CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5957
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:
UBC Poetry Festival: Allen Ginsberg July 31, 1963 and August 2, 1963 #41a
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
CONTRIBUTORS
Name:
Wah, Fred
Dates:
1939-
Notes:
In the inventory it states that he is a Donor and we are not sure what it means
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
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:
T00:45:33
Size:
29.7 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:43:09
Size:
28.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1963-08-02
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Date:
1963-07-31
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
6398 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
Venue:
UBC
Latitude:
49.2586
Longitude:
-123.2452
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
Ginsberg reading from manuscripts – some of these poems were later published in Reality Sandwiches and Planet News
One 000 Sather Gate Illumination
100 Journal Night Thoughts
140 (volume begins to fluctuate until the sound cuts out altogether)
318 Tape resumes – first line begins “Heartfelt kaddish, poetry of picture of consciousness…”
385 Death News
476 Patna-Benares Express
493 Last Night In Calcutta
537 First line begins “And then a curtain of blue cloud fell on the lights of Tokyo/ and mist drifted by…”
600 Who Will Take Over The Universe?
1076 Poem begins “There, farewell, as repeated by Wagner, toward the immortal in many a gladdened expanding (milieu) of ours…” Ginsberg loses interest in the poem and stops reading
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Liner Notes: Allen Ginsberg, UBC, Vancouver, July 31, `963 and August 2, 1963 Side one:early poems
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