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Allen Ginsberg
real name Irwin Allen Ginsberg
American poet and writer
Newark, United States · 1926-06-03 – 1997-04-05
Allen Ginsberg is credited on 139 albums across 543 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
139
Albums
543
Pressings
8
Decades active
721
In collections
Biography
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American poet, seminal member of the Beat Generation, Buddhist practitioner, open homosexual before his time, opponent of materialist/militarist society, supporter of free speech and individual liberty. Son of Louis Ginsberg.
Born: 3 June 1926 in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Died: 5 April 1997 in NYC, New York, USA (aged 70).
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
139 albums · 543 pressings · active 1959–2025
- Performance · 523
- Other credits · 314
- Production · 4
- Engineering · 2
Studios: Whitney Recording Studios · Devonshire Studios · Gold Star Studios · Bearsville Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Joshua Tree
1987
Combat Rock
1982
Desire
1976
Flaming Pie
1997
Death Of A Ladies' Man
1977
Ash Ra Tempel
1971
When I Was Born For The 7th Time
1997
People Of The Sun
1996
John Henry
1994
Live & Rare
1997
The Rolling Thunder Revue (The 1975 Live Recordings)
2019
Electric Light
2018
Sing Ballads Of Contemporary Protest, Point Of Views, And General Dissatisfaction
1965
Land (1975-2002)
2002
Dead City Radio
1990
The Fugs
1966
Howl And Other Poems
1959
John Henry Demos
2018
The Complete Columbia Albums Collection
2011
The Ballad Of The Skeletons
1996
The Complete Album Collection Vol. One
2013
Howl
2013
Howl On The Haunted Beat You Ride
2007
The Clash / London Calling / Combat Rock
2002
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