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A1	–Terry Southern	Vingette Of Idealistic Life In South Texas	1:25
A2	–William S. Burroughs	Keynote Commentary & Roosevelt After Inauguration	5:52
A3	–John Giorno	Eating The Sky	13:30
A4	–Patti Smith	Poem For Jim Morrison & Bumblebee	11:45
B1	–William S. Burroughs	Benway	3:40
B2	–Philip Glass	Building, Excerpt From Einstein On The Beach By Robert Wilson & Philip Glass	3:04
B3	–Brion Gysin	Kick That Habit, Junk Is No Good Baby, Somebody Special & Blue Baboon	7:06
B4	–Frank Zappa	The Talking Asshole	5:25
B5	–William S. Burroughs	From The Gay Gun: "This Is Kim Carson" & "Just Like The Collapse Of Any Currency" & "The Whole Tamale"	13:27
C1	–William S. Burroughs	What The Nova Convention Is About	2:35
C2	–Ed Sanders	Hymn To Aphrodite From Sappho	8:50
C3	–John Cage	Writing For The Second Time Through Finnegans Wake	14:15
C4	–Anne Waldman	Plutonium Ode & Skin Meat Bones	6:35
D1	–Laurie Anderson & Julia Heyward	Song From America On The Move	12:50
D2	–Allen Ginsberg & Peter Orlovsky	Punk Rock, Old Pond; Feeding Them Raspberries To Grow, & Nurses Song Banjo – Steven TaylorGuitar – Steven Hall	13:00
D3	–William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Timothy Leary*, Les Levine & Robert Anton Wilson	Conversations	7:10

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Giorno Poetry Systems Institute Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Giorno Poetry Systems Institute Inc.
• Engineered At – ZBS Media

Credits

• Design – George Delmerico
• Lighting Director – Jan Kroeze
• Photography By – James Hamilton
• Producer – James Grauerholtz*, John Giorno, Sylvere Lotringer*
• Sound Designer, Engineer – Bobby Bielecki*
• Stage Manager – Rebecca Christensen

Notes

Gatefold sleeve.

The word "Vignette" is misspelled in A1 track title.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout - etched): GPS-014 / 015 SIDE 1R
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout - etched): GPS 014-015 SIDE 2
• Matrix / Runout (Side C runout - etched): GPS 014-015 SIDE 3
• Matrix / Runout (Side D runout - etched): GPS 014-015 SIDE 4

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
GPS 016-017	Various	The Nova Convention - Vol. 1 & 2 ‎(2xCass, C80)	Giorno Poetry Systems	GPS 016-017	US	1979