President Franklin Roosevelt – Fireside Chat – May 27, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A regular feature during the Presidency of Franklin Roosevelt was the Fireside Chat, an informal address to the American people, where matters of national…
May 31, 1987 – ABC World News This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 31, 1987 – the last day of a perplexing month in 1987, and the last haywire week of May, 30 years ago. A week…
The Swell Maps – In session for John Peel – March 18, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 – The Swell Maps tonight. A band that got started in 1972, yet really didn’t gel until 1977. They had been influenced by…
The Undertones – In Concert from The Paris Theatre – April 19, 1980 – John Peel – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – The Undertones tonight. From a concert given at The Paris Theatre in April 19, 1980 mc’d by…
Connee Boswell – Booglie-Wooglie Piggy – unknown band – NBC Transcription – 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Diving into the antiquities this weekend. Pulling up an unreleased aircheck recording of a song not recorded commercially by Connee Boswell.…
Carroll Glenn/Eugene List – Bernstein: Sonata for Violin and Piano – State Department Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Carroll Glenn and Eugene List, two names synonymous with discovering seldom played music and recognizing up-and-coming talent. The husband…
Alfred Hitchcock – interview with Barry Farber – WOR-AM, New York – circa 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A few words from Alfred Hitchcock this weekend, from an interview with New York radio personality Barry Farber via…
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Live at Ravinia Festival 1957 – CBS Radio – July 1, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Duke Ellington this weekend. A sort of memorial, since it was 42 years since his…
Gregg Allman Band – live at The Stone, San Francisco – September 22, 1984 – Band Soundboard – If anyone thought we’d get a respite from the flood of untimely deaths which visited us in 2016, I am afraid that…
Parálisis Permanente – Live at RTVE Studios – Broadcast June 7, 1983 (Tribute) – RTVE Spain – Heading over to Madrid to end the week for a set by the tragically short-lived Spanish Punk/Darkwave/Post-Punk band Parálisis Permanente, by way of…