CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5921
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 with Sound Effects and Tape Echo #229
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Home recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Gilbert, Gerry
Dates:
1936-2009
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:
J-card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:28
Size:
30 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:46:42
Size:
46.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
LOCATION
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One 000 “Homage to Bashō”
019 “Last day of Vancouver…”
025 “Slug eye…”
120 “We arrived at the CN station…”
136 “Dear Mrs…”
144 “Shitty stinky…”
150 “Chess clock”
161 “And…”
169 “The radio, 83 year-old with grandchildren…”
198 “The root of the word ‘to exist’”
211 “Anne Murray…”
258 “Here is Bashō’s 17th century haiku poem…”
284 “…I went to the Royal Ontario Museum…
295 “She hole he bang”
297 “I called him Newton”
362 “I kept hear Roy say, ‘it’s this big…’”
383 “War Canada…”
390 “I looked at the Pacific Ocean and fell asleep for a day…”
415 “Love is just a round corner”
421 “Making muffins to take to the beach…”
443 “Last Sunday afternoon in July, 1972…”
468 “Flies…” (tape collage)
504 “(Creeley speaking)
530 (collage continues)
582 “Chickory chick…”
596 “Tobacco…”
654 “Tape ends”
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Liner Notes: Gerry Gilbert Reading with Sound Effects and Tape Echo
Side 1: 28:23 min
Side 2: 18:15 min
Severe distortion throughout most of this tape Dolby B
Note:
BC inventory document says that the College of New Caledonia is a donor for this recording
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