Jean Shepherd – WOR-AM/FM – December 24, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Jean Shepherd; a regular fixture for the holiday season going back several decades, and with his immortal Christmas Story making the yearly pilgrimage to every TV and Streaming service in the world – a name that
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”18683″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 24, 1968 – Apollo 8 Christmas – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! Coming to the end of a year of chaos and upheaval in 1968, a glimmer of hope came from a space capsule orbiting the moon on December 24, 1968.
The Real People – a group which may not ring a lot of bells, unless you had your ears to the ground at the time and knew something was up. Although not from Manchester (they were from Liverpool), they probably did a lot to bring Madchester to fruition, if for
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XTC – Live At Paradiso, Amsterdam – March 8, 1982 – VPRO, Netherlands – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – XTC in concert tonight. Live at the Paradiso in Amsterdam and recorded on March 8, 1982, coinciding with the release of their fifty album, English Settlement in February of that year.
December 22, 1979 – The U.S. Embassy in Tehran was the object of considerable attention this day. The hostages were knee-deep in Day 49 of the drama, with very little relief in sight. But that wasn’t the case in Washington, where President Carter said he could think of no more
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[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”6144″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 21, 1939 – Guy Savage News – Mutual – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Despite news earlier in the week of the sinking of the German Battleship Admiral Graf Spee, Germany was celebrating Christmas, this week in 1939, with a shipment of some 1
Couple cents? Become a Patron! As crowds line up, snaking down city blocks and shivering in sub-zero temperatures in anticipation of snagging a bargain on what has now become the second Great Holiday; Black Friday – a name which seems ironic, as it should be called Green Friday as retailers
