| instruments |
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1969-03-13 | The Bells | | bell | Phil Ochs | 3:13 |
| Ah! Sun-Flower | | harmonium | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 1:12 |
| Introduction | | harmonium | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 2:06 |
| London | | harmonium | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 1:55 |
| The Echoing Green | | finger cymbals | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 1:22 |
| The Human Abstract | | harmonium | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 2:30 |
| The Little Black Boy | | harmonium | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 3:00 |
| The Little Boy Lost | | additional and piano | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 1:06 |
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1995-10 | The Ballad of the Skeletons | | spoken vocals | Paul McCartney | 7:53 |
| (a) Introduction / (b) The Shepherd | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 2:10 |
| (a) The Little Boy Found / (b) Laughing Song | | choir vocals | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 1:24 |
| (a) The Little Boy Found / (b) Laughing Song | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 1:24 |
| Ah! Sun-Flower | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 1:12 |
| Don’t Go Home With Your Hard-On | | background vocals | Leonard Cohen | 5:36 |
| Echorus | | spoken vocals | Filharmonický komorní orchestr, Lukas Foss, Edna Michell, Ulf Hoelscher, Allen Ginsberg | 7:28 |
| Ghetto Defendant | | guest and spoken vocals | The Clash | 4:44 |
| Give Peace a Chance | | background vocals and guest | The Plastic Ono Band | 4:53 |
| Holy Thursday | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 1:15 |
| Howl: Footnote to Howl | | spoken vocals | Kronos Quartet, Allen Ginsberg | 3:00 |
| Howl: I. | | spoken vocals | Kronos Quartet, Allen Ginsberg | 15:19 |
| Howl: II. | | spoken vocals | Kronos Quartet, Allen Ginsberg | 4:18 |
| Howl: III. | | spoken vocals | Kronos Quartet, Allen Ginsberg | 3:08 |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #1 from Iron Horse | | spoken vocals | Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Purnhagen, Philip Glass Ensemble, Martin Goldray | 6:41 |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #2 Jahweh and Allah Battle | | spoken vocals | Michele Eaton, Richard Fracker, Elizabeth Futral, Allen Ginsberg, Mary Ann Hart, Gregory Purnhagen, Nathaniel Watson, Philip Glass Ensemble, Martin Goldray | 3:39 |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #3 from Iron Horse | | spoken vocals | Michele Eaton, Richard Fracker, Elizabeth Futral, Allen Ginsberg, Mary Ann Hart, Gregory Purnhagen, Nathaniel Watson, Philip Glass Ensemble, Martin Goldray | 2:54 |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #6 from Wichta Vortex Sutra | | spoken vocals | Allen Ginsberg, Philip Glass Ensemble, Martin Goldray | 7:45 |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #7 from Howl, Part II | | spoken vocals | Michele Eaton, Richard Fracker, Elizabeth Futral, Allen Ginsberg, Mary Ann Hart, Gregory Purnhagen, Nathaniel Watson, Philip Glass Ensemble, Martin Goldray | 5:56 |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #9 from Nagasaki Days (Numbers in Red Notebook) | | spoken vocals | Allen Ginsberg, Philip Glass Ensemble, Martin Goldray | 0:40 |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #14 Ayers Rock/Uluru Song and “Throw Out the Yellow Journalists…” | | spoken vocals | Michele Eaton, Richard Fracker, Elizabeth Futral, Allen Ginsberg, Mary Ann Hart, Gregory Purnhagen, Nathaniel Watson, Philip Glass Ensemble, Martin Goldray | 4:06 |
| Introduction | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 2:06 |
| London | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 1:55 |
| Night | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 3:57 |
| Nurses Song | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 2:07 |
| Sam the Banana Man | | | Mark Bingham | 4:00 |
| The Blossom | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 1:22 |
| The Chimney Sweeper | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 2:20 |
| The Echoing Green | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 1:22 |
| The Garden of Love | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 1:02 |
| The Grey Monk | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 4:06 |
| The Human Abstract | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 2:30 |
| The Lamb | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 1:10 |
| The Little Black Boy | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 3:00 |
| The Little Boy Lost | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 1:06 |
| The Sick Rose | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 1:35 |
| Things I'd Like | | | Mark Bingham | 4:40 |
| To Tirzah | | | Allen Ginsberg / William Blake | 1:42 |
| When the Light Appears Boy | | spoken vocals | Cornershop | 2:41 |
| librettist |
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| Hydrogen Jukebox | | | Philip Glass, libretto by Allen Ginsberg | |
| dedications |
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| Ophelia | Ophelia is dedicated to the visionary poet Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 - April 5, 1997) | | Natalie Merchant | |
| composed |
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| September on Jessore Road | | | | |
| The Ballad of the Skeletons | | | | |
| Vomit Express | | | | |
| libretto |
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| Hydrogen Jukebox | | | | |
| lyrics |
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1954 – 1955 | Howl | | | | |
1956 | America | | | | |
| A Keening Wish | | | | |
| American Choruses | | | | |
| American Choruses: I. Walt Whitman | | | | |
| American Choruses: II. Song | | | | |
| American Choruses: III. America | | | | |
| American Choruses: IV. Transcription | | | | |
| Eastern Ballad | | | | |
| Hadda Be Playing on the Jukebox | | | | |
| Howl: Footnote to Howl | | | | |
| Howl: I. | | | | |
| Howl: II. | | | | |
| Howl: III. | | | | |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #1 from Iron Horse | | | | |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #2 Jahweh and Allah Battle | | | | |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #3 from Iron Horse | | | | |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #4 To P.O. | | | | |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #5 from Crossing Nation; Over Denver Again; Going to Chicago and To Poe: Over the Planet, Air Albany-Baltimore | | | | |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #6 from Wichita Vortex Sutra | | | | |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #7 from Howl, Part II | | | | |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #8 from Cabin in the Rockies | | | | |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #9 from Nagasaki Days (Numbers in Red Notebook) | | | | |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #10 Aunt Rose | | | | |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #11 from The Green Automobile | | | | |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #12 from N.S.A. Dope Calypso | | | | |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #13 from Nagasaki Days (Everybody’s Fantasy) | | | | |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #14 Ayers Rock/Uluru Song and “Throw Out the Yellow Journalists…” | | | | |
| Hydrogen Jukebox: Song #15 Father Death Blues (from Don’t Grow Old) | | | | |
| Mad Coyote Madly Sings | | | | |
| Plutonian Ode: I. Recitation | | | | |
| Plutonian Ode: II. Aria | | | | |
| Refrain | | | | |
| Sacré ! | | | | |
| September on Jessore Road | | | | |
| Song | | | | |
| Spell | | | | |
| The Ballad of the Skeletons | | | | |
| The Green Automobile | | | | |
| Vomit Express | | | | |
| When the Light Appears Boy | | | | |
– ???? | Hadda Be Playing on the Jukebox | | | | |
| wrote |
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1966 | Wichita Vortex Sutra | | | | |
1971 | [(Oh Babe) For You] | | | | |
1971 | [Gimme My Money Back] | | | | |
1971 | [Greaser Jam] | | | | |
1971 | [Mantras] | | | | |
1971 | [Many Loves] | | | | |
1971 | [Merrily to Welcome in the New Year] | | | | |
1971 | [Om My Soul Shalom] | | | | |
1971 | [Raghupati Rashava] | | | | |
| Going to San Diego | | | | |
| Jimmy Berman Rag | | | | |
| Nurse's Song | | | | |
| Put My Money Down (Gimme My Money Back) | | | | |
| Slide | | | | |
| Tonite Let’s All Make Love in London | | | | |