CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5865
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:
Gerry Gilbert Reading at SFU on November 23, 1976 part 1 of 2 #452a
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Title Note:
Liner notes: see the photo in material description
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Gilbert, Gerry
Dates:
1936-2009
Name:
Bowering, George
Dates:
1935-
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:
T01:06:46
Size:
67.8 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:49
Size:
30.9 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1976-11-23
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Venue:
SFU
Latitude:
49.2767
Longitude:
-122.9178
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One 000 George Bowering introduces Gerry Gilbert
015 Gilbert talks about meeting Birney at UBC in the late 50’s.
Birney suggested the Iowa writer’s workshop, then told him about “Tish”
039 In the late 60’s the idea was “collage or perish” Now it is “straight writing”
045 Reads “Starshit”
051 “Right here”
060 “Mass”
070 “and how”
076 “I’m going there now”
084 Reads sequence from From Next Spring
“Thanksgiving, 1976”
096 “The silence is more than we can hear”
114 “each other”
130 “your sure lightness”
139 “Canada isn’t an invention”
152 “That’s my old cup”
190 “Where were you Monday afternoon”
230 Reads the Captions for 15 photographs of a tacky blues singer running From Burnaby Art Gallery to Vancouver City Hall
276 Reads From a sequence called Due East, numbers 11 to 16
331 Reads from his First book, White Lunch, from 1964
- A version consisting of the cut-up then reconstructed
- Original text
525 Sections from From Next Spring
527 “You know the end of July”
560 “This place used to be called Eng’s”
593 “Prior to Union”
691 “Hero Duty”
753 “Giddy”
778 “A Dream”
800 Tape ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
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