CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
6971
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:
bp Nichol Sound Poems 1970-80: Ear Rational
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Studio recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
In Copyright (InC)
CREATORS
Name:
McCaffery, Steve
Dates:
1947-
Notes:
"Cosmic Piece for Orchestra" and "Chorus" songs are performed by Steve McCaffery and bpNichol; "Acres Rare Meet" is also performed by him and a group of other poets.
Name:
Nichol, bp (Barrie Phillip)
Dates:
1944-1988
Notes:
"Cosmic Piece for Orchestra" and "Chorus" songs are performed by Steve McCaffery and bpNichol.
Name:
Dutton, Paul
Dates:
1943-
Notes:
"Acres Rare Meet" is performed by him and a group of other poets.
Name:
Dean, Michael
Notes:
"Acres Rare Meet" is performed by him and a group of other poets.
Name:
Penhale, David
Notes:
"Acres Rare Meet" is performed by him and a group of other poets.
Name:
Truhlar, Richard
Dates:
1950-
Notes:
"Acres Rare Meet" is performed by him and a group of other poets.
Name:
Smith, Steven
Notes:
"Acres Rare Meet" is performed by him and a group of other poets.
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:
Excellent
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:36
Size:
33.2 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:
T00:30:42
Size:
32.8 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Content Type:
Sound Recording
Dates
Date:
1977-10
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
"Acres Rare meet" was recorded live in Toronto
Date:
1972
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
"The Alphabet Game" was recorded at CBC Studios (Toronto); this is the circa date
Date:
1969
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
"Dada Lama" was recorded at CBC Studios (Toronto). This is the circa date since another date is given for this piece, and it's in 1966
Date:
1982-01-10
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
j-card
Notes:
All the recordings except for "Dada Lama", "The Alphabet Game", and "Acres Rare Meet" are recorded at the Studios of T.R.G
Date:
1973
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
"060173", "Afternoon Attentions", "Meeln", and "Outsize Reference"
Date:
1971
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
"Eight Part Suite"
Date:
1969
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
"Cosmic piece for Orchestra and Chorus"
Date:
1972
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
"Poem Poem"
Date:
1979
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
"Art in Upheval" begun in 1979
Date:
1977
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
"Generations Generated"
Date:
1967
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
"Ballades Of The Restless Are"
Date:
1978
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
"White Text Sure: Version 1"
Date:
1978
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
"Translating Translating Apollinaire"
Date:
1976-1980
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
"Interupted Nap"
LOCATION
Address:
250 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5V 3G5
Venue:
CBC Toronto
Latitude:
43,6444522
Longitude:
-79,3872615
Notes:
"Dada Lama" and "The Alphabet Game" were recorded at CBC Studios
Address:
City Toronto, Golden Horseshoe, Ontario, Canada
Latitude:
43.6542
Longitude:
-79.3841
Notes:
"Acres Rare meet" was recorded live in Toronto
Venue:
Studios of T.R.G
Notes:
All the recordings except for "Dada Lama", "The Alphabet Game", and "Acres Rare Meet" are recorded at the Studios of T.R.G on January 10 in 1982
CONTENT
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
As it's written on the J-card, the woman's voice on "The Alphabet Game" song is that of the friend of the producer who, unfortunately, bpNichols had lost all record of.
Type:
Related Version
Note:
Versions of Ear Rational exist in the Readings in BC collection, Fred Wah fonds, Adeena Karasick, and bp Nichol fonds.
Ear Rational composed by bp Nichol, 1970 and 1980 #819 - SWALLOW ID 5484 Identical tape
bpNichol Sound Poems 1970-80: Ear Rational SWALLOW ID 6971 Identical tape
Ear Rational: Sound Poems 1970-80 by bpNichol SWALLOW ID 7260 Identical tape
Dub of Ear Rational, Sound Poems by bpNichol #43 SWALLOW ID 7023
EARRATIONAL, bpNichol, side 1, master tape, recorded Nov. 1, 1982 #14 SWALLOW ID 7045 - Reel-to-Reel
EARRATIONAL, bpNichol, Side 2, master tape, recorded Nov. 1, 1982 #15 SWALLOW ID 7045 - Reel-to-Reel
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