Editing Hal Willner (section)

===Spoken word recordings===
With the increasing prevalence of tribute albums in the late 1980s (such as ''[[Red Hot + Blue]]''), Willner decided to turn his attention to [[spoken word]] recordings.

*''Dead City Radio'' (1990) by William Burroughs has musical backing by [[Sonic Youth]], [[Donald Fagen]], [[John Cale]] and others.
*''Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales'' (1996) by William Burroughs with music by [[The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy]].
*''The Lion for Real'' by [[Allen Ginsberg]] (Mouth Almighty Records 1989) features musical accompaniment by [[Bill Frisell]], [[Philip Glass]], [[Paul McCartney]] and others.
*''Closed on Account of Rabies'' (Mouth Almighty Records 1997) consists of readings of [[Edgar Allan Poe]] poems and tales by [[Iggy Pop]] and others. As Willner's only "spoken word" tribute album, it fits in the context of his other music-based tributes.
*''In with the Out Crowd'' (Mouth Almighty Records 1998) by poet [[Bob Holman]].
*''Let the Buyer Beware'' (2004) is an authoritative six CD box set of historic recordings by the [[comedian]] [[Lenny Bruce]].