CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5439
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Dorothy Livesay Tapes: George Bowering, Margaret Atwood, Pat Lane, and Alden Nowlan Reading, 1969 and 1970 #367
Title Source:
J-card and inventory
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Reading: Poetry
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Atwood, Margaret
Dates:
1939-
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Bowering, George
Dates:
1935-
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Lane, Patrick
Dates:
1939-2019
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Nowlan, Alden
Dates:
1933-1983
Role:
"Reader"
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Track Configuration:
2 track
Playback Mode:
Stereo
Generations:
Second generation from Reel-to-Reel
Tape Brand:
SFU
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Excellent
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:31:07
Size:
33.5 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:37
Size:
29.8 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1969-03-02
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Bowering reads “Sir George computer university…”
Date:
[1970?]-10-30
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Bowering reading was recorded on this date, and then it was sent to D.C.
LOCATION
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One Chan.1 005 George Bowering begins in mid-reading
…climbing up Blue mountain
022 “Tuesday night…”
039 George discusses the nature of this particular reading
047 “Walking poem”
059 “At Victory Square”
073 “Family”
097 “Grandfather”
138 “Wood”
158 “The hockey hero”
174 “Benzadrine”
198 “The bread”
209 “A metaphysic in things”
335 “Points on the grid”
379 The speed of reading and ‘things’ in the last poems
409 Use of end line as punctuation
430 Advantages of this type of punctuation
446 “The girl on the beach” as an example and explanation
485 Reads from a selection of an essay on prosody
“New American prosody in culture” in Culture No.15
533 Poem as a field of action
549 Form as nothing more than an extension of content
588 Williams & prosody – Culture No.6
606 Olson’s essay Human Universe
642 End of George’s reading
643 “Sir George Williams university”
Bowering reads “Sir George computer university…”
March 2 1969
817 End of George Bowering’s segment
820 Margaret Atwood begins – “After the flood we…”
880 “Kaleidoscopes, Baroque” (bad recording)
930 End of reading – tapes fades out
Two Chan.1 002 The house of the Sasquatch… (rec. off a radio?)
CBC “anthology” – a poem for voices – Margaret Atwood
288 Recording ends abruptly
294 Pat Lane begins reading
299 “The Carnival man” (for Fred Lane, a poet)
621 End of Pat Lane’s reading
623 Alden Nowlan begins – mid reading – bad recording
656 Discussion of topics
673 “Gypsys”
703 “Darkness, the smell of birds…” a lot of volume fluctuations
736 “My cousins…”
773 “He’s wanted to go back...”
801 “Somebody loved…”
806 Tape ends abruptly
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Liner Notes: Track 1 Time 23 George Bowering Reading and discussion his poems and a section of his article on prosody, culture no. 15 Recorded by G. B. and sent to D. C> Oct 30, Beginning lost.
Time 4:15 on "Sir George Williams" March 2, 1969 -- Sunday Supplement
Time 2 Margaret Atwood Reading
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