January 21, 1942 – NBC Early Morning Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 21, 1942 – Another day at war with information and reports flooding in – much of it worrisome but some of it came with glimmers of hope. The Pacific front was continuing to be a
Pitou – in concert at ESNS Festival – broadcast live on January 19, 2022 – ESNS Festival – Pitou in concert, recorded just yesterday during the ESNS Festival, which is actually a series of live performances from different studio locations and sadly, with no audience. But even with those restrictions
January 20, 1961 – President Kennedy’s First meeting of newly formed Cabinet – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – President Kennedy spent the eight weeks following his election choosing his cabinet, staff and top officials. He retained J. Edgar Hoover as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
A busy day, this January 20th. While pre-Inaugural balls were going on in one part of Washington for the upcoming swearing-in of Ronald Reagan, negotiations were reaching a fevered pitch in the final hours of the Carter White House. And while the Inauguration was getting ready to take place, it
Albertine Sarges – live at Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg – October 21, 2021 – Reeperbahn Festival – Albertine Sarges in concert at last years Reeperbahn Festival in Germany – recorded on October 21, 2021. Whenever you make the conscious decision to go exploring for music and don’t really care where you
– Shostakovich – The New Babylon – Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France – Frank Strobel, cond. – October 9, 2010 – Radio France Musique – Shostakovich – the score to the 1929 film The New Babylon. Something a little different this week. In addition to the vast output of symphonies,
January 19, 1942 – Radio Tokyo – News broadcasts from The English Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 19, 1942 – Word from Tokyo this day as a contrast between news as it was delivered in America with news as it was delivered to the Japanese people (with
January 19, 1942 – News Of The World – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 19, 1942 – The Pacific war was looking grimmer by the hour. Japanese Bombers staged raids on oil fields in Sumatra as well as raids over Burma. The battle for Singapore was relentless
The Stars Of Heaven – in session for John Peel – January 17, 1988 – BBC Radio 1 – The Stars Of Heaven tonight. In session for John Peel, recorded January 17, 1988 and broadcast on January 27th for BBC Radio 1. The Stars Of Heaven were formed in 1983
January 15, 1955 – American Forum – The 89th Congress And Pres. Eisenhower’s Proposals – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 15, 1955 – As the 84th Congress gathered for its first week of a new session, and President Eisenhower laid out his plan for that Congress
