Tag St. Louis

X (photo: Gary Leonard)

X – In Concert 1983 – Past Daily Backstage Pass

X in concert this weekend. A live broadcast from My Father’s Place in Roslyn New York on November 12, 1983. X came to epitomize the L.A. music scene in the late 1970s/early 1980s and they were one of the most…

War In Korea: Weekly Casualties – America’s Railroads: Strikes And Disasters – February 6, 1951

The news for this February 6th in 1951 began with the worst Passenger train disaster since 1918. The Pennsylvania Railroad 5:10 Commuter Express train The Broker hit a temporary spur and careened over an embankment, killing some 83 passengers (at…

J. Edgar Hoover - American legion Meeting 1940

September 23, 1940 – J. Edgar Hoover Lays It Out

September 23, 1940 – FBI Director J.Edgar Hoover addressed a meeting of The American Legion in Boston on this day. An avid anti-Communist, Hoover warned of the sneaking influence of Communist and Fascist elements threatening to flood the country. In…

Sir Ernest MacMillan Conducts The Music Of Francois Morel – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

Sir Ernest MacMillan Conducts Music Of Francois Morel – Esquisse Op. 1 – CBC Radio Session – 1956 – CBC Transcription Service – The music of Canadian Composer Francois Morel, played by the Toronto Symphony, conducted by Sir Ernest MacMillan…

A Question Of Ethics – A Question Of Morals – 1968 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

  – NBC Second Sunday: The Young Rebels – October 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If you’re of a certain age, you’ll remember what a period of upheaval the late 1960s were. Everything that had been considered the…

Angel Olsen – Live At The Scandic Grand Hotel, Stockholm – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Angel Olsen – Live At The Scandic Grand Hotel, Stockholm – March 31, 2014 – Sveriges Radio P3 If the name sounds familiar, it’s because I ran an acoustic gig by…

Vladimir Golschmann With Helen Traubel And The St. Louis Symphony – In Concert – 1938 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Blue Network – The Magic Key – St. Louis Symphony, Cond. Vladimir Golschmann w/Soprano Helen Traubel – in concert –  March 27, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. More rare…