Recordings listed by recording date, Charles Bukowski works database

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1962 Home recording broadcast on KPFK radio, Los Angeles

2008, CDR - Pacifica Radio - Poetry of Charles Bukowski

 

1964 Home recording

Sent to the Webbs, publishers of It Catches My Heart In Its Hands, but never released

 

1966 Home recording

1968, LP - Poetry - Charles Bukowski, Steven Richmond

1977, Double LP - Earth Books - 90 Minutes in Hell

1997, CD - Chinaski Records (bootleg) - 70 Minutes in Hell

 

1967 Home recording

1972, LP - Cold Turkey - A Cold Turkey Press Special

2006, CD - Cold Turkey - 12 Great Americans

2004, CD - Grey Matter - Poems and Insults

 

1967 Home recording for At Terror Street and Agony Way reel to reel tape

1968, Open reel tape - Black Sparrow - At Terror Street and Agony Way

 

1969 Home recording for Beatles Zapple label (never released by Zapple)

1998, Double CD - King Mob - At Terror Street and Agony Way

2004, CD - Black Sparrow - Bukowski Reads His Poetry

 

1970 Live reading at Bellevue Community College

1988, VHS - Black Sparrow - Bukowski at Bellevue

2004, DVD - Screen Edge - Bukowski at Bellevue

 

1970 Home recording for Nola Express cassette

1985, Cassette - NOLA Express - Cassette Gazette

1995, CD - Chinaski Records (bootleg) - King of Poets

 

1972 Live reading at the City Lights Poets Theater in San Francisco

1980, LP - Takoma - Bukowski Reads His Poetry

2004, CD - Takoma - Bukowski Reads His Poetry

2004, CD - Grey Matter - Poems and Insults

 

1973 Live reading at the San Francisco Museum of Art Poetry Center

2010, Cassette - San Francisco Museum of Art - San Francisco Museum of Art

2010, VHS - San Francisco Museum of Art - San Francisco Museum of Art

 

1974 Live reading at the Underwater Poetry Festival in Salt Lake City

2007, CD - The Temple/Litmus - Underwater Poetry Festival

 

1974 Studio recording at MCCC-TV (Macomb County Community College), Warren, MI

1976, LP - Dial-A-Poem - Totally Corrupt, The Dial-A-Poem Poets

 

1977 Live reading at Baudelaire's in Santa Barbara

2007, mp3 (not commercially released) - Baudelaire's Reading

 

1978 Live reading in Hamburg, Germany

1978, LP - Zweitausendeins - Hello. It's good to be back.

1991, Flexi-disc included with Beat Scene Magazine #12

2004, CD - Chinaski Records (bootleg) - Solid Citizen

2008, CD - Zweitausendeins - Hello. It's good to be back.

2015, (not commercially released) - Thomas Schmitt film, 1978 Hamburg reading

 

1979 Live reading at the Viking Inn, Vancouver

2008, DVD - Monday Media - There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here

2010, DVD - Monday Media - One Tough Mother, Disc 1: There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here

 

1980 Final live reading at the Sweetwater in Redondo Beach, CA

1982, LP - Freeway Records - Voices of the Angels

1983, LP - Freeway Records - English As A Second Language

1984, LP - Freeway Records - Neighborhood Rhythms

1985, LP - Rhino - Hostage

1994, CD - Rhino - Hostage

2008, DVD - Monday Media - The Last Straw

2010, DVD - Monday Media - One Tough Mother, Disc 2: The Last Straw

 

1985 Short film interviews and readings for Barbet Schroeder

1987, VHS - Lagoon Video - The Charles Bukowski Tapes

2006, DVD - Barrel - The Charles Bukowski Tapes

 

1986 Interview and reading for Movable Feast #3

1986, Cassette - In Our Time Arts Media - Movable Feast #3

 

1992 Home video recording

2003, DVD - Magnolia Pictures - Born Into This

 

1992 Home recording/interview for Run With the Hunted audio book

1993, Cassette - Caedmon Audio - Run with the Hunted

2000, Double CD - Caedmon Audio - Charles Bukowski: Uncensored

2019, LP - Harper Audio - Charles Bukowski: Uncensored