Dennis Brain and the music of Richard Strauss this weekend – his Horn Concerto number 1 opus 11, performed with the North German Radio Symphony conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt in this broadcast studio recording from May 7, 1954. By 1945, Dennis Brain, at 24 years of age, was the most
Imagine it’s November 21, 1938 – World on the eve of war – war already starting in some places. Still – very far from home, in places you knew nothing about. Life as usual. You look at the above photo – kids in High School – maybe Sophomore or Senior.
Gil Evans Orchestra this weekend – at a concert given during the 1987 Umbria Jazz Festival featuring Lew Stolff, Ack van Rooyen, Miles Evans, Dave Bargeron, John Clark, Chris Hunter, John Surman, George Adams, Delmar Brown, Hiram Bullock, Mark Egan and Danny Gottlied. Recorded on July 18, 1987 and preserved
You remember. How could you forget? You spent all of 1967 stuffing grocery bags, cutting lunches, cleaning your room – nodding your head. You saved. You aced Drivers Ed. Passed your drivers test with flying colors. You want to blow up and frame your drivers license – you don’t smile
Diving into the pre-punk Pubrock 70s this weekend with a set from Man, recorded in Cologne Germany on April 17, 1975. Because of Founder and lead guitarist Deke Leonard’s fondness for the West Coast of the U.S. and the era of Grateful Dead and Quicksilver Messenger Service, Man were sometimes
Campaign 76 – second installment. This series of recordings take place between August 11 and 31, 1976 just prior to the Republican Convention. There is still squabbling between the Ford and Reagan camps over delegate count. The Equal Rights Amendment question becomes front and center with the Platform committee along
A busy international news day, this October 4, 1999 starting with all eyes on Austria. Austria’s anti-immigrant Freedom Party staked a claim to a role in the next government after preliminary election results showed it had placed second behind the governing Social Democrats. Chancellor Viktor Klima’s Social Democrats suffered their
October 4, 1964 – ABC Radio News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 4, 1964 – A Sunday; and by all accounts, a reasonably quiet day. Hurricane Hilda had been reduced to a tropical storm, dissipating after reaching land, but not without causing damage throughout the
– The Police – In concert at Markethalle, Hamburg – January 14, 1980 – WDR, Hamburg, Germany – Classic concert to end the week. The Police, as recorded in concert for Rockpalast by RBB in Berlin at Markethalle, Hamburg on January 14, 1980. The Police were one of those quasi-Punk
Since we’re smack in the middle of an election year, and probably one of the more contentious ones in recent times, getting an idea that all Presidential elections were not anything like what they are now, but I suspect you know that. Tonight and for the next few nights, I’ll
