– CBS World News Roundup – May 19, 1993 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in May for 1993 was certainly a mixed bag of emotions. In Copenhagen, the worst rioting in decades broke out after Danes voted overwhelmingly to approve the Maastricht Treaty. Nine rioters
– Primal Scream – live at The Olympia, London – November 26, 2010 The continuously changing and evolving Primal Scream this morning. In a concert recorded at The Olympia in London on November of 2010. A hard band to pin down as to style (which is always good, as it
Arthur Honegger this week. His String Quartet Number 2, performed by the Winterthur Quartet in a broadcast performance recorded at the Radiostudio Zurich on January 12, 1956. The life of Arthur Honegger, on the face of it, seems to have been fairly calm and straightforward: he lived in Paris, studied
1960 – America’s Moral Crisis – The Open Mind – May 1, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1960 – America’s Moral Crisis. Yes, there was one, and people were starting to notice. American was becoming a hedonistic place; high on greed, low on morals. Lying, corruption and white
Dexter Gordon this weekend. Recorded at Stitshof in Ossiach Austria on July 3, 1969 and broadcast over Austrian Radio. Dexter Gordon is joined by Duska Gojkovic on trumpet, Larry Yuckovic on piano, Isla Echkinger on bass, Makaya Ntshoko and Philly Joe Jones on drums. Dexter Gordon was among the most
For the first time in your life you don’t recognize the person on the other side of the mirror. Happened over night. Parts look like you – the rest; has to be someone else – a reasonable facsimile – a lifelike resemblance. Some guy who forgets where he parked his
Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: The Who this weekend – in concert at the historic Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, recorded by VPRO (the Dutch National Radio network) on September 23, 1969. For fans, this concert has made the rounds in varying states of quality millions of times over the past
Levitation tonight – in session for Mark Goodier at BBC Radio 1 and recorded on March 28, 1992. Levitation formed in 1990 in London. The band consisted of frontman Terry Bickers (formerly guitarist with The House of Love), drummer David Francolini, guitarist Christian Hayes, bassist Laurence O’Keefe and keyboardist Robert
News on this day in 1958 had to do with the aftermath of the disastrous visit by vice-President Nixon to South America. In each of the stops on this State visit, the Nixon party was greeted with bottles, rocks and violent Anti-American demonstrations. By 1958, relations between the United States
Talk Talk in concert from the Hammersmith Odeon on May 7, 1986 and broadcast by BBC Radio as part of their In Concert series. Talk Talk began as a quartet consisting of Mark Hollis, formerly from The Reaction (vocals/main songwriter), Lee Harris (drums), Paul Webb (bass guitar), and Simon Brenner
