– October 16, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1978: The princes of the Roman Catholic Church today failed in their fifth and sixth ballots to choose a successor to the late Pope John Paul I Cries of disappointment
– NBC The Magic Key – Ignace Jan Paderewski in Recital- February 26, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A few years ago I ran the earlier (1938) concert with the legendary Pianist/composer/statesman Ignace Jan Paderewski. It originated in Switzerland and the concert was relayed via Shortwave as a demonstration
You’d think, after over half a century, a subject like this would be a moot point. Problem recognized. Problem addressed. Problem solved. America prides itself on being anti-intellectual. But sadly, no. If anything, the problem has only become magnified, these past 64 years. And rather than listen to this broadcast
The Blue Notes (Featuring Chris McGregor) in Concert from Cape Town – June 1964 – Electric Jive – First off, much gratitude to the people at Electric Jive, the blog that originally posted this concert. It’s a very rare club gig by South African Jazz group The Blue Notes, later
1. Got You On My Mind – Jerry Mengo et son Orchestre – Ducretet Thomson Records – circa 1954. 2. Quand Il M’Embrasse – Jerry Mengo et son Orchestre – Ducretet Thomson Records – circa 1954 3. Il Riait – Jerry Mengo et son Orchestre – Ducretet Thomson Records –
– Paramount Movie Parade – The Marx Brothers In Duck Soup – 1933 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Marx Brothers; four at the time and later three – The Marx Brothers were an institution that continued keeping the world laughing long after their last film was completed. In
– KHJ – Bobby Tripp – October 24, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – You’ll admit; Summer had something to do with it. Sensory Overload, a phrase you learned somewhere around July. That was the culprit. Yeah – The Earth Rose in Venice. The Cheetah in Santa Monica. Infinite
– Saint Etienne – in concert at Primavera Sound 2017 – Recorded May 31, 2017 – Radio Nacional España Radio 3 – Saint Etienne for the weekend. Something to go very well with the weekend and every attempt at trying to be as grounded as possible. Started in 1990, Saint
– BBC World Service – London Letter – H.G. Wells Tribute – August 28, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since October invariably means Halloween and Halloween invariably means the legendary radio broadcast of “War Of The Worlds” which managed to panic a goodly portion of America, Halloween night
– Princess Elizabeth -Oct. 13, 1940 – In the dark days of 1940 during the Blitz, a massive relocation campaign had begun in Britain concerning children living in the danger areas of large metropolitan cities. As a result, they were being evacuated to small country villages around England, but also
