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The Gonzo Tapes: The Life And Work Of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

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Hunter S. Thompson Format: Audio CD

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1	Bass Lake Run: Shit, It's Only 11 O'Clock Here
2	Bass Lake Run: We're Up at Bass Lake
3	Bass Lake Run: All the Empty Cans and Beer Cartons Are Up on Top of the
4	Bass Lake Run: No Notes After Two Days of This Hell's Angels Thing
5	Terry the Tramp Interview #1: It's August 5, Thursday Night. We're on T
6	Terry the Tramp Interview #1: Was Clovis a Run?
7	Terry the Tramp Interview #1: You Ever Try Peyote, Hunter?
8	Terry the Tramp Interview #1: I'm Not Worried Until the Book Comes Out
9	Terry the Tramp Interview #1: I'm Puttin' You to a Terrible Inconvenien
10	Driving Back Through Oakland: On My Way Back Now from Taking Terry the
11	Driving Back Through Oakland: When I Was Talking to the Frisco Angels T
12	Driving Back Through Oakland: Also Like to Get the Idea Down
13	Merry Pranksters Welcome the Hell's Angels: What Follows Here Is a Conv
14	Merry Pranksters Welcome the Hell's Angels: Ambulance Rolling, Code 3
15	It's a Long Story... Ha-Ha, Not Thump-Thump: Tonight Was Saturday, Augus
16	Terry the Tramp Interview #2: They Run It Down That This Girl Was a Poo
17	Terry the Tramp Interview #2: Porterville Is the One That Time Used, Ri
18	Terry the Tramp Interview #2: Who Was She? Had You Ever Seen Her?
19	Terry the Tramp Interview #2: Do You Remember What Day It Was?
20	Zing Zong Wing Ding Rush: We're Going to Have to Get Some Wisdom, Some
21	Question for the Ages: It's Snow Outside, Getting Light

Disc: 2

1	We Have Seized the High Ground: It's Monday Afternoon, We Have a White
2	We Have Seized the High Ground: Did You See the Way That Guy Looked at
3	We Have Seized the High Ground: Well, She Was Crazy. It Was Clear When
4	One Toke Over the Line: Abbe Lane at the Desert Inn. Louis Prima, Stard
5	One Toke Over the Line: You Get What You Pay for
6	One Toke Over the Line: What We Should Do Is Just Call the Free Press
7	One Toke Over the Line: We Could Certainly Use Some Mescaline
8	If All Else Fails We Must Get Ether: The White House Says the Guest Lis
9	If All Else Fails We Must Get Ether: Let Me Call Wilcock If I Can and S
10	If All Else Fails We Must Get Ether: Oh Hi, Is Jay There?
11	If All Else Fails We Must Get Ether: It's Ringing
12	If All Else Fails We Must Get Ether: If All Else Fails We Must Get Ethe
13	In Search of the American Dream: Remote Control RM15
14	In Search of the American Dream: Maybe That's Where We've Gone Wrong
15	Terry's Taco Stand, USA: I'm Getting Tired of Giving You Advice That Yo
16	Anybody in Search of the American Dream Needs a Lawyer, a Doctor and a
17	Anybody in Search of the American Dream Needs a Lawyer, a Doctor and a
18	Anybody in Search of the American Dream Needs a Lawyer, a Doctor and a
19	While Taking a Piss There It Suddenly Struck Me What's Going on Her

Disc: 3

1	Goddamn! This Monster's Licking My Arm!: As Usual, You're Afraid of Mex
2	Goddamn! This Monster's Licking My Arm!: We're Approaching the Fog Cutt
3	Goddamn! This Monster's Licking My Arm!: We're Going to the Pussycat No
4	Goddamn! This Monster's Licking My Arm!: Chances Are Very Good That I'l
5	Goddamn! This Monster's Licking My Arm!: Yes, This Is Oscar Acosta in R
6	Oscar Fled in Terror... Drug Up... Weird Road: Boulder Highway, Heading T
7	Oscar Fled in Terror... Drug Up... Weird Road: Two Things We Should Proba
8	Oscar Fled in Terror... Drug Up... Weird Road: Ah Yes, We're Coming Over
9	Oscar Fled in Terror... Drug Up... Weird Road: I Was Just Kind of Walking
10	Oscar Fled in Terror... Drug Up... Weird Road: A Strange Backwaters of So
11	Oscar Fled in Terror... Drug Up... Weird Road: I'm Pulling Off on a Side
12	Oscar Fled in Terror... Drug Up... Weird Road: Aw Jesus
13	Across This Treacherous Sand... a Huge Tidal Wave Will Come in on Me Now
14	Across This Treacherous Sand... a Huge Tidal Wave Will Come in on Me Now
15	Across This Treacherous Sand... a Huge Tidal Wave Will Come in on Me Now
16	Vegas D.A. Final Notes... the Whole Room Is Total Chaos: Las Vegas, Apri
17	Vegas D.A. Final Notes... the Whole Room Is Total Chaos: I Can't Imagine
18	Wenner Calls... with a Big "W" in 65-PT Type: When I Start to Grapple Wi
19	Wenner Calls... with a Big "W" in 65-PT Type: I Figure I'm Going to Star
20	Wenner Calls... with a Big "W" in 65-PT Type: Anyway, There's Vegas to B

Disc: 4

1	Guts Ball: This Microphone Wound Up Beneath Something Down There
2	Guts Ball: There's Signs of Group Hysteria in the Passengers
3	Guts Ball: Some Are Just Weeping Now
4	Guts Ball: Well, the Beauty of the Whole Thing
5	Gozumel: It's March 30; Actually March 31
6	Fear and Loathing in Acapulco: The Piece Was Interrupted; the Piece End
7	Fear and Loathing in Acapulco: Have Found Thompson, He's with Kissinger
8	Fear and Loathing in Acapulco: They Still Can't Reach Me
9	Fear and Loathing in Acapulco: The Story Is Fear and Loathing in Acapul
10	Fear and Loathing in Acapulco: Telephone Call Between Duke and Gonzo
11	Fear and Loathing in Acapulco: The Girls Are Laughing
12	Freud Cocaine Papers: Here's the First Symptom of This Goddamn Evil Dru
13	Freud Cocaine Papers: I've Done What Most People Would Consider An Exce
14	Freud Cocaine Papers: This Is Wednesday Night, the Third Day of Our Coc
15	Freud Cocaine Papers: I Would Not Be Inclined
16	Freud Cocaine Papers: There Appears to Be Some Minimal But at Least Not
17	Freud Cocaine Papers: June 28. I Think It's a Friday
18	Fear and Loathing in Kinshasa: We're Out Here, It's, Uh, I Don't Know w
19	Fear and Loathing in Kinshasa: Yeah, We Should Just Relax for a Second
20	Fear and Loathing in Kinshasa: Lying Down on the Bed in This Stinking L
21	Fear and Loathing in Kinshasa: I Have Every Reason to Believe That We w
22	Fear and Loathing in Kinshasa: Fiendish. the Thing Is So Bad There's No
23	Fear and Loathing in Kinshasa: Tomorrow Morning at 6 O'Clock in the Hot
24	Fear and Loathing in Kinshasa: There's No Way You Can Conceive What's G
25	Fear and Loathing in Kinshasa:... Called a Meeting Here
26	Fear and Loathing in Kinshasa: I Realize It's Difficult This Time of Ni
27	Fear and Loathing in Kinshasa: We Really Have No Tickets
28	Fear and Loathing in Kinshasa: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Captain Has Tu

Disc: 5

1	I'm the One That's Supposed to Be Crazy: Hello, Hunter
2	I'm the One That's Supposed to Be Crazy: Why Don't You Talk to Gloria
3	I'm the One That's Supposed to Be Crazy: Hello. Long-Distance Calling F
4	I'm the One That's Supposed to Be Crazy: When Were You Last There?
5	I'm the One That's Supposed to Be Crazy: Want to Go, Hunter?
6	Hotel Continental Palace: We Should Be in Saigon, in Loren Jenkins' Roo
7	Hotel Continental Palace: I Wasn't in a Position to Interpret That-One
8	Hotel Continental Palace: Nine O'Clock, Thursday Morning, Saigon, Conti
9	Thursday Night Panic: Now It's Friday Morning
10	Thursday Night Panic: What Did You Hear?
11	Last Stand at Xuan Loc: To Get to Where We Were Yesterday
12	Hong Kong: And That Was When This Goddamn Machine Broke
13	Hong Kong: And Based on a Prediction That Ford's Speech Is Going to Be
14	Hong Kong: Meanwhile I Have to Go Over to the Newsweek Office
15	Hong Kong: Five Minutes of Six, in the Newsweek Office
16	Hong Kong: Let's See, the News Tonight
17	Last Dispatch from Saigon: The Last Commercial Airliner Still Flying Ou

Editorial Reviews

Recorded by Hunter S. Thompson between 1965 and 1975, these tapes capture his thoughts and descriptions both as they're happening and in reflection, as he would often go back to rerecord commentary while writing. Filmmaker Alex Gibney, producer Eva Orner and Gonzo archivist Don Fleming were given permission by Thompson's widow to explore the boxes of tapes stored in the basement of his Owl Farm home in Woody Creek, Colorado, left behind after Thompson's suicide in 2005. Fleming transferred the audiocassettes and reel-to-reel tapes to digital files, and they made their way to the cutting room for the film GONZO: THE LIFE AND WORK OF DR. HUNTER S. THOMPSON. Now for the first time these previously unreleased recordings are available in a 5-CD set. THE GONZO TAPES features original cover artwork by Gonzo artist Ralph Steadman, an amazing 44-page booklet full of never before seen images from Hunter S. Thompson's estate, along with memorable photos and an introduction by film director Alex Gibney, an essay by journalist and Thompson's fellow foreign correspondent Loren Jenkins, and notes by the Gonzo Tapes producer Don Fleming, former front man of the Velvet Monkeys and Gumball who has produced Sonic Youth, Alice Cooper, Hole, and more.

Product details

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.3 x 6.4 x 2 inches; 1.75 Pounds
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ SHOUT! FACTORY
Item model number ‏ : ‎ WA-14010392
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2008
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ September 5, 2008
Label ‏ : ‎ SHOUT! FACTORY
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001F9FHEY
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 5

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A. Mccune

Fantastic for serious fans!

Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2008

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Meticulous. These tapes serve as a fantastic companion to the books covered in this series. It gives the listener a window into the mind of one of the 20th centuries most brilliant writers. Thompson was meticulous in his audio notebooks. This is a sampling of some of the hours upon hours of those tapes. Producer Don Fleming does a great job of making 40 year old tapes audible. There are still imperfections, but if your a completist, this is what your looking for.

Best part of the entire series: The actual audio from the "Taco Stand" scene from the book "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" which is transcribed nearly verbatim in the book.

The only missing part of this series would be Hunter's political work. As this was a companion to the Gonzo documentary, the scope of the work started with that and did not include his political work. Hopefully, they make a "Gonzo Tapes 2" for those...If they do, I'll buy it.

I would have given it one more star if they would have included the political era stuff...

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MushroomK.

The Gonzo Tapes: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. A Must Have for any Fanatic!

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2014

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These recordings of the great Hunter Stockton Thompson are fantastic! The minuet it arrived yesterday, it went straight into the CD player and it did not disappoint. With over 400 minuets of audio content and a fantastic 44 page booklet with notes of each chapter on each CD along with rare never before seen pictures. This is also a companion to film Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson An Alex Gibney Film. And, in my opinion, is great to listen to while reading Hells Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in correlation with the CD's of course. All in all it is well worth the money, and is an invaluable item to add to your collection.

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Must for hardcore Thompson fans.

Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2017

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If you're a Thompson fan, you need these in your collection. That being said, the little booklet is cute but thin and the disks are copies from audio tapes from the 60 & 70's. Sound quality technology has come a long way since then. It's just kind of cool to listen to him in the live situation that you read about. A neat view into the life of Thompson if you already have the Gonzo letters and journals and want to get deeper.

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Ryan Gallagher

Gonzo Going Gonzo

Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2008

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This is Hunter in the middle of his verbal notes. Sometimes he's in a car taking notes on the day as Hell's Angels are drunk and yelling in the background, and sometimes he's out of it with Oscar in Las Vegas. Some people complain that there is too much static or interference. Well, you try and do this kind of crazed in depth journalism Known as Gonzo, and get crisp clean recordings. It's part of the charm, and part of the story. Well worth the price. We will always miss you Hunter.

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R. Scott

CONSUMMATE GONZO

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2009

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As a fan of Hunter for over 25 years (and not yet 40), this is an addition to the collection that any true fan would be proud to add to their collection. Simply upon receipt, the joy I felt was almost immeasurable; the further one delves into the recordings, the more of an actual bond is felt with the good Doctor through his own musings & observations about politics, society, & simply his own creative process. Highly, highly recommended to any true fan of HST.

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Sheila L. Payne

Product arrived as ordered and faster than the anticipated date.

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2019

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Very satisfied and would order in the future.

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Mark Pitta

The Birth of Gonzo

Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2008

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I've only finished the Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas disc and I felt like a fly on the dashboard. Who knew that Hunter recorded himself and his trips? What an insight it gives into the man at a time in his life that would become legendary. I loved it when cruising the Vegas strip in a rented convertible, his lawyer says, "I feel this is the right think to do." Hunter mummbles, "It's the right thing to do for the story but not in real life!"

Can't wait to hear more.

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Katie Foster

Great for any fan!

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2017

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If your a Hunter Thompson fan, you need this set. Even if you haven't seen the movie..

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Dave Sparks

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2017

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Invaluable to fans of the good Doctor. I'm very pleased with this purchase.

Pilar

Great!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2015

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Awesome! Great gift for Hunter S Thompson lovers.

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