[1]

 Update:   i suggest this link in lieu of the recording from the dormitory at reed…. foremost for reasons of logistics, but not a far second to avoid the giggles of freshmen who have no fucking idea what ag is talking about.

Discovered in the bowels of a Reed College archive is a cleanly recorded reel-to-reel rendition of Howl read by the poet in a Reed College dormitory lounge, proclaimed as the first recorded reading of the poem as yet unearthed.  “One” cannot help but wonder if Ginsberg got laid that night at Reed.  Swallow hard and dl quicktime, and Enjoy.

[2] http://www.reed.edu/news_center/multimedia/2007-08/ginsbergreadings1.28.08.2.html

(thanks to Reed, and to Allen)