CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
6182
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Reading in BC Collection
Source Collection ID:
MsC 199
Source Collection Description:
Reading in BC collection was assembled during the late 1970s and ‘80s. There are approximately 1000 tapes in this collection. It consists of the recordings of Canadian and American writers, mostly poets, reading poems, talking, being interviewed, participating in panel discussions, and so on. Most of the recordings were made in BC, but there are some made elsewhere in Canada or the USA. Quite a few of these recordings are unique copies, not to be found elsewhere.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Bob Rose Reading at the Western Front on November 3, 1975 #291c
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Rose, Bob
Name:
Little, Billy
Dates:
1943-
Notes:
In the BC inventory document, it's mentioned that Bill Little introduces Bob Rose. I assumed it's Billy
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:
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:
T00:38:36
Size:
39.7 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:38:03
Size:
39.6 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1975-11-03
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
303 E 8th Ave E, Vancouver, BC V5T 1S1
Venue:
The Western Front
Latitude:
49.26391
Longitude:
-123.09869
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One Right channel
000 Bill Little introducing Bob Rose
008 Bob Rose: “I’d like to read work that I’ve written in the last year… Kilo Overo and I… King Sparkle, collaborated on a poem called “Love in the rain” (Reads)
035 “This is a collaboration with 4 six-year-olds and an eight-year-old… (reads) “Once upon a time there was a pink sun…”
063 “Living on Islands (for Gordon Payne)”*
100 “This is a Translation of a Caribbean song from… Belize” (reads) “The north wind blows so beautifully…”*
111 “In Seine Bright a Spanish-speaking man…”
135 “The Hiccatee hole”*
150 “This poem is to a well-digger, who is digging a hand-dug well in Chimaltenango, Guatemala.” (reads) “Damp Sand, 18 varas (for Gordon and Amalia)”* (last 2 lines are not in the printed version)
169 “Prayer meeting at Bird’s Island (for Charlie Parker)”
218 “The player’s prologue”
222 “Forms of address”
224 “Two for Marianna (seven altars, Amatique Bay, Guatemala)”
248 “What I’m going to read now is work from Hornby Island”
265 “The blind date”
304 “The foundation in the orchard”
320 “Home”
359 “Moving in”
384 “For the time: being”
438 “Hi! Cousin”
441 “His hair was shorter, now…”
531 “Modern times (for Jerry, Margaret & Yahua Pethick)”
594 “A piece for Michael Davidson written in La Jolla, California…”
605 “Ritual”
612 “If the whole world were people, just people…”
617 “The ones that count (for Peter Huse)”
628 “For Brian and Sandy”
640 “The day is like wide water without sound…”
647 “Struggle”
676 “Constant Reminders”
685 “Both sides”
695 “Why do you retreat from me, so far away and shaded…”
702 “And it’s a long way down to Reno, Nevada…”
708 “The gestation period of an ass…”
710 “Discovery”
716 “Wasps”
724 “Mountain climbing (for Buster Keaton)
742 “Winston Churchill set down…”
747 “I wish Purple…”
755 “A wing of smoke against the garden…”
764 “Waking up next to you.”*
788 Reading ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Bob Rose Reading at the Western Front, November 3, 1975 Side 1 36:18 Side 2 24:05 Dolby B
Note:
The Western Front is the donor as inventory says
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