CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5445
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Dorothy Livesay Tapes: Seymour Mayne, Patrick Lane, John Newlove, Mike Matthews reading at Dorothy Livesay’s house, 1965 and 1969 part 2 of 2 #370b
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Reading: Poetry
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Livesay, Dorothy
Dates:
1909-1966
Role:
"Speaker"
Name:
Mayne, Seymour
Dates:
1944-
Role:
"Reader",
"Speaker"
Name:
Newlove, John
Dates:
1938-2003
Role:
"Reader",
"Speaker"
Name:
Lane, Patrick
Dates:
1939-2019
Role:
"Reader",
"Speaker"
Name:
Mathews, Mike
Role:
"Reader",
"Speaker"
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:
White clear jewel case with J card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:46
Size:
30.6 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:31:36
Size:
31.6 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1969-03-23
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
reading by Seymour Mayne
Date:
1965-
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Reading by John Newlove and Mike Matthews
LOCATION
Venue:
Dorothy Livesay’s house
CONTENT
Contents:
Two 004 Seymour Mayne “Service of the Native Canadian Church”
049 “Mustard seed”
053 “Uri ears…”
060 Discussion of above poems – playing around with words singing them in one’s head
068 Sound poems as punning – combination of sounds for semantic reasons
071 “Microcosmic shadows between tissues”
108 Patrick Lane begins – from a sequence of love poems
113 “In asylum”
127 “Testament”
139 “Spanish banks” (some mic hum)
150 “Alberta” (mic hum)
161 “Cold”
175 “For ten years”
193 “Raking leaves”
206 “My father’s face”
220 “Last night in darkness”
237 “The bee cave”
246 John Newlove begins “The film of Lahousa”
256 Discussion of last poem – prose paragraphs
290 The poem on the page – why go to the trouble of lines
318 “Disappointment”
331 Changing meaning by changes in word positions
336 “While you were out Pt.1”
343 “While you were out Pt.2”
354 “You know’
359 “The flowers”
408 The act of writing
414 Ezra Pound’s ideas about rhythm
419 The line as a breath unit – working variations on melody
450 Breaking the line
472 “Arrival”
504 Getting to Vancouver – a hesitant journey
510 On the writing of “Arrival”
558 “Four small scars”
469 “The grass is a reasonable colour”
591 “East from the mountains”
650 End of John Newlove
651 Mike Mathews “World without end”
764 The criteria of poetry
823 End of recording
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Liner Notes: Track 2 Time 10 Seymoure Mayne March 23, 1969 Time 10 Patrick Lane Time 27 John Newlove Time 7 Mike Matthews 1965 End of Side 3 Side 3: 28:45 Side 4: 26:56 Dolby B
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