? In July 1948 Allen Ginsberg hallucinated the voice of William Blake chanting two songs from his Songs Of Experience. He later started setting Blake?s songs to tunes of his own invention. ? In 1976 he began an association with guitarist Steven Taylor, who would accompany Ginsberg?s performances of Blake for the next 20 years. ? This CD contains Steven Taylor?s own arrangements and records of the two books. Taylor (as well as producer Scott Petito) has been a member of the Fugs for 35 years, and Blake?s songs frequently feature in their concerts. ? Contains an in-depth note with a biography of Blake and many illustrations from the US Library Of Congress? 1974 copy of Songs Of Innocence and Experience. ? Released to coincide with the William Blake exhibition which runs at London?s Tate Britain until February 2020.