CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5743
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
American Text Sound Pieces / Record Seven, the poet speaks: John Betjeman, Robert Graves, Stephen Spender, Kathleen Raine, W.H. Auden, Basil Bunting, William Empson, Patric Dickinson, R.S. Thomas, and Hilary Anne Clark reading #483
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Reading: Poetry
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Betjeman, John
Dates:
1906-1984
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Graves, Robert
Dates:
1895-1985
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Spender, Stephen
Dates:
1909-1995
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Raine, Kathleen
Dates:
1908-2003
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Auden, W.H.
Dates:
1907-1973
Role:
"Reader"
Notes:
Wystan Hugh
Name:
Bunting, Basil
Dates:
1900-1985
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Empson, William
Dates:
1906-1984
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Dickinson, Patric
Dates:
1914-1994
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Thomas, R.S.
Dates:
1913-2000
Role:
"Reader"
Notes:
Ronald Stuart
Name:
Clark, Hilary Anne
Dates:
1955-
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
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
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:
T00:30:19
Size:
40.5 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:14
Size:
41.9 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1966-05-19
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
John Betjeman reading
Date:
1964-08-26
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Stephen Spender reading
Date:
1965-04-05
Type:
Production Date
Notes:
Kathleen Raine reading
Date:
1965-09-10
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Basil Bunting reading
Date:
1965-12-21
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Patric Dickinson reading
Date:
1963-07-10
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Hilary Anne Clark reading
Date:
1959
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
Robert Graves reading
Date:
1959
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
W.H. Auden reading
Date:
1958
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
William Empson reading
Date:
1958
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
R.S. Thomas reading
LOCATION
Address:
Wylam, Northumberland, England
Venue:
Wylam
Latitude:
54.9768
Longitude:
-1.8224
Notes:
Basil Bunting reading recorded there
Address:
Smithfield, City of London, Greater London, England, EC1A 7NT, United Kingdom
Venue:
Cloth Fair
Latitude:
51.51908
Longitude:
-0.09960
Notes:
John Betjeman reading recorded there
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One 000 John Betjeman “A Shropshire Lad”
063 “Before the Anaesthetic”
136 “Late flowering lust”
167 “The Metropolitan Railway”
226 Robert Graves “The Devil’s advice to storytellers”
269 “Welsh Incident”
355 “Two Grotesques”
419 Stephen Spender “Earth treading stars”
545 “Seascape”
618 “To My Daughter”
637 Kathleen Raine “Statues”
711 “The Eternal Child”
Two W.H. Auden
000 “The Hard Question”
049 “Song”
087 “The More Loving One”
107 “Chorus”
145 Basil Bunting – talks about his influences
167 “Mesh cast for mackerel”
193 “Let Them remember Samangan”
228 William Empson – talks about his use of metaphysical conceit
249 “Legal Fiction”
280 “To an Old Lady”
344 Patrick Dickinson – talks about the speaking voice
375 “Song”
407 “This Cold Universe”
458 “Lincoln Cathedral”
R.S. Thomas
495 “Pisces”
507 “The Last of the Peasantry”
544 “No through road”
582 “The Welsh hill Country”
628 Hilary Corke talks about ways of beginning
656 “The early Drowned”
790 Recording ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
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