(the releases marked by * are the ones where reviews can be found)

YEAR / ALBUM TITLE / RECORD LABEL

Ken Nordine

• 1957 / Word Jazz / Dot (DLP 3075)
• 1957 / Concert in the Sky / Decca
• 1958 / Son Of Word Jazz / Dot (DLP 3096)
• 1958 / Love Words / Dot (DLP 3115)
• 1959 / Next! / Dot (DLP 3196)
• 1959 / Voice Of Love / Hamilton
• 1960 / Word Jazz, Vol.2 / Dot (DLP 3301)
• 1966 / Colors / Asphodel *
• 1967 / Ken Nordine Does Robert Shure's "Twink" / Philips
• 1979 / Stare With Your Ears / SNAIL
• 1992 / Devout Catalyst / Grateful Dead
• 1994 / Upper Limbo / Grateful Dead
• 2001 / A Transparent Mask / Asphodel *
• 2003 / Wink / Asphodel *

Ken Nordine Compilations

• 1959 / My Baby / Dot (DLP 3142)
• 1968 / Best of Word Jazz, Vol.3(Classic Collection) / Dot
• 1972 / How Are Things In Your Town? / Blue Thumb
• 1990 / Best Of Word Jazz, Vol. 1 / Rhino *

Guest Appearances

• Sounds In Space / RCA / (Ken as narrator for RCA stereo demonstration)
• 1962 / Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra - The Shifting Whispering Sands / Dot (3442)
• 1989 / Stay Awake / A&M
• 1992 / The Beat Generation (box set) / Rhino / "Reaching Into In" + "Hunger Is From"
• 1993 / A Chance Operation : The John Cage Tribute / Koch International / "Cage Went In Search Of A Bird"
• 1995 / RE-Search : Incredibly Strange Music Vol.2 / Asphodel / "Flesh"+"Green"+"Yellow"
• 1997 / Closed On Account of Rabies : Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe / Mouth Almighty Records / "The Conqueror Worm"
• 2000 / DJ Food - Kaleidoscope / Ninja Tune / "The Ageing Young Rebel"

how can one find recordings by Ken Nordine :  

only "The Best Of Word Jazz, Vol. 1" and "Colors" are still in print and available at most any commercial record store...

the other option is to either visit record conventions and hope for a miracle or contact Ken...

From: nordine@wordjazz.com (Ken Nordine)

Subject: Re: Catalog request

the ken nordine catalog (as of Dec. 1995)

On Vinyl Or Cassette :

Stare with your Ears $ 12.50 (Snail Records)

On Cassette Only :

Grandson of Word Jazz $ 12.50 (Snail Records)

"Ken Nordine's Word Jazz" - 75 half hour shows first broadcast on N.P.R.

"Now, Nordine" - over 300 radio shows first broadcast in 1960's. Order by show number $ 12.50

Triple Talk $ 12.50

Colors $ 12.50

Word Jazz, Son of Word Jazz, $ 25.00

Next, Word Jazz Vol II (a two cassette package)

On Compact Disc :

The Best of Word Jazz Vol.1 $ 15.00 (Rhino Records)

Colors $ 15.00 (Asphodel Records)

The Devout Catalyst (with Jerry Garcia) $ 15.00

Upper Limbo $ 15.00 (Grateful Dead Records)

On VHS Videotape :

Half hour Word Jazz $ 30.00

Show # 9 (1985)

SNAIL RECORDS 6106 N. Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660

Prices include postage & mishandling (Us & Canada) International Postage add $5 US (per item)

EMAIL: snail@wordjazz.com

Nordine's soundscapes are best experienced not on his relatively few commercial recordings, but on his syndicated radio shows, 375 of which are available on cassette from

Snail Records, Box 285 - 8C2, Florence, WI 54121.