Sunday, June 23, 2024

Noirsville Bonus - How To Speak Hip

Del Close & John Brent - How To Speak Hip - released by Mercury Records in 1961. 

A satire of language-learning records, where the secret language of hip is treated as a foreign language. Part of the joke, however, is that it actually does a good job of describing the Beat Generation/Beatnik sub-culture.



How To Speak Hip


Original Vinal 

Side one

No. Title Length

1. "Introduction" 1'14"

2. "Basic Hip" 1'13"

3. "Vocabulary Building" 4'15"

4. "The Loose Wig" 2'48"

5. "The Riff" 6'19"

6. "The Hang Up" 3'17"

Side two

No. Title Length

7. "Put On, Put Down, Come On, Come Down, Bring Down" 6'42"

8. "Cool" 3'53"

9. "Uncool" 1'02"

10. "Field Trip No1" 1'37"

11. "Field Trip No2" 1'19"

12. "Field Trip No3" 1'22"

13. "Summary".


The Beat Generation (1959)

    Karen Black - The Prime Time (1960)


    Blast of Silence (1961)



    The Moving Finger (1963)


The Fat Black Pussycat (1963) 


Kitten With A Whip (1964)


The Love Statue (1965)

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