Purdy Collection

: Tape 13 - The Crafte So Longe To Lerne and The Blur In Between; Al Purdy reads his poetry; TOC: [From The Crafte So Longe to Lerne] Palimpsest 0:10; Gilgamesh and Friend 0:53; [The Blue in Between] 2:33; The Old Woman and the Mayflowers 2:52; Twin Heads 3:55; Gawd, the Eumenides! 5:56; In Ellesmereland 7:02; Machines 8:51; The Death of Animals 10:07; Towns 12:55; Hazelton, B.C. 17:09; Kispiox Indian Village 18:47; Night Song for a Woman 19:47; The Study of Islands 20:19; Pause 22:01; Scholarly Disagreements 22:30; Total Duration 24:47.

: Tape 14 - The Blur In Between and new poems to be published as Wild Grape Wine; Al Purdy reads his poetry; TOC: [From The Blur in Between] Kispiox Indian Village 0:10; Night Song for a Woman 1:04; The Study of Islands 1:34; Pause 3:11; Scholarly Disagreements 3:36; Bullfrogs 5:40; Biography 7:08; And We Shall Build Jerusalem - in Montreal 9:20; Winter Walking 11:25; Decree Nisi 12:51; [From Wild Grape Wine] 14:17; Lament for the Dorsets 14:34; The North West Passage 17:15; Visitors 24:19. Total Duration 25:55.

: Tape 15 - Wild Grape Wine; Al Purdy reads his poetry; TOC: Mr. Greenhaw's? Love Poem, or Passion among the Espers 0:12; Death of a Young Poet 5:03; Stanley House 6:37; Living in Toronto 8:35; Listeners 9:54; The Quarrel 12:26; After the Miscarriage 13:57; St. Francis in Ameliasburg 14:40; On a Park Bench 16:09; Bum, for Ray Souster 17:17; Hunting Season 18:06; Remains of an Indian Village 19:16; Beaudoin 21:45; Love Poem for my Wife 23:10; I Guess A Poem 24:56; Panhandlers in Camaguay 27:13; On the Avenida Juarez 29:03; Total Duration 30:09.

: Tape 16 - Wild Grape Wine; Al Purdy reads his poetry; TOC: About Being a Member of Our Armed Forces 0:15; Sergeant Jackson 1:58; Over the hills and Rain my Dear 3:54; Newfoundland Rain 5:56; The Road to Newfoundland 7:10; The Runners 9:05; L'Anse aux Meadows 12:36; Louisbourg Fortress Reconstructed 14:16; Names of Things 16:20; Private Property 17:57; Dandelion Wine 20:07; Beothuck Indian Skeleton in Glass Case 21:06; Last Year's Cabbages 22:40; Dominion Day 23:32; William Lyon Mackenzie 24:40; Winemakers Beat-Etude 25:43; Dylan 28:32; Total Duration 29:38.

: Tape 17 - Wild Grape Wine; Al Purdy reads his poetry; TOC: Twenty-Five Miles from Kamloops 0:17; Syllogism for Theologians 2:57; My '48 Pontiac 5:30; Boundaries 8:09; How Canada Won the West 9:29; Skeleton by an Old Cedar 11:57; Autumn 13:00; Spring Song 14:19; My Grandfather's Country 16:39; Wilderness Gothic 20:37; Elegy For a Grandfather 22:57; Watching Trains 25:20; Dark Landscape 27:57; Total Duration 31:26.

: Tape 18 - Wild Grape Wine; Al Purdy reads his poetry; TOC: Roblin Mills 0:00; Return From Kikastan 2:26; Spring Song 5:15; Canadian 8:17; Shoeshine Boys on the Avenida Juarez 10:00; One Rural Winter 13:56; Over the Sierra Maestras 16:52; Ameliasburg Stew 19:42; Hemmingway's Villa in Cuba 20:52; The Drunk Tank 22:06; The Beach of Varadero 24:33; House Guest 26:05; Total Duration 29:32.

: Tape 19 - Wild Grape Wine; Al Purdy reads his poetry; TOC: Stanley House 0;00; Under the Banyan Tree 2:07; Lament for the Dorsets 3:40; Dream of Havana 6:33; Further Deponent Saith Not 8:04; Interruption 10:45; Shopping at Loblaws 12:26; Uncle John at Cote-de-Neiges 15:13; Elegy for a Grandfather 18:58; Remains of an Indian Village 21:26; The Quarrel 23:52; Detail 25:14; News Reports in Ameliasburg 26:40; ; Total Duration 29:28;

: Tape 2 - Cariboo Horses; Al Purdy Reads his poetry;TOC: To an Ex-Wife 0:06; The Machines 0:47; Mountain Lions in Stanley Park 2:36; In the Wilderness 4:51; Mice in the House 11:44; Lu Yu (A.D. 1125-1209) 13:08; Snow at Roblin Lake 14:12; In Sickness- 14:59; Ballad of the Despairing Wife 17:20;What it Was - 20:02; Complaint Lodged with L.C.B.O. by a citizen in Upper Rumbelow 22:24; A Power 24:13; Optimist 26:15; The Viper's Muse 26:47; Old Alex 27:49; "Milachi Stilt-Jack Am I" not read. Total Duration 30:26.

: Tape 20 - Wild Grape Wine and The Enchanted Echo; Al Purdy reads his poetry; TOC: [from Wild Grape Wine] Japanese Painters 0:12; Portrait of Some Neighbours 1:31; RCA Shortarm Parade 4:20; Roblin Lake 5:28; A Note on Method 7:39; [from The Enchanted Echo] 9:32; The Enchanted Echo 10:01; Lay of the Last Mariner 10:40; The Lights Go On 11:42; Arena's Song 12:41; The Watchers 13:22; Turnabout 15:33; Votaries of April 16:38; In Memoriam 17:54; Eccentricity 18:57; Spring Dialogue 19:52; Voice From the Past 21:02; To a Cat Shaped Ash Tray 22:07; Coyote? Saga 23:21; Genghis Kahn 25:15; The Sprite 26:14; Tammerlane? The Limper 26:59; Declaration of Faith 28:21; Total Duration 29:14.

: Tape 21 - The Enchanted Echo; Al Purdy reads his poetry; TOC: Declaration of Faith 0:53; In Passing 1:51; Hibernated Bear 2:45; A Remembrance 3:49;Blind 5:20; Infatuation 6:09; Helen of Troy 7:07; Dramatis Personae 8:02; Wilhelm Honzoleran? 9:43; A Prairie Town 10:48; Things Beyond Reach 11:40; Francois Viane? 12:48; Cynicism 14:00; Requiem 14:41; Dog With Character 15:38; The Crocus 16:23; To a Youth 17:13; Requiem For a Soldier 17:50; The Atavist 19:06; Nightmare at Dawn 19:39; Border Incident 20:27; Modern Parable 21:18; Portrait 22:20; The Other day 22:59; Rain Telepathy 24:13; Said the Phoenix 25:11; The Age of Machines [incomplete] 26:53; Total Duration 27:16.

: Tape 22 - The Enchanted Echo; Joe Barr; Dormez-Vous; A Memoir of Malcolm Lowery; The Iron Road; Al Purdy reads his poetry; TOC: [from Enchanted Echo] The Message 0:17; The Comet 1:06; Night Fancies 1:54; Premonition 3:29; Earth Benediction 4:15; [Joe Barr] 5:05; Dormez-Vous [A Memoir of Malcolm Lowry] 7:23;The Iron Road 17:17; Total Duration 26:42.

: Tape 23 - North of Summer [Article from the Beaver magazine]; Al Purdy reads his article "North of Summer." Total Duration 31:54.

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