According to this website, Ted Hughes was a very good reader of his own work and that of others. I haven't had the opportunity of listening to recordings of Hughes reading out loud his own work, but was recently privy to a number of recitals of several Crow poems and had the good sense to record them. Here are all the important facts surrounding this momentous occasion:
Venue: De Burcht (serre)
Time: Sometime after 20
Date: Monday 13th February
Assembly: Raymond, Luc, Iris, Laura, Joost, Jimmy, Angus, Pepijn and Alistair
Poems recited and recorded: Examination at the wombdoor, Lineage, The Kill and Two Legends
Sound quality: pretty mediocre, but it will have to do
This is not the place for an elaborate discussion on Crow, if you are really interested in that or other Hughes work, you shuld really take a look here.
Now then, for your enjoyment, the Crow lost tapes:
http://rapidshare.de/files/16083309/CrowHughes.rar.html
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