CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5417
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:
Sub Series Title:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
The Berkeley Poetry Conference Part 6: Allen Ginsberg Lecture on July 22nd, 1965 #517
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Ginsberg, Allen
Dates:
1926-1997
Name:
Snyder, Gary
Dates:
1930-
Notes:
Introduction by Gary Snyder
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:
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:
T00:45:16
Size:
47.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:47:29
Size:
49.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1965-07-22
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
Berkeley, California, USA
Latitude:
37.8705
Longitude:
-122.2826
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One Allen Ginsberg lecture, “What’s Happening on Earth?”
000 Introduction by Gary Snyder
026 Ginsberg reads from his travel journals A short note on India’s concentration of wealth in the hands of a few
056 Description of man starving in India
095 Notes from Cuba: How and why Ginsberg went there; experiences in Cuba; impressions of the revolution, secret police, “faggot problem” (and reason for this), etc.
282 Persecution of persons with “bad ideology” in Cuba by dogmatic “finks”; “finks” opposed to liberal “true communists”
325 Ginsberg told on arrival to speak freely to “free press”; comments made in interview branded over to secret police
359 Heavily censored Cuban press; news is spread by gossip
377 Ginsberg’s friend arrested for conversing with foreigners
435 Cuban officials effectively cut Ginsberg off from communicating
506 Ginsberg deported to Prague
533 Other poets (members of La Casa de los Americas) also deported due to Tampdown by “dogmatic types”; this situation a result of American antagonism
585 Czechoslovakia: Prague the Czech equivalent to San Francisco; talks about youth culture, literary culture
665 Ginsberg’s discreet sexual experiences in Prague
687 Moscow: Reads from a conversation with a Russian poet
815 Ginsberg allowed to have private conference with Russian University professors and advanced students
851 Poland: Talks about 1956 “thaw”; censorship organizations in Czechoslovakia and Russia compared to Poland’s
896 Return to Prague
946 Mayday celebration In Prague, student’s festival in which May King and May Queen elected
980 Side one ends
Two 000 Ginsberg recounts how he was elected May King, a title which was later stripped from him
077 Ginsberg’s notebook, and how it got him into trouble
181 Lecture ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
The Berkeley Poetry Conference Part 6 July 22nd, 1965
Allan Ginsberg Lecture: What's Going on in the World
Side 1 43 min
Side 2 34 min
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