– 1979-09-08 BBC In Concert (Simple Minds & Pretenders) – BBC Radio 1 – A double bill this week – Simple Minds and The Pretenders, recorded in concert on September 8, 1979 by BBC Radio 1. Two bands relatively early-on in their careers. Simple Minds just getting ready to release
In 2007 it was just as good an excuse as any to take a look back at our deep-dark past in search of answers. And 2007 was significant as it marked 40 years since the fabled and highly romanticized “Summer Of Love” took place. At its epicenter were the cross-streets
– September 5, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News from Gdansk today, as the Solidarity labor Movement held its first Congress in Gdansk, while the Soviet Union was staging military maneuvers nearby. It was a bold and defiant move on the parts of
– Jethro Tull – live in Chicago – August 16, 1970 – WXRT-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1970 Jethro Tull were in the midst of a musical shift; going from the Blues/Jazz-based Rock to something more akin to the Progressive movement of the day. The band was
Chicago Symphony – Abbado/Serkin – 1982 – Part 1 Chicago Symphony – Abbado/Serkin – 1982 – Part 2 Another classic concert this week. The Chicago Symphony, led by the late-great Claudio Abbado and featuring the late-great-legendary Rudolf Serkin in an all-Beethoven program this week, recorded 0n February 27 of 1982.
Interesting that in 1951 one of the prevailing issues in our society was what to do about our aging population. In the midst of this discussion the question is brought up what’s going to happen to the people in 1951, who are considered at the time to be the young
– ABC Radio – Voices In The Headlines – Week Ending September 4, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lest we all forget – Red China was going through what was later to become The Cultural Revolution. And beginning this week, the one ending on September 4th in 1966,
Sadly, I didn’t get to work with Roy Orbison until near the end of his career. It was during the resurgence in his popularity around the time of David Lynch‘s Blue Velvet and the duet he did with KD Lang that reminded me what an incredible talent he was and
As independence movements grew and Colonialism rapidly became a thing of the past, the next stop was growing pains. In the Middle East it was no different. The Egyptian revolution of 1952 was a period of profound political, economic, and societal change in Egypt. On 23 July 1952 the revolution
– BBC Home Service – Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain – declaration of War – September 1, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day 85 years ago, we were about to plunge into the most devastating and costly wars in our history. After many attempts at negotiating and diplomatic
