Previously Unreleased Recordings of Hunter Thompson to Be Released

A five-disc set of unreleased recordings by writer Hunter S. Thompson entitled The Gonzo Tapes will be released on October 28.

The recordings were produced during Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson; the audio on The Gonzo Tapes was recorded between 1965 and 1975.

Thompson used the tapes to capture his thoughts and descriptions of what was happening around him or to look back at what he experienced.

Thompson's widow, Anita, granted permission to director Alex Gibney, producer Eva Orner and archivist Don Fleming to review the tapes that were stored in boxes in the basement of Thompson's Woody Creek, Colorado home.

Disc 1 on the collection will feature notes from Thompson's year riding with the Hell's Angels, Discs 2 and 3 both draw from his acclaimed novel, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Disc 4 covers Thompson's exploits between 1973 and 1974 and the fifth disc features his 1975 trip to Saigon.

The cover of the set will have original artwork by Ralph Steadman and the package will contain essays by Gibney and Thompson's fellow foreign correspondent, Loren Jenkins.