Your life in the 80s. You were never a big party person. Every one you went to had the same music; mostly early 70s Disco and Loverboy. None of the people you knew liked The Sex Pistols, thought Siouxsie And The Banshees and The Damned were just too weird –
– Siouxsie And The Banshees – In Concert at Royal Albert Hall – 1988 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – A dose of Siouxsie and The Banshees, recorded in concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1988. This concert comes around the time of the release of PeepShow
– News for January 20, 1972 – NBC Nightly News -Gordon Skene Sound Collection – President Nixon delivered his State Of The Union message this January 20th, 1972. It was an election year and hopefuls from both sides of the aisle listened intensely as the President listed the accomplishments, the
-January 20, 1945 – NBC Radio: War Telescope – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 20, 1945. News of sweeping gains by the Russians in the East. Word that the Red Army was some 200 miles outside of Berlin. Advances were happening all along the eastern front. The Russian offensive
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – In Concert at The Greek Theatre – August 26, 1969 – With the sad news today of the passing of yet another icon, David Crosby, has left behind a legacy that won’t be forgotten any time soon. By way of tribute and a reminder,
Howard Cosell – Speaking Of Sports – ABC Information Network – February 20, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Even if you were never a Sports fan, the name Howard Cosell dredged up all kinds of memories and moments – he had an appeal that spoke to everyone within
– January 19, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 19, 1987 – The Iran-Iraq War was in the news this day. With reports that Iranian troops were making advances towards the southern Iraqi port city of Basra, and that capture of the city
– Traffic – in Session for John Peel – October 1, 1967 – BBC Radio 1 – Traffic came along during a time when music was in full blown revolution. Those of us who remembered The Spencer Davis Group wondered what this new group would sound like. We got glimpses
– The New York Philharmonic – Vaclav Neumann, guest conductor – Brigitte Engerer, piano – April 7, 1984 – An historic concert this week, featuring the New York Philharmonic with guest Conductor Vaclav Neumann and Pianist Brigitte Engerer in music of Tchaikovsky and Franck. A rather short concert this week,
– January 18, 1957 – Edward R. Murrow and the News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 18, 1957; a day where circling the globe took 45 hours, and brokering peace deals took an eternity. A lot of contrasts, this day. Beginning with news that the U.S. Airforce successfully
