Horses sleeve
Record

Horses

At a glance

Artist
Patti Smith
Released
November 1975
Label
Arista
Catalogue number
AB 4066
Format
12″ Vinyl
Country
US
Tracks
8, 43:06

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CBGB's 70s Punk
Start here · 1973-1982 · Members

Shows punk could be literate and spiritual as well as physical, fusing Beat poetry with garage rock.

Produced by John Cale of the Velvet Underground, this 1975 debut fused Beat poetry with garage rock and proved punk could be literate, spiritual, and confrontational at once.

The rest is in CBGB's 70s Punk, a members' issue.

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The original 12″ vinyl: Arista AB 4066, 1975.

Track list

  1. A1Gloria: In Excelsis Deo / Gloria (version)5:56
  2. A2Redondo Beach3:26
  3. A3Birdland9:13
  4. A4Free Money3:52
  5. B1Kimberly4:27
  6. B2Break It Up4:04
  7. B3Land: Horses / Land of a Thousand Dances / La Mer (De)9:26
  8. B4Elegie2:41
Notes: the original release and its track list come from MusicBrainz. Everything else on this page is from the issue above.