CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
6920
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Fred Wah Fonds
Source Collection ID:
MsC 17
Source Collection Description:
The Fred Wah fonds collects materials from Vancouver-based poet Fred Wah, who was appointed as Canadau2019s fifth Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2011 and has published 25 books between 1965 and 2016. Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan in 1939 and grew up in the West Kootenay region. His Chinese and Scots-Irish ethnic background and identity have a significant influence on his literary work. Wah completed an undergraduate degree in Literature and Music at the University of British Columbia, where he became a founding editor of the TISH newsletter in 1961, and has taught at Selkirk College, the David Thompson University Centre, and the University of Calgary. The fonds contains a number of interviews, conversations, lectures, and public readings recorded between the years 1976 and 2006, featuring local and national literary and media figures such as Lorna Crozier, bpNichol, Daphne Marlatt, and Stuart McLean.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
Sub Series Title:
Fred Wah Fonds
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
CBC Radio Program: Sunday Morning Art at Diamond club in Toronto, and George Bowering reading "The Great Grandchildren of Bill Bissette's Mice" in Vancouver
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Title Note:
Liner notes: see the photo in material description
Language:
English
Production Context:
Broadcast
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
McCormack, Eric
Dates:
1963-
Notes:
The author's choice of the program is Eric McCormack speaking at 17:00 on the first side.
Name:
Browning, Norman
Name:
Bowering, George
Dates:
1935-
Name:
Bowering, Angela
Name:
Wah, Fred
Dates:
1939-
Name:
Weiner, Gerry
Notes:
Minister of State for Multiculturalism talking on side one
Name:
Watt, Keith
Notes:
Side A first speaker
Name:
Little, Adam
Notes:
He speaks at 12:06 on the first side.
Name:
O'Connell, Mary
Name:
Young, Gerry
Notes:
https://www.tomcattt.com/gerry-young
Name:
Raven-Hill, Stuart
Notes:
https://www.discogs.com/artist/2255802-Stuart-Raven-Hill?srsltid=AfmBOoqxONBX4kRAFunNyRp76B2ihZaWU-U6We9iYiLck0MxXKf4VhU9
Name:
Kourianten, Tony
Notes:
He speaks in the week and review part of the program at 32:57 on side one
Name:
White, Donn
Name:
Healey, Jeff
Dates:
1966-2008
Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Healey
Name:
[Hutchinson, Max?]
Notes:
Canadian agent that turned down Jeff Healey. Could not find him.
Name:
[Roloff?], Reneé
Notes:
She reads her report at the first two minutes of the second side
Name:
[Dutt, Charlotte?]
Notes:
A writer and lobbyist in Ottawa. She speaks at 5:56 on side one. No further information found.
Name:
[Caurteron, Daniel?]
Notes:
Music promoter speaking at 8:16 on side one. No further information about him.
Name:
Doray, Michelle
Notes:
She had the Canadian conference of the Arts
speaking at 7:10 and 10:00 on side one
Name:
[Castongase, Sandy?]
Notes:
Sandy is introduced as the president of New York's pop music management company, The Big Jump. He is speaking at 25:04 on side one. The information about this person and the company could not be found online.
Name:
Henderson, Graham
Notes:
He speaks at 30:00 on side one.
He is married to Margo Timmins of Cowboy Junkies and was an attorney of the band.
Name:
Mellett, Donald Ring
Dates:
1891-1926
Notes:
George Bowring's reading performance "The Great Grandchildren of Bill Bissette's Mice" is produced by him.
Name:
Reed, James
Notes:
He is the engineer of George Bowring's reading performance "The Great Grandchildren of Bill Bissette's Mice."
Name:
Ritter, Erica
Notes:
She is the CBC reader program's host on the second side; she introduces herself at 30:20 on the second side.
In addition to her work as a playwright, Ritter has written and hosted programming for CBC Radio. Ritter was host of Saturday Stereo Theatre (1983–1984).
Name:
Cowboy Junkies
Notes:
The band's music is heard on side one.
Name:
Deber, Raisa B.
Notes:
She is a health economist:
https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/243-raisa-deber
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Good
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T01:00:18
Size:
55.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:47:09
Size:
43.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Dates
LOCATION
Address:
Vancouver, District of North Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Latitude:
49.2597
Longitude:
-123.1155
Notes:
On the second side, it's mentioned that Donald Mellet produced the reading performance " The Great Grandchildren of Bill Bissette's Mice" in Vancouver, Canada
Address:
700 Hamilton Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 4A2
Venue:
CBC Studio
Latitude:
49.27915495
Longitude:
-123.11434125336939
Notes:
It's hard to say if this tape was recorded in Vancouver or Toronto; we entered the locations for both Vancouver and Toronto CBC Radio
Address:
Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Venue:
CBC Studio
Latitude:
43.6562555
Longitude:
-79.374232
Notes:
It's hard to say if this tape was recorded in Vancouver or Toronto; we entered the locations for both Vancouver and Toronto CBC Radio.
We do not know how old this tape is, and if this program was recorded before 1993. CBC Toronto studio address was changed in 1993 (after this recording took place) to 205 Wellington Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7 from a smaller facility on Jarvis Street, near the former television transmitter. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Centre)
Address:
East Hastings Street, Hastings-Sunrise, Vancouver, District of North Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, V5K, Canada
Latitude:
49.28111
Longitude:
-123.02882
Notes:
At the beginning of side one, Keith Watt says that he is on East Hastings Street in Vancouver
Address:
410 Sherbourne St, Toronto, ON M5X 1K2
Venue:
Diamond Club (Phoenix Concert Theatre)
Latitude:
43.664606
Longitude:
-79.373938
Notes:
The host of the program on side one states that she is at the Diamond Club in Toronto. The Diamond Club at 410 Sherbourne Street in 1991 changed to the Phoenix Concert Theatre
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
The first two minutes of the second side is Reneé [Roloff?] reading her report and at 8:45 [Erica Reader?] introduces George Bowering's reading performance called "The Great Grandchildren of Bill Bissette's Mice."
Type:
General
Note:
This radio program is all about art and the challenges that confronted Canadian local artists.
It begins with the topic of ethnic community and multiculturalism, focusing on their expectations that the government would support their integration into the mainstream by providing increased funding and helping them gain recognition as professional artists, rather than being seen only as preservers of folk music.
A part of this program is also about Canadian record labels and how Canadian musicians would fail to make a name for themselves here in Canada; it's all about how American record companies and the American music market provided them with amazing opportunities to be far more successful.
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