CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
6940
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:
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
CBC Radio Program: bp Nichol on morningside in Toronto on October 13, 1983
Title Source:
J-card and Recording
Language:
English
Production Context:
Broadcast
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Wah, Fred
Dates:
1939-
Name:
The Four Horsemen
Notes:
There is a piece of performance from "The Four Horsemen" on the first side played as part of this radio program
Name:
Nichol, bp (Barrie Phillip)
Dates:
1944-1988
Name:
Astaire, Fred
Dates:
1899-1987
Notes:
A song from him named "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" is played for bpNichol at CBC radio program on the first side.
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
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J-card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:34:41
Size:
36.6 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Notes:
It's blank.
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:34:53
Size:
37 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Dates
Date:
1983-10-13
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
bpNichol on the morning side of CBC radio program
LOCATION
Address:
Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Venue:
CBC Studio
Latitude:
43.6562555
Longitude:
-79.374232
Notes:
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)
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
On the first side, bpNichol is having an interview at CBC in Toronto; he also reads a poem from "3-Day Novel Still". He continues talking about one of the Horsemen performances and a performance called "The Dreams Remains" and its structure.
He also talks a little bit about his writing process and his mixed feelings about it.
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