– The Pretty Things – In Session at The BBC – November 27, 1967 – BBC Radio 1 – It’s often been said that, had it not been for fate and Art School, it may have been The Pretty Things, instead of the Rolling Stones, as the Greatest Rock n’
– President Franklin Roosevelt – Laying the Cornerstone for the Jefferson Memorial – Nov. 15,1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 15, 1939 – On this day, President Roosevelt took part in the ceremonies laying the cornerstone for the Jefferson Memorial. A project which had been in planning stages
– James Taylor – In Concert at The Jabberwocky, Syracuse New York – February 6, 1970 – WAER-FM – An end-of-week change of pace. Early James Taylor this morning. Right at the time of the release of his second album, Sweet Baby James, and the avalanche of critical and audience
General Douglas MacArthur struck out with’ a sweeping condemnation of American policy at home and abroad, and declared that the result of the war in Korea has been “indecisive.” In one of his most powerful speeches since he was recalled from the – Far East, MacArthur laid down four major
– ABC Radio: Voices In The Headlines – week ending November 14, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A harbinger of things to come? Maybe. But at the time, the week ending this November 14th in 1965 was no small feat no matter how you looked at it. Starting
– Todd Rundgren’s Utopia – Live at Oxford Polytechnic – 1977 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Todd Rundgren’s Utopia this morning. In a concert recorded by the venerable BBC Radio 1 for their In Concert series in 1977 live at Oxford Polytechnic. Todd Rundgren has been a staple
Staying around Belfast this week for a performance by Dea Matrona, recorded live at BBC Ulster Introducing from Mandela Hall on October 25th. Officially formed in 2018, Dea Matrona have been getting high praise and an ever-growing fanbase. A few enthusiastic members of the Press have bestowed the weighty mantle
Over to Bratislava by way of Madrid this week for a concert by Bratislava Festival Orchestra led by Music Director Paul McCreesh and featuring Henning Kragerund, viola and Nicholas Daniel. Oboe in music of Vaughan-Williams, Howells, Barber and Edward Elgar. Beginning with the Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
– NBC Blue Network – News Of The World – November 13, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Depending on where you were getting your news from on this November 13th in 1941 was how the world, and the war, was going. If you were in Britain, the heat
– Tom Waits – Live At Post Hall, Bremen Germany – April 26, 1977 – Nordwestradio, Germany – Tom Waits this morning. A classic concert from Germany, recorded in 1977 by Radio Bremen. Waits during this early period (I ran a Troubadour show from 1975 here a few years ago)
