CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5886
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:
Gerald Burns reading his works on October 29, 1982 #614
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Burns, Gerald
Dates:
1940-1997
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
Sound Quality:
Good
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:
T00:46:52
Size:
47.6 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:46:45
Size:
46.8 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1982-10-29
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One 000
001 Introduction – “A Book of Spells to Date”
102 Reading begins, concerning the abilities of words, though the central idea is hidden under a flood of poetics with such gems as “…sentences balance better than my checkbook”
522 Announces he is at line 830 of “A Book of Spells To Date”
609 Side 2 ends
Two 000
014 From “The Slate Notebook” Burns reads
041 Selections from “Letters to Obscure Men” [which is Book 1 of “The Myth of Accidents”]
212 Reading from Book 11 of”The Myth of Accidents’, the poem is titled “Punch in a Nutshell”
296 Reads a piece of prose titled “For My Atheist Theologians”
350 Back to “Letters to Obscure Men”, each set of poems to be read in complementing pairs
559 Burns stops reading
614 Side 2 ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
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