notes

Full track details and liner notes are available as a PDF file on the Disc.

For many years Jerome Rothenberg, David Antin, Jackson MacLow, and Rochelle Owens, all accomplished and widely published poets themselves, have been collecting and reworking translations of primitive and archaic poetry in a desire to explore new possibilities in language, not only specific verbal techniques, but also varieties of human experience. The translations on this record come from many sources, primarily French and Spanish. Two years ago this program of primitive and archaic poetry was read at the Hardware Poets Playhouse and the Metro Coffeehouse in New York City, and Jerome Rothenberg is currently compiling a large selection of primitive poetry for Doubleday Publishers, including many of the poems on this record.

credits

Arranged By, Read By – David Antin (tracks: B3, B4, B11), Jackson MacLow, (tracks: A1-A9, B5), Jerome Rothenberg (tracks: A10, B4, B6-B9), Rochelle Owens (tracks: B1, B2, B4, B10, B1, B132)
Design – Ronald Clyne

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