William Burroughs was in and out of London from the mid-50s through to 1974 and for several years quite settled in a flat near Piccadilly. During this latter time he developed and refined the techniques he used for creating cut-ups on tape, working closely with Ian Sommerville, who helped acquire the various tape recorders that Burroughs used and abused in these experimental works. The work here is in 2 sections, It employs the now familiar techniques of random drop-ins and cut-ups of readings. The readings themselves also being cut-ups of words on the page. The first section of the tape uses further processing by means of a 2nd tape recorder. Recorded in Duke Street c1968, the tape was then passed on to Brion Gysin in Paris where it remained in his archive until 1998. Closer to a work of sound poetry than anything literary. Includes a 12”x12” insert with an essay by Ben Harper and several previously unseen portrait photos of Burroughs taken by Harriet Crowder..