CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5224
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Langston Hughes reading in Vancouver, 1971 and Brian MacFarlan interview with Irving Layton #503
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Reading: Poetry
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Dates:
1919-
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Hughes, Langston
Dates:
1902-1967
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Layton, Irving
Dates:
1912-2006
Role:
"Reader",
"Speaker"
Name:
McFarlane, Brian
Dates:
1934-
Role:
"Interviewer"
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Storage Capacity:
T01:30:22
Extent:
1/8 inch
Track Configuration:
2 track
Generations:
Second generation from Reel-to-Reel
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Very Good
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J-card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:45:11
Size:
56.4 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:45:11
Size:
60.9 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1971
Type:
Production Date
Source:
Inventory
Notes:
side two: Lawrence Ferlinghetti reads his poetry & writings, 1971
LOCATION
Address:
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Notes:
Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Poetry reading in Vancouver
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Poetry reading in Vancouver
000 “Observation: 7:56, 1962”
062 Talks about observational skills, introduces “dog poem”
107 “The dog trots freely…”
143 From Staring from San Francisco : “The Great Chinese Dragon”
252 From Pictures of the Gone World: “It Was A Face Which Darkness Could Kill…”
275 “And She ‘Like a Young Year…’”
294 From Starting from San Francisco: “Come Lie With Me and Be My Love”
313 “Berlin”
Irving Layton: Interview & readings
405 Brian MacFarlan interviews Irving Layton about Canada’s teenagers
Layton reads from The Improved Binoculars:
506 “The Bull Calf”
748* “The Cold Green Element”
585 “The Improved Binoculars”
Langston Hughes : “Blues” poems
609 “Weary Blues”
628 “I don’t dare start thinkin’ in the mornin’…”
645 “Gimme six-bits worth of tickets…”
670 “Morning After”
700 “Could Be”
715 “Bad Luck Card”
734 “I’m a bad bad man…”
760 “I went down to the river…”
787 Side one ends
Two Lawrence Ferlinghetti reads his poetry & writings, 1971
000 Reads opening passage of “The Mexican Night, a Travel Journal’, published by New Directions, 1970
025 “Backroads to Far Places”, published by New Directions, 1971
141 “Deadeye Dick’s Fifth Term”
260 “The Third World”
284 “The Enigma of Ho Chi Minh’s Funeral”
316 “The Poem that Never Ends”
336 “Love is the strangest bird…”
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
The detailed information about the cassette and its contents can be found in the insert that can be seen on the photograph
Type:
General
Note:
Liner Notes:
Lawrence Ferlenghetti Reading in Vancouver (1962). 30:50
Irving Layton Interview and Reading 12:00
Langston Hughes Blues Poems 8:56
Lawrence Ferlenghetti Poetry Readings (1971). 29:38
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