May 4, 1942 – News Of The World – News Of The World, Night Edition – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 4,1945 – As the war continued across the world, America was getting ready to add a new word to its lexicon; Rationing. On this day, despite
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– News – May 3, 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 3, 1942 – after days of rumor and speculation, Voice Of China reported that Mandalay had indeed been captured by the Japanese amid much confusion and false reporting. Reports made it official that the Japanese 18th Infantry
Missing Presumed Dead – in session for John Peel – January 6, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – Leaving Ukraine this week for an excursion around the lesser-known bands and artists the past few decades. Missing Presumed Dead, like so many other bands of the period, formed out of the
Ambassador Kamil Abdul Rahim – Meet The Press – November 25, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Middle East. Going from simmering stew of discontent to a boiling pot of rage. The issue was around The Suez Canal and continued control of the waterway by Great Britain and
News Of The World – NBC – May 2, 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 2, 1942 – Despite weather, it was a busy day on the fighting fronts around the world. From the Pacific came rumors that Mandalay had fallen to the Japanese. In an address, Adolf
Théo Ysaÿe – “Fantaisie sur un thème populaire wallon” pour grand orchestre, op. 13 (publ. 1907) – NBC Studio Orchestra – Dr,. Frank Black, cond – August 1, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Over to the somewhat lesser known luminaries this weekend. The music of Théo Ysaÿe as
WOR – John A. Gambling 40th Anniversary show – March 9, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It was different then. Talk radio was coming into its own by 1965. The seeds had been planted in the 1920s and by the time 1965 had rolled around Radio consisted of
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– Paul Butterfield Blues Band – In Concert 1966 – A classic concert this weekend from the legendary Paul Butterfield Blues Band, recorded live at The Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco on October 14, 1966. Butterfield was one of the major forces, taking the Chicago Blues genre to a broader
