February 25, 1979 – CBS Radio – The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With grossly inflated casualty and capture claims coming from both sides, the war between China and Vietnam was heating up, this week in February, 1979. And with clucks of “this could be the
February 24, 1969 – Newsfront – National Educational Television Audio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 24, 1969 – News on this day centered around Richard Nixon’s first visit to Europe as President. The intention was to bolster NATO allies – which included mending fences and making promises. In
February 24-25, 1942 – In a series of events, later to be known a The Great Los Angeles Air Raid, or The Battle of Los Angeles, residents from as far north as Santa Barbara and as far sound as Laguna Beach bordered on hysteria as Air Raid sirens went off,
– The Clash In Concert At De Montfort Hall, Leicester – May 28, 1977 – Band Soundboard – As a friend of mine once pointed out “you really had to be there”, when talking about the early Clash. If there was a band which epitomized the spirit and sheer energy
Svjatoslav Richter, Piano – Oleg Kagan, Violin – In Recital – 1976 Helsinki Festival – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something historic again this week. Svjatoslav Richter and Oleg Kagan in recital at the 1976 Helsinki Festival and broadcast by NRK Radio in Helsinki. The recital is all-Beethoven, Beginning with
February 23, 1946 – Anti-British Rioting was continuing in Bombay for its third day despite surrender of the Indian Navy personnel who were initially responsible for the outbreak. India’s Spiritual leader, Mohandas Gandhi appealed to the nation to stop the violence. One thousand American troops on leave in Calcutta were
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Procol Harum – In concert at l’Olympia, Paris – August 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the sad news today of the passing of Procol Harum lead-singer and co-founder Gary Brooker, it only seemed fitting to run this concert, recorded by ORTF, Paris in August of 1967 as
February 22, 1942 – News in English from Radio Tokyo – News in English From Radio Chungking, China – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 22, 1942 – As a companion piece to the other report for this day from NBC Radio, or as a comparison to how the same
– February 22, 1942 – News Of The World – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 22, 1942. With eyes on the Pacific, this Sunday morning in 1942. News from The Dutch East Indies of fighting in and around Java, Japanese invasions around Bali. With Dutch and American
