Hints Of Spring – Eyes On Finland – Berlin Celebrates Re-Armament – March 10, 1940
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Year: 2023
Coal Miner’s Strike – Day 94: Portrait Of An Impasse – March 9, 1978
– March 9, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 9, 1978 – Or otherwise known as “Coal Strike: Day 94”. That was the situation America was focused on this day in 1978. More formalities were being addressed, as the Carter Administration moved towards
Tim Buckley – Live At The Starwood 1975 – Past Daily Soundbooth
At the risk of turning this week’s evening post into an homage to “those who left too early”, I nonetheless ran across this very rare Tim Buckley club date from May 1975, recorded weeks before his untimely death from a heroin overdose in June. Tim Buckley was an extraordinarily gifted
Mstislav Rostropovich With Edo DeWaart And The San Francisco Symphony Play Music Of Mozart, Dvorak, Rimsky-Korsakov And Tchaikovsky – 1979 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
Part 1 – Part 2 Back to rarities this week. A concert by the San Francisco Symphony led by its then-Music Director Edo DeWaart and featuring the legendary Russian Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich in music of Mozart, Dvorak, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky. No premiers or new works – pretty much meat-and-potatoes this
“We Are Across The Rhine To Stay” – The 1st Army Crosses The Rhine – Russians 25 Miles From Berlin – March 8, 1945
6 O’Clock News – WEAF/NBC – March 8, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The big news this day was word from Supreme Allied Headquarters that The Rhine had officially been crossed by the 1st Army commanded by General Hodges . Although not disclosed the exact location where the
Lou Reed, Nico, John Cale – Live At Le Bataclan, Paris 1972 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Editors Note: This post was originally written shortly after the terrorist attack on Le Bataclan in Paris in 2015. As a reminder that Le Bataclan in Paris, now the site of infamy and terror was, prior to last week, the site of countless memorable concerts going back decades – too
Gen. Patton’s Third Army Reaches The Rhine – First Army Reaches Bonn – 70,000 Prisoners Taken – March 7, 1945
H.V. Kaltenborn News – March 7, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this day in 1945 and between two news blackouts, General Patton’s 3rd Army was making sweeping advances into Germany. First crossing The Rhine river, north and west of Koblenz, taking some 30 German villages along the
Olivia Dean – In Concert From Paris – 2022 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Olivia Dean – In Concert At La Gaite Lyrique, Paris – November 5, 2022 – RTL-FM Olivia Dean in concert to start the week. Recorded live at La Gaite Lyrique in Paris this past November. Olivia Dean’s gorgeous, gauzy pop ballads are irresistible – she’s a core part of our
The President Holds A News Conference – March 6, 1963
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