Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Reading From "Starting From San Francisco" (7")

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Media Condition: Very Good (VG)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)

DECENT copy of this cool New Directions single of Ferlinghetti reading "Starting from San Francisco" in 1961 COMPLETE with the accompanying HARDCOVER BOOK! Vinyl has a nasty-looking "smear" at the beginning of side A but it plays just fine w/ some noise that clears up in about 30s; Book has some corner/edge/wear & the glued-in record sleeve has a bit of crumpling/tearing but all considered a well-loved copy (stamped "Library of Bruce Vance"!) w/ some errant penc

Notes: 

Recorded during a reading at the University of California , Berkeley on April 22, 1960.
7" is part of and included in the book " Starting From San Francisco"
Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM + 80 pages book 
On back: "With an LP recording of the poet reading poems from the book."

[FIRST EDITION San Francisco: New Directions, 1961. Hardcover in glossy photo-pictorial boards with red titles; issued without dust jacket. Measures 7-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches; 79 pages with a 7", 33-1/3 RPM record in a sleeve glued to the rear paste-down featuring the author reading.




Copyright (c) – Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Manufactured By – James Laughlin at Norfolk, Connecticut

Tracklisting:
A1. Starting From San Francisco
A2. New York - Albany
B1. Overpopulation