Year: 2018
March 26, 2006 – The Age-Old Issue Of Immigrants – Past Daily Reference Room
March 26, 2006 – Face The Nation – The issue of Immigration – The War In Iraq – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The question of immigration, or rather the question of illegal immigration and what to do about making it more difficult for someone to enter the U.S. illegally,
March 28, 1941 – Allied Victory In East Africa – Nazi Takeover In The Balkans – Day 573
March 28, 1941 – NBC Red Network – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 28, 1941 – A day for celebrating in Britain and a day of coups and overthrows in the Balkans. From Eritrea in Eastern Africa came word that the British had captured
March 27, 1940 – Hungary Joins The Axis – Paris Expels Russians – Labor Gets Indicted.
March 27, 1940 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 27, 1940 -As the war in Europe gained momentum, allegiances and reminders of friendship pacts were declared throughout the continent. Latest to pledge mutual assistance was Hungary. Prime Minister Teleki paid a visit to Rome
National Pastime In Concert – 1984 – Past Daily Soundbooth
National Pastime – In Concert from BBC’s Paris Theatre – December 5, 1984 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – National Pastime to kick off the week. Admittedly, I wasn’t familiar with this band, but they were very much in a familiar genre of the mid-1980s; a heavy emphasis on
Fernand Oubradous And Students Of The Conservatoire de Paris Play Music Of Gounod – 1952 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Charles Gounod: Petite Symphonie for Winds – Student Orchestra of the Paris Conservatory – Fernand Oubradous, cond. – 1952 Broadcast performance – ORTF-Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Although far from being overlooked and under appreciated, Charles Gounod is primarily thought of as a composer of Opera and Choral
John Abercrombie And Ralph Towner – Live In Hamburg – 1984 – Past Daily Downbeat
John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner – In Concert at NDR Funkhaus – Hamburg, Germany – May 8, 1984 – NDR-Transcription – The heady and soothing sounds of John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner this weekend. Completely apropos and a wonderful reminder of what a talent John Abercrombie was and how much
The Siddeleys In Session – 1988 – Past Daily Soundbooth
The Siddeleys – In session for John Peel – Sept. 13, 1988 – broadcast Sept. 26, 1988 – The Siddeleys for a Saturday Night/Sunday Morning. Together a very short period of time (1986-1989) – expectations, fan base, good reviews – all the pluses. So what happened? Maybe reading an excerpt