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[earthcalling]

Poems Recorded in Deptford and Greenwich by Various.

This audiobook is now complete and available to download from the catalogue page:- http://librivox.org/poems-recorded-in-deptford-and-greenwich-by-various/

All recordings are complete, so this collection can go straight to Readers Found and the catalogue.

Recordings were made on Sunday May 18th in Deptford and Greenwich, by LibriVox's UK Chapter and guest star Hugh. Locations are St Nicholas' church in Deptford, and the Greenwich Foot Tunnel.


(BC admin)

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http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430

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Any questions?
Please post below or PM me.

[earthcalling]

I've added the first few recordings to the magic window, but will have to resume later...

[chocoholic]

Hello, ec and the rest of y'all! I assume since none of the UK crew has taken this that it's up for grabs, so I'm grabbing it. I'll move it on down to Readers Found. I have no idea how to handle a compilation (yet) so bear with me. <grin>

Two things: can you all provide definitely-PD sources for 3 and 5? And have you already PL'd each other's readings, or is that step still needed?

edit: note to self - Futility on PG here: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1034 (p 23 if you click "read online") if any doubt about Poet Seers site (note to UK chapter: is there any doubt about Poet Seers site? couldn't find a copyright or PD notice there)

edit: another note to self - Mosquito apparently written 1928 (gigantic Google books link)
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Laurie Anne

[AGSec]

[earthcalling]

Hi Laurie Anne!

I'm going through and PLing the recordings now, but mainly that just means looking out for edits I missed, and checking the silence at the end. (I was working quickly and excitedly when i first uploaded these). I'll remove the Mosquito and move Hugh's other poem up to fill the gap; that means we'll have 12 files instead of 13 - I'll make the database change.

I'm not too fussed about PD sources, as we know the poems (except the Mosquito) are PD. But if you see a source (or poem) you're not happy with, do let me know.

David

[chocoholic]

Oh good, you do all the work, that'll suit me fine. I'm happy with sources if you are! I'll just sit back, file my nails, and wait for you to call me if you need anything.


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Laurie Anne

[earthcalling]

OK, I think everything's as ready as it can be.

Incidentally, here's the book we read from. It's arranged by date of first appearance of the poem, so perfect for our purposes. This is the table of contents only, not the texts themselves:-

http://www.penguinclassics.ca/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780140424546,00.html?sym=TAB

David

[earthcalling]

Laurie Anne,

I've entered everything in the validator. Can you take a quick look?

It's called poems_in_deptford_and_greenwich

Ta!

David

[chocoholic]

Looks good to me!
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Laurie Anne

[earthcalling]

Great stuff! In that case, I'll push button B....

[earthcalling]

This audiobook is now complete and available to download from the catalogue page:- http://librivox.org/poems-recorded-in-deptford-and-greenwich-by-various/

Yay!!

Listening to it all through, we sound completely bonkers. In a good way, of course!

Thanks, Laurie Anne! Can you move us to Completed Projects?

David

[chocoholic]

My pleasure! Thanks for doing the actual work. I've got it downloaded, ready to listen. Wish I could have been there.
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Laurie Anne