February 2, 1942 – Radio Tokyo – Radio Australia – Newscasts – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 2, 1942 – Same day, same news, conflicting reports. Singapore was close to capitulation as Radio Tokyo reported increasing and continuous gunfire erupting from the streets in and around Singapore. Refugees were
– NBC Special Program – Pitcairn Island Expedition – February 2, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In trying to think of a comparable communications feat in recent times, the only thing I could think of was the development of Streaming Audio and video – it’s a way of
Oska – in concert at Reeperbahn – 2021 – October 20, 2021 – West German Radio – Diving back into the International side of things during this Pandemic. A concert by Austrian singer-songwriter Oska, performing to a socially distanced crowd and captured for posterity by West German Radio. Very new
– February 1, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 1, 1979 – significant news, this first day of a new month in 1979. The streets of Tehran were awash with crowds, cheering the arrival of the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini back home after almost
BBC Radio 1 – In Concert with Wang Chung – February 4, 1984 – BBC Radio 1 Starting the week with a concert by 80’s perennials Wang Chung, recorded by BBC Radio 1 as part of their Sight and Sound Series (the video ran simultaneously and the stereo sound was
January 31, 1975 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 31, 1975 – Busy news day with echoes of Ellsberg, Watergate and Nixon coming back for a visit. Former Special Counsel to Richard Nixon Charles Colson, sentenced for between 1 and 3 years in Prison for
– Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – Live at The Paris Pop Festival – June 1, 1967 – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It was often a complaint, by bands and audiences alike that, if they could capture what they did live onstage in the studio,
– Guy Ropartz – Quartet No. 6 – Pascal String Quartet – 1951 – ORTF Radio – Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another overlooked composer who has been getting some attention in recent years. Guy Ropartz was all but unheard of since shortly after his death in 1955. He
August 13, 1968 – B. Mitchel Reed – KMET-FM, Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1968 was a complicated year – you’ll be the first to admit. There was a war going on. There were assassinations going on. There were demonstrations going on. There were riots going on.
Phil Woods and The European Rhythm Machine – Jazz aus Studio 2 – October 15, 1969 – WDR – Phil Woods this weekend. With The European Rhythm Machine in a broadcast concert from Studio 2 at West German Radio in Köln on October 15, 1969. Scott Yanow at AllMusic contributes
