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Hotwax In Session – 2023 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Hotwax – recorded live in Hastings, broadcast on X-Posure with John Kennedy – Radio X, London – May 20, 2023 – Hotwax, recorded live in Hastings, UK a few weeks ago and broadcast just this past weekend by John Kennedy at Radio X. Hotwax have been getting a LOT of

Cold War Foreign Policy – Ask A High Schooler – 1957 – Past Daily Reference Room
– Youth Wants To Know – Senator Hubert Humphrey, guest – June 2, 1957 – NBC-Monitor – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Of all the Sunday political chat shows which dominated the American airwaves in the 1950s, the most popular was a program called Youth Wants To Know. It consisted

Berlin: ‘Today The Weather Is . . . Fine’ – May 23, 1938
– News From Berlin – May 23, 1938 – Radio Berlin – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in May, 1938 comes by way of Berlin Radio, broadcasting the news in English. Reports claiming three more Czech border provocations along the disputed Sudeten territory, with German border

Pete Brown & Piblokto – Live In Paris – 1970 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– Pete Brown & Piblokto – Live in Paris – 1970 – RTL – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the sad news today of the passing of Pete Brown, a task which seems to be happening on a daily basis now. I am re-running this piece, which was originally

To Boycott Or Not To Boycott The 1940 Tokyo Olympics – January 21, 1938 – Past Daily Reference Room
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Riots In San Francisco – The Milk-Moscone Murder Trial Verdict – May 22, 1979 –
– May 22, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 22, 1979: The morning after the verdict in the trial of Dan White, accused murderer of San Francisco Supervisor and Gay Rights activist Harvey Milk. White, who was on trial for the murders of

The Cure In Session – 1979 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– The Cure – in session for John Peel – May 9, 1979 – broadcast May 16, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – The Cure for our Sunday Night excursion. Their second session for John Peel – recorded on May 9 and broadcast on May 16, 1979, this session coincides

Paris Conservatory And Andrè Cluytens Play Music Of Roussel – 1949 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– Albert Roussel – Bacchus et Ariane – Paris Conservatory, Andrè Cluytens, cond. – 1949 Besançon Festival – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Music from the 1949 Besançon Festival in France this week, featuring the legendary Paris Conservatoire Orchestra led by Andrè Cluytens. Founded in 1948, the Besançon

Hank Jones Trio – Live In Japan – 1980 – Past Daily Downbeat
– Hank Jones Trio – Live in Osaka, Japan – Recorded November 10, 1980 – NHK-FM, Tokyo – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Diving into the eloquent world of Hank Jones this weekend. Accompanied by George Duvivier on drums and Grady Tate on bass and recorded in concert from Osaka, Japan