Bernard Heidsieck's "Lettre à Brion Gysin" (2003/1974)

Paris, France: Al Dante (CD), 2003.
5" x 5.5" x 0.375", single CD, single track, "BH-AD24".

Lettre à Brion Gysin by Bernard Heidsieck, a "sound-letter" recorded in 1974, released on CD by Al Dante (Paris, France) in 2003. The voices of Bernard Heidsieck, Françoise Janicot, Laurence Lacina, and Ricky [sic, Rikki] Stein can be heard along with Ariel Kalma on saxophone. This is a 56 minute and 38 second single track, in which the words "Brion Gysin" are used to produce a variety of textures and moods.

The cover image is the final photograph of Brion Gysin in 1986, and an image of Brion Gysin in his studio in 1974 (by Françoise Janicot) can be found in the booklet. According to the booklet text, this "sound-letter" was played to Gysin while he was in the hospital struggling with his initial bout with cancer in 1974.