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December 24, 1963 – Jean Shepherd Has A Word Or Two About Christmas, Christmas Cards And The Big Day In General – 1963 – Past Daily Holiday Gallimaufry
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
‘ . . .And God Bless All Of You – All Of You On The Good Earth’ – Apollo 8 – December 24, 1968
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The Real People – In Session 1991 – Nights At The Roundtable: Session Edition
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
December 23, 1988 – ‘I Think Something Was Wrong With That Flight’ – PanAm 103 –
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”18662″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 23, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] A confusing and disturbing day in history, this December 23rd in 1988. With details about PanAm Flight 103, which exploded mid-air over Lockerbie Scotland emerging, more questions than answers were being
XTC – Live In Amsterdam – 1982 – Past Daily Soundbooth
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.
All Eyes On Tehran – The Embassy – The Hostages – The Demands – December 22, 1979 –
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
December 21, 1977 – Soyuz 26 – The View From Outer Space.
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December 21, 1945 – The Former Dutch East Indies Erupts In Anti-Colonial Violence.
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December 21, 1939 – Christmas In Wartime – Festive In Short Supply – The Last Of Merry For The Duration.
[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