TALK TALK magazine Volume 3 Number 6. Autumn 1981. First Edition. William Burroughs Flexi online Disc record.

(Lawrence: Talk Talk Publications, 1981). Original wrappers. 7" x 8 1/2" including "On the Nova Lark" and "Abandoned Artifacts," the 33 1/3 rpm flexi-disk (Lawrence: Ramona Recording Studios, 1981) laid in a near fine, original envelope. An extensive Burroughs interview with editor Bill Rich. Topics include concentrating on his new book, his personal life and activities and other little known strange facts. The front cover is a collage of Burroughs' photographs given to Conrad Knickerbocker for his interview with Burroughs for the Paris Review. Three of the pages were not used and are now in the possession of Tom Knickerbocker, the interviewer's son, who lent them to TALK TALK. The photos represent many of the themes from the period when The Nova Express was printed. The block of photographs are from Tangiers, Europe, and South America. Other contents: Live Peter Tosh, Interviews with Reggae Reviews, Psychedelic Furs, Billy Idol, Iggy Pop and an article on the Local Scene. "Abandoned Artifacts" is a processed version which combines three separate overlapping readings along with a rhythm track. It is a selection from Chapter One of Burroughs then upcoming western novel, The Place of Dead Roads. "On the Nova Lark" is a selection recorded by Burroughs in the early 60s in London/Tangiers. The background music is "probably bleeding backwards from an instrument. This recording had a press run online of 2000 available only in TALK TALK, Volume 3, Number 6, September/October, 1981. Mint condition. Record has never been opened. Selling online for $150.00 used.


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