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“Is The South That Bad?” – Civil Rights And Race Relations In America – 1949 – Hodding Carter – Past Daily Reference Room
“Is The South That Bad?” – Lecture by Hodding Carter II – University Of Illinois – March 2, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Civil Rights and Race Relations in America as it stood in 1949. The years after World War II were significant on many different levels. The
‘Hungary Calling’ – Land Grabs And Storm Clouds – March 21, 1939
– English News From Radio Budapest, Hungary – March 21, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – As the storm clouds rapidly gathered in Europe, the situation in the East was quickly developing into a hotspot. The question of Hungary and its occupation of Subcarpathia, on the heels of a
Organized Crime: America’s Little Mob Problem In The 1950s – 1951 – Past Daily Reference Room
The Nation’s Nightmare – Waterfront Crime – 1951 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Oh, for the carefree 50’s. Not. Between the paranoia of the Cold War, the turmoil in the Middle East, the myriad social upheavals either about to start or getting underway and the unexplained
Raids Over London – Raids Over Cologne – Nazi Infiltration – Stepped Up War Production – March 20, 1941
News for this day in 1941 (the 565th day of the War in Europe) had to do with the devastating overnight raids in London, reported to be the worst in a year, since the Blitz in 1940. The target for the previous evening was the Financial District with heavy damage
Aztec Camera In Session – 1983 – Past Daily Soundbooth
BBC session from 1983 for Scottish Indie/Rock/Jangle group Aztec Camera – click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the complete, original session.
Monique Haas Plays Music Of Ravel – 1952 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
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A Lecture By And The Music Of Harry Partch – 1957 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
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Milt Jackson – Hank Jones Quartet – Live In Vienne – 1997 – Past Daily Downbeat
Milt Jackson/Hank Jones Quartet – Live – Jazz Vienne Festival – July 10, 1997 – Radio France Musique – Summit of Legends this weekend. The Milt Jackson – Hank Jones Quartet, featuring Ray Drummond on bass and Mickey Roker on drums. Recorded at Jazz Vienne, France on July 10, 1997