Foreign Minister Väinö Tanner – Address – December 2, 1939 – Radio Finland to NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Foreign Minister Vaino Tanner declared in a radio address to the United States that the Finnish nations independence and integrity could be destroyed by their eastern neighbor, Russia. He referred
ABC News Around The World – December 2, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Peace seemed to be the illusive goal, this December 2nd in 1967. With fighting in Vietnam continuing, B-52’s staging raids, South Vietnamese incursions into Cambodia and seemingly fruitless attempts at negotiations in Paris. the war
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Rysto Riti Address – via NBC Shortwave – December 1, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Soviet invasion of Finland was underway. Helsinki was the object of Soviet air raids and newly installed Prime Minister Risto Ryti was scheduled to address the world on the situation, December 1, 1939.
Edith Peinemann with Joseph Keilberth and The Bamberg Symphony – Vienna Festival 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A classic and historic concert this week. From the 1959 Vienna Festival, a performance by The Bamberg Symphony, conducted by Joseph Keilberth and featuring the legendary Edith Peinemann, violin in a
Editors Note: With the sad news of the passing of Christine McVie, I thought I would re-post this (from 2013) as tribute to an amazing artist, gifted writer and remarkable human being. Something slightly unusual tonight. A radio session for John Peel by the legendary Chicken Shack featuring Christine McVie
News and Commentary – Elliot Roosevelt – November 30, 1939 – Mutual – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Finland was in the news this day. Reports that some 1/2 million Soviet troops crossed the border into Finland, setting off what was to be a long and costly war before a
Cocteau Twins – John Peel Session – July 15, 1982 – BBC Radio 1 – Cocteau Twins tonight. One of the first, if not the first of the Ethereal/Dreamscape bands to arrive on the scene in the late 1970s. The Scottish trio, consisting of Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Will
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Dutch Uncles – in session for Marc Riley – November 28, 2022 – BBC 6 Music – Dutch Uncles to start off the week. In session for Marc Riley (with a bonus cut popping up on Gideon Coe’s program), recorded earlier today at BBC 6 Music. Gearing up for the
