(Complete) Color by Countee Cullen - lt

[JoannaHoyt]

I've been told by a more experienced Librivoxer that the opening silence length doesn't much matter as long as it stays under 1 second, so I've marked 60 as PL OK. Sorry about that. Still need the small fix in 58.

[lethargilistic]

OK!

I did a spot fix on Section 58. Not my best, but I recorded it at a weird timbre the first time. ^^; From 0:26 to the end.

[JoannaHoyt]

Thank you! Section 58 is PL OK.

[lethargilistic]

In section 23:
2:43 for "wonder at her travail there" I heard "travails"
3:37 for "Doff this new exuberance" I heard "Doff this exuberance"
4:23 for "thy glowing altar" I heard "thy growing altar"
4:24 for "must my heart grow sick" I heard "must thy heart"
5:14 for "one thing only must I do" I heard "I must do"

Spot Fixes on Section 23!

2:39 - 2:45: TRAVAIL
3:36 - 3:39: NEW
4:22 - 4:27: Ever AT Thy GLOWING altar / must MY heart grow sick...
5:11 - 5:16: MUST I DO

[lethargilistic]

In section 22:
1:06 for "just to be man" I heard "just to be a man"
1:18 for "I, who have burned my hands upon a star" I heard "upon the star"
1:50 for "I, whom sun-dabbled streams have washed" I heard "sun-dappled dreams"
2:04 for "where loveliness could lie reflected" I heard "could lie unreflected"
4:12 for "I lay full length" I heard "I lay full of strength"
5:30 for "racked with heroic pain" I heard "raked"
8:00 for "they _can_, whose flesh is fair" I heard "they can see whose flesh is fair"
8:28 for "in the mesh of Lucifer's revolt" I heard "in a mesh"
10:01 for "a hollow log bound with a python's skin" I heard "bound within.."
10:23 for "the cry the lash extorts" I heard "exhorts"
11:12 For "this cringing I/That feared to contemplate" I heard "cringing I feared"
11:15 for "a changing sky" I heard "the changing key"
12:17 for "the wing dropped down at a dizzy pace" I heard "to a dizzy pace"

Spot fixes for Section 22!

1:05: Just to be man
1:15: upon A star
1:48: daBBled
2:02: REFLECTED
4:12: FULL LENGTH
5:30: RACKED
7:57: they can whose flesh is fair
8:25: in THE mesh
10:01: bound WITH a
10:23: EXTORTS
11:12 - 11:17: cringing EYE THAT feared to contemplate a changing SKY
12:17: AT

[JoannaHoyt]

In section 22:
1:06 for "just to be man" I heard "just to be a man"
1:18 for "I, who have burned my hands upon a star" I heard "upon the star"
1:50 for "I, whom sun-dabbled streams have washed" I heard "sun-dappled dreams"
2:04 for "where loveliness could lie reflected" I heard "could lie unreflected"
4:12 for "I lay full length" I heard "I lay full of strength"
5:30 for "racked with heroic pain" I heard "raked"
8:00 for "they _can_, whose flesh is fair" I heard "they can see whose flesh is fair"
8:28 for "in the mesh of Lucifer's revolt" I heard "in a mesh"
10:01 for "a hollow log bound with a python's skin" I heard "bound within.."
10:23 for "the cry the lash extorts" I heard "exhorts"
11:12 For "this cringing I/That feared to contemplate" I heard "cringing I feared"
11:15 for "a changing sky" I heard "the changing key"
12:17 for "the wing dropped down at a dizzy pace" I heard "to a dizzy pace"

Spot fixes for Section 22!

1:05: Just to be man
1:15: upon A star
1:48: daBBled
2:02: REFLECTED
4:12: FULL LENGTH
5:30: RACKED
7:57: they can whose flesh is fair
8:25: in THE mesh
10:01: bound WITH a
10:23: EXTORTS
11:12 - 11:17: cringing EYE THAT feared to contemplate a changing SKY
12:17: AT

One again I am very impressed at your seamless patching. Section 23 is PL OK.
All the marked fixes are also PL OK in Section 22, but at 1:48, where the text had "sun-dabbled streams" and the original recording had "sun-dappled dreams," you now have "sun-dabbled dreams"--"dreams" still needs to be replaced with "streams."

[lethargilistic]

Thanks. ^^ And, lol, I totally misread that correction I-don't-know-how-many times.

This is just to say that I did the track leveling. It's a lot better, but there's nothing new to PL. ^^;

[lethargilistic]

Section 22 is ready for Spot PL.

1:48: daBBled STREAMS

[JoannaHoyt]

Section 22 is ready for Spot PL.

1:48: daBBled STREAMS

Thanks! Section 22 is PL OK.

And next time I'll use your all-caps method for the spots that need changing--that should make things clearer.

[lethargilistic]

In section 46:
0:20 “He whose might you sang so well” I heard “He whose might sang you so well” which does alter the rhythm and suggests a possible different meaning

Section 46 ready for Spot PL.

0:20: “He whose might YOU SANG so well”

[JoannaHoyt]

Section 46 ready for Spot PL.

0:20: “He whose might YOU SANG so well”

Thanks! Section 46 is PL OK

[lethargilistic]

Section 53 is Ready For PL.

[JoannaHoyt]

Section 53 is Ready For PL.

Thanks, and sorry for the slow reply. Two very minor issues, both of which you should feel free to ignore:

At 0:24 for “who STAND in such imperious need of you” I heard “who STANDS”

At 0:30 for “HAPPILY on your passion’s frigid breast” I am hearing “HAPLY,” suggesting a different meaning to my mind... but this may just be a pronunciation difference.

[lethargilistic]

I've uploaded Sections 9, 10, and 11.

You've been replying very fast. Take your time. I certainly am. ^^;;

[JoannaHoyt]

I've uploaded Sections 9, 10, and 11.

You've been replying very fast. Take your time. I certainly am. ^^;;

Thank you! Sections 9, 10, and 11 are PL OK and strongly read.

I've been listening to these promptly for two reasons--I try to proof-listen promptly in general because often if I don't do things when they first come up they slide into the pile of Things To Do Someday and are lost there. But also these poems speak strongly to me and I'm eager to hear them.

I had not remembered "Tableau" for some while now, but as soon as it began I remembered how my white aunt (dead these many years) who married my black uncle used to recite that poem and look at their son, who didn't get to remain oblivious to look and word very long.