March 31, 1971 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 31, 1971 – Lt. William Calley, convicted in the massacre of 22 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in 1968 was handed the sentence on this day. The jury was given only one of two possibilities
Top Of The Pops – Procol Harum, The Troggs, The Hollies, The Foundations, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich – November 24, 1967 – BBC Transcription Service – Another installment of Top Of The Pops this week – Tonight, its from November 24, 1967 and features live performances by
A dive back to 1961 for a concert by Ray Charles, recorded live at Palais des Sport in Paris by the venerable ORTF. For those of you who may not already know, Ray Charles has been regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was
Coffee would be nice: – Family – Scene Through The Eye Of A Lens – Liberty Records UK – Sadly, Family never achieved the recognition in the U.S. that they had in the UK and throughout Europe. In 1967, when they emerged as Family, losing their previous incarnation as The
– NBC Radio – The American Forum – Mergers: Are they Helpful or Harmful? – January 2, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In this almost constant state of corporate mergers, leveraged buyouts and hostile takeovers, it’s hard to imagine there was a time this was all considered unusual.
– JFK – The State Of The Economy – Aug. 13, 1962 – The Economy, it seems, is always the prevailing topic of political conversation. Where are the jobs, where is the stimulus, where are the tax breaks, where is the future? In 1962 it was no different and President
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Since I first ran this concert in 2009, I kept promising I would run it again someday with better sound on a better player than what was available at the time. But as time tends to slip by quickly, it occurred to me I never made good on that promise.
KBLA – Humble Harve – December 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Christmas Vacation in Los Angeles. Not like anyplace else – no snow, barely any rain, a chance it was going to be as hot as Summer and not conducive to listening to Bing Crosby.
