Click on this link to make a donation: http://igg.me/p/881521/x/6847927 I thought I would give you a progress report on how we’re doing so far. As I’m sure you all know by now, we’re in the midst of fundraising to keep the preservation and restoration of thousands of hours of historic
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR – Fresh Air with Terry Gross – Robin Williams interview – November 24, 2006 – NPR Nothing comes as shocking or distressing as a death unexpected. Hearing the news of the sudden passing of Robin Williams carried with it a
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBC Radio – Call of the Miracle Mile Race – 1954 Commonwealth Games – August 7, 1954 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Sixty years ago it was billed as The Miracle Mile. The 1954 Commonwealth Games featured a showdown between the
Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC Home And Overseas Service – Address by Prime Minister Clement Atlee – August 10, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the end of World War 2 came the beginning of the economic and social crisis that gripped, not only
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”16303″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”August 11, 1947 – Cedric Foster News And Commentary – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] The big news for this August 11th in 1947 was the abrupt ending of the Senate Sub-committee Hearings on the wartime contracts of Howard Hughes. The investigation as to where
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Fat Mattress In Session – September 27, 1969 – Radio Bremen/WDR As long as we’re doing classics and rarities this weekend, I might as well add Noel Redding‘s Fat Mattress to the mix. A rare session for Radio Bremen-TV (Beat Club)
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Nathaniel Shilkret – Trombone Concerto – Sgt. Hoyt Bohannon, Trombone with The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hollywood Bowl – Leopold Stokowski, cond. July 28, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Something obscure and long-thought lost this weekend. The Trombone Concerto by Nathaniel
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Skip Weshner’s Accent On Sound – Live From The Village Gate – May 23, 1959 – KRHM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A few months ago I ran a Skip Weshner Accent On Sound Folk Program live from One Sheridan Square.
Click on the link here for Audio Player – A Guy Called Gerald – In Session for John Peel – 1988-1995 – BBC Radio 1 To give you some idea of just how diverse the scene was in Manchester – while Stone Roses and The Charlatans were turning the 80s
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Stone Roses – live In Blackpool – Dec. 8, 1989 – BBC 6 Music Continuing our romp through Madchester with a concert by Stone Roses, during that pivotal and meteoric period, recorded live in concert from Blackpool on December 8, 1989.
