haʊˈɛvɚ, kˈɛrwɑːk wʌz sˌoʊ ɪmpɹˈɛst wɪð hˌaʊ ðə pˈoʊᵻmz sˈaʊndᵻd wɛn ɐkˈʌmpənid baɪ stˈiːv ˈælənz piˈænoʊ ðˌɐɾɪt bɪkˌeɪm ðə fˈɜːst ɹˈɛkɚd kˈɛrwɑːk kəmˈɪɾᵻd tʊ ˈɔːdɪˌoʊ.
However, Kerouac was so impressed with how the poems sounded when accompanied by Steve Allen's piano that it became the first record Kerouac committed to audio.