Give Me Your Hump! The Terry Southern Record

For Immediate Release:
KOCH Progressive and Paris Records Release Terry Southern Collection

KOCH Progressive, in conjunction with Paris Records, is proud to announce the release of Give Me Your Hump - The Unspeakable Terry Southern Record. Terry Southern is the most important literary satirist of the twentieth century. He's best known as the co-writer of Dr. Strangelove and the foremost creator of that now classic category, "Black Comedy". Terry started the firebombing of hypocrisy with the novel, CANDY. The live audience performance of the most notorious passage from "CANDY" climaxes this record.

"CANDY", published in France in 1958, was immediately banned and confiscated by customs authorities. Initially proclaimed "pornographic", "obscene", this devastating satire finally broke through censorship barriers and along with Terry's later novel "THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN" created an international sensation.

A corrosive guerilla comedy was born. Terry Southern and Lenny Bruce were on the frontlines. This new era, launched by Terry Southern, gave us "DOCTOR STRANGELOVE" and Terry's "EASY RIDER". Norman Lear and Buck Henry ("THE GRADUATE") put it simply and directly to Terry: "You made it possible for all of us."

And, as William S. Burroughs wrote in his foreword to the re-issue of Terry's first novel, "FLASH AND FILIGREE:" "Flash and Filigree", "The Magic Christian", the stories in "Red Dirt Marijuana" explore insanity as no-one else ever has."

Indeed, the figure of Terry Southern on the cover of the Beatles' "SERGEANT PEPPER'S" album is placed next to Edgar Allan Poe and is just one of the "pop" acknowledgements of his historic importance.

This record, "GIVE ME YOUR HUMP!...The Unspeakable Terry Southern Record", is the one and only recording of Terry reading the best work from his novels and stories. He is joined by his friends and admirers...including Allen Ginsberg, Jonathan Winters, Marianne Faithfull, Sandra Bernhardt, Martin Mull, Michael Pollard, and Michael O'Donoghue.

Terry Southern is an authentic American treasure. This record is his celebration.

For More Information, Please Contact:
Scott Kuchler/KOCH Progressive
(212) 353-8800 x222
kuchler@kochint.com

Terry Southern is the most important literary satirist of the twentieth century. He's best known as the co-writer of "Dr. Strangelove" and the foremost creator of that now classic category, "Black Comedy". Terry started the fire-bombing of hypocrisy with the novel, "CANDY". The live audience performance of the most notorious passage from "CANDY" climaxes this record.

"CANDY", published in France in 1958, was immediately banned and confiscated by customs authorities. Initially proclaimed "pornographic", "obscene", this devastating satire finally broke through censorship barriers and along with Terry's later novel "THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN" created an international sensation.

A corrosive guerilla comedy was born. Terry Southern and Lenny Bruce were on the frontlines. This new era, launched by Terry Southern, gave us "DOCTOR STRANGELOVE" and Terry's "EASY RIDER". Norman Lear and Buck Henry ("THE GRADUATE") put it simply and directly to Terry:"You made it possible for all of us."

And, as William S. Burroughs wrote in his foreword to the re-issue of Terry's first novel, "FLASH AND FILIGREE:" "Flash and Filigree", "The Magic Christian", the stories in "Red Dirt Marijuana" explore insanity as no-one else ever has."

Indeed, the figure of Terry Southern on the cover of the Beatles' "SERGEANT PEPPER'S" album is placed next to Edgar Allan Poe and is just one of the "pop" acknowledgements of his historic importance. This record, "GIVE ME YOUR HUMP!...The Unspeakable Terry Southern Record", is the one and only recording of Terry reading the best work from his novels and stories. He is joined by his friends and admirers...including Allen Ginsberg, Jonathan Winters, Marianne Faithfull, Sandra Bernhardt, Martin Mull, Michael Pollard, and Michael O'Donoghue.

Terry Southern is an authentic American treasure. This record is his celebration.
--Notes by Nelson Lyon

Sequence:
1) Blood of a Wig ("Kennedy Assassination Sequence") read by Terry Southern (message on Nelson Lyon's answering machine)
2) Blue Movie ("The Casbah Sequence") read by Marianne Faithfull
3) Rimmers ("Letter to Michael O'Donoghue") read by Terry Southern
4) Flash & Filigree ("The Clinic") read by Terry Southern , Allen Ginsberg & Rene Ricard
5) The Loved One ("Phone Call") read by Terry Southern
6) The Magic Christian ("The Parking Ticket") read by Terry Southern, Martin Mull & Michael J. Pollard
7) Snapping Turtle Puss confab: Terry Southern & Nelson Lyon
8) I Am Mike Hammer (from "Red Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes") read by Terry Southern
9) Freud & Kafka (Act 1 : "Love Is A Many Splendored") (from "Red Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes") read by Terry Southern
10) Freud & Kafka (Act 2 : "An Apartment to Exchange") read by Jonathan Winters & Sandra Bernhardt
11) Mother Mischief/ Terry Southern Interviews A Male Faggot Nurse (from "Red Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes") read by Terry Southern & Taylor Mead
12) "Boulevard of Broken Balls" performed by Michael O'Donoghue & Cheryl Hardwick
13) "Candy"("The Hunchback") read by Terry Southern & Mary Jennifer Mitchell

All material written by Terry Southern except "Candy" written by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, "Freud & Kafka (Act 2 : "Apartment to Exchange")" written by Terry Southern & Nelson Lyon; and "Boulevard of Broken Balls" written by Michael O'Donoghue & Cheryl Hardwick

Directed & Edited by Nelson Lyon
Produced by Hal Willner & Nelson Lyon
Executive Producer: Michael Minzer
Recorded & Mixed by Eric Liljestrand

Recorded at the Gramercy Park Hotel & the home of Michael O'Donoghue ; New York, NY

"Candy" and "Boulevard of Broken Balls" recorded live during Vicki Stanbury's Spoken Word series in 1993 at the legendary Sine Cafe (courtesy of Shane Doyle)

Additional recording at Sorcerer Sound Studios; New York, The Village; Santa Monica, CA., and Points West Recording; Silverlake, CA.

Additional recording by Martin Brumbach & Hal Willner

Mixed at the Village; Santa Monica, CA. and Points West Recording; Silverlake, CA. ORDER NOW!