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This first-time vinyl reissue and long out-of-print CD release have been carefully been carefully mastered from the original master tapes and include liner notes by musician Jim O'Rourke and author Branden W

It's a work that explores the sound of a mind collapsing under pressure

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William S. Burroughs – Ali's Smile [LP] Industrial / Power Electronics the merely pleasant stupor of"This record is divided into 2 sections. The first part is the title track and takes up most of side 1. Alis Smile was first published in 1971 and was privately released as a one sided LP, in an edition of 99 copies. It came in a plain sleeve with a hardback copy of the spoken text, and was sold exclusively through Unicorn Bookshop in Brighton, UK. Bill Butler, the bookshop owner, was still paying off a viciously punitive fine and associated court