– KROQ – Frazer Smith – November 24, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Yep, there you were. Your little family – grew up in the same neighborhood – grade school – junior High – High School – even your parents were friends. Born within weeks of each other
Diamond Head – Live at Paris Theatre, London – 1982 – BBC In Concert – BBC Radio 1 – Diamond Head to end out the week. If you were busy following The Clash or even The Jam, you may have missed out on the resurgence of Heavy Metal in the
– News Of The World – September 22, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – First day of Fall, 1948. Election season was in full-swing. So was the Berlin crisis. So was the Cold War. In Britain, Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told the House of Commons that Britain, France and
Art Brut – live at Summer Sundae – 2005 – August 13, 2005 – BBC 6 Music – Art Brut for a Thursday night – recorded live during the Summer Sundae 2005 Festival on August 13, 2005 and broadcast by BBC 6 Music. Art Brut’s debut album, Bang Bang Rock
Radio Paris – An Address by Prime Minister Edouard Daladier – September 21, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection- The French Premier Edouard Daladier in a world broadcast declared France would fight until “complete victory” crushed Hitler and Germany’s dream of “world French Tighten Defences. As Daladier spoke, the French
KMET – B. Mitchel Reed – September 21, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Here you are – it’s September again. Back to school. Summer was interesting; Demonstrations, teargas and music. Even when you took off and hitched up to Yosemite, they had a riot up
– September 21, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 21, 1995 – aside from a business-as-usual day on Capitol Hill, it was also Presidential outrage from Bill Clinton in reaction to the latest batch of ads from clothier Calvin Klein. The series, which
– Congratulations – In Session – Marc Riley – BBC 6 Music – September 6, 2023 – BBC Radio – Congratulations in session tonight. Recorded live on September 6 for Marc Riley at BBC Music. Brighton And Hove News offer a few insights: Brighton band ‘congratulations’ are four friends who
New York Philharmonic – Leonard Bernstein, Conductor – June 22, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – More history this week, with a concert from the New York Philharmonic featuring the legendary Leonard Bernstein at the podium – from a broadcast on June 22, 1976. Only two works make up
– NBC Radio – Second Sunday – 1984 Minus 10 – February 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1974 the prospect of the world of 1984 as portrayed by George Orwell seemed more real than fantasy. By 1974 we already had police surveillance, government spying on individuals, an erosion
