– Billy Williams guests on The Howard Miller Show – CBS Radio – June 17, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Billy Williams – probably not a name that rings bells these days – but if you were around in the 1950s, or even earlier in the 1940s when
Post-Thanksgiving – Mike Roy’s Cooking Thing – November 28, 1967 – KNX-AM/FM Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – One of the few sure things in life: The clatter of hungry plates – the animated conversation, up a few db more than a minute earlier. The deathly silence of
– Blonde Redhead – Live at SOS 4.8 2016 – Murcia,Spain – May 7, 2016 -RNE Radio 3 – Indie/Alt stalwarts Blonde Redhead were a highlight of the proceedings at SOS 4.8 2016 in Murcia Spain, playing to a sold-out audience and adding one more layer of sonic icing
Jean Shepherd – Thanksgiving Show – WOR – November 24, 1968 – WOR-AM/FM, New York – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Jean Shepherd tonight – the night before Thanksgiving and a blast of Americana as it was heard via WOR in New York on November 24, 1968. In case you
A historic concert this week, given on November 23, 1963 as a memorial for President Kennedy, who had been assassinated the day before. Music Director Erich Leinsdorf leads the Boston Symphony in music of Gluck, Wagner and Beethoven. This was the concert given the day after the historic announcement from
ABC Radio – Continuous coverage – first 3 hours – November 22, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – One of those days that, if you were around at the time, you knew exactly where you were, exactly what you were doing and exactly how you felt. Sixty years ago
– Phil Ochs – 1970 Greenpeace Concert – October 16, 1970 – Amchitka – I can’t think of a better voice of conscience than Phil Ochs right now – he was one of the most vocal opponents of the Vietnam War, of the Nixon Presidency, of racial hatred, injustice and
Alice B. Toklas Reads From Autobiography Of Alice B. Toklas – 1961 – Verve Records – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Alice B.Toklas. The name might not ring many bells with generations born after the 1960s. But during the 60s, during the blossoming of the Counterculture, she
– November 21, 1991 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 21, 1991 – An historic day for different reasons. One – President Bush signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1991 and Two – North Korea‘s Kim Jong Il was back in the
Shelf Lives – in session for John Kennedy’s X-Posure – Radio X – November 17, 2023 – Radio X, London – Shelf Lives in session for John Kennedy, recorded live just a few days ago via Radio X – If anything constitutes as a worthy replacement for four shots of
