Rare Recording of Walt Whitman Reading From His Poem “America”

in Literature, Poetry | May 17th, 2008 2 Comments

Apparently, this is “an authentic wax cylinder recording of Whitman reading from his late poem ‘America’ that appeared in 1888 …”

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http://redhermwheelbarrow.blogspot.com Jimhermanson

What you have linked here is not the Walt Whitman cylinder recording, but the soundtrack of the Levi’s commercial that used it, with added music and sound effects.

For a thorough rundown on the controversial recording (is it a hoax?) see my blog at http://redhermwheelbarrow.blogspot.com/2011/03/voice-of-poet.html
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