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September 23, 1944 – Fundraising Dinner – Campaign’44 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Even during Wartime, an election year was a veritable battleground of accusations and ideologies and the 1944 election was no different. This Presidential campaign was between the GOP candidate Thomas E. Dewey and

Irma Vep – in session for Marc Riley – March 10, 2020 – BBC 6 Music – Irma Vep in session for Marc Riley at BBC 6 Music – recorded on March 10, 2020 – days before the UK and the rest of the world went into lockdown for the

Maurizio Pollini, Piano – Dresden Staatskapelle, Christian Thielemann, conductor – June 12, 2011 – Radio France – Piano legend Maurizio Pollini this week, with the Dresden Staatskapelle led by Christian Thielemann in a program of music by Brahms and Max Reger. Starting with the Tragic Overture, followed by Reger’s Romantic

October 27, 1998 – BBC World Service – Newshour – BBC – October 27, 1998 – Busy International day. It was official, newly elected Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was confirmed in the Germany Parliament today. Gerhard Schröder (SPD) was elected as the first Federal Chancellor by a majority of SPD and

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October 26, 1939 – Mutual – Arthur Mann Report from London – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 26, 1939 – Less than a month since the German invasion of Poland began and war was declared, a certain lethargy crept in. That period of time, between the beginning of October,

Lightning Seeds In Concert – Recorded October 27, 1997 – Oxford – BBC Radio 1 Lightning Seeds to start the week. In concert from Oxford on October 27, 1997 and broadcast by BBC Radio 1 for their In Concert series. Prior to the forming his own project, Ian Broudie had