UBC Poetry Festival: Allen Ginsberg July 31, 1963 and August 2, 1963 #41a

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
5957
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
UBC Poetry Festival: Allen Ginsberg July 31, 1963 and August 2, 1963 #41a
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Reading: Poetry
Identifiers:
[]

Rights

Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)

CREATORS

Name:
Ginsberg, Allen
Dates:
1926-1997
Role:
"Reader"

CONTRIBUTORS

Name:
Wah, Fred
Dates:
1939-
Role:
"Donor"
Notes:
In the inventory it states that he is a Donor and we are not sure what it means

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Image:
Image
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
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:
T00:45:33
Size:
29.7 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:43:09
Size:
28.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Dates

Date:
1963-08-02
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card

Date:
1963-07-31
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card

LOCATION

Address:
6398 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
Venue:
UBC
Latitude:
49.2586
Longitude:
-123.2452

CONTENT

Contents:
Side Track No. Comments Ginsberg reading from manuscripts – some of these poems were later published in Reality Sandwiches and Planet News One 000 Sather Gate Illumination 100 Journal Night Thoughts 140 (volume begins to fluctuate until the sound cuts out altogether) 318 Tape resumes – first line begins “Heartfelt kaddish, poetry of picture of consciousness…” 385 Death News 476 Patna-Benares Express 493 Last Night In Calcutta 537 First line begins “And then a curtain of blue cloud fell on the lights of Tokyo/ and mist drifted by…” 600 Who Will Take Over The Universe? 1076 Poem begins “There, farewell, as repeated by Wagner, toward the immortal in many a gladdened expanding (milieu) of ours…” Ginsberg loses interest in the poem and stops reading
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

NOTES

Type:
General
Note:
Liner Notes: Allen Ginsberg, UBC, Vancouver, July 31, `963 and August 2, 1963 Side one:early poems

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