– NBC Emphasis – Aug. 10, 1968 – Yes, there really was a Liberal wing of the Republican Party. But as of 1968 it was scarcely noticeable. Headed up by dark horse/longshot Presidential candidate Nelson Rockefeller (who himself was once a New Deal Democrat), Rockefeller appealed to the Youth Vote
– Jeff Beck Group – BBC Sessions 1967-1968 – Since I ran one of the last Yardbirds sessions for the BBC last night, I thought I would toss in a Yardbirds alumnus, who was on the rise around the time of those last Yardbirds sessions. The Jeff Beck Group also
Something special this morning. The legendary Curtis Mayfield in Concert at The Marcus Garvey Centre in London, recorded by the BBC in June of 1984. As a powerful force in the world of Music, Mayfield was a catalyst in the raising of social consciousness in the 1960s and 70s. Beyond
– CBS News Netalert bulletin – Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia – August 20, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Further evidence that August is a month for upheavals. On the 20th of August in 1968, during the early morning hours, residents in Prague and outlying areas were awakened to
Coffee works too: NBC Radio – Second Sunday: The Young Rebels – 1968 – In case you forgot or weren’t around at the time, 1968 was a tumultuous year in our history. It was the year just about everything fell apart. From the war in Vietnam, to assassinations of much-loved
Over to one of the most underrated bands of the early 60’s, The Pretty Things were one of those bands who influenced a lot of others, and they were huge and notorious back in the UK. But in the U.S., they hardly made a dent. The Pretty Things were preceded
– June 19, 1968 – Coretta Scott King – Solidarity Day Address – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 1968 saw no end of turmoil and upheaval in the world. In the first six months alone there was the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy.
– Blossom Toes – In Session at Bouton Rouge – February 10, 1968 – We have that small, dedicated, somewhat loopy society of individuals known as The Record Collectors to thank for rescuing what has been, up to now, one of the most criminally underrated and overlooked bands of the
– WOR – Martha Deane Pgm. N.Y. Teachers Strike – 1968 A reminder of Teachers’ strikes past – The New York City Teachers’ Strike of 1968 was a months-long, arduous and deeply dividing strike that dragged on for a total of 36 days between May and November of 1968. At
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