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The Drones – In Session 1977 – Past Daily Soundbooth: 40 Years Of Punk Edition

The Drones – In session for John Peel – Dec. 13, 1977 – BBC Radio 1 – Continuing our exploration of Punk on its 40th anniversary since inception. Tonight it’s The Drones, a band long considered to be at Ground…

Report On The Foreign Ministers Conference – May 20, 1946 – Past Daily Reference Room

Secretary of State James Byrnes

Secretary of State James Byrnes – Report On The Foreign Ministers Conference – May 20, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the slow road to Peace was underway, bumpy at times. The latest round of Peace talks took…

May 20, 1990 – Sammy Davis Jr. – Jim Henson – A Week Loaded With Loss.

Sammy Davis Jr.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”27534″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”May 20, 1990 – ABC World News This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] May 20,1990 was the end of a week loaded with loss. Two icons of entertainment left on the same day.…

X-Ray Spex In Session 1978 – Past Daily Soundbooth: 40 Years Of Punk

X-Ray Spex

X-Ray Spex – In Session for John Peel – February 20, 1978 – BBC Radio 1 – Continuing our 40th anniversary observance of the birth of Punk, a session tonight from X-Ray Spex and the inimitable Poly Styrene. Their first…

Dewey-Stassen Debate – An Exercise In Civility – May 17, 1948 – Past Daily Reference Room

Dewey-Stassen Debate – 1948 Presidential Election; Republican Ticket – May 17, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – When former New York Governor and Republican Presidential hopeful Thomas E-Dewey debated former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen during the Republican Presidential primaries…

May 19, 1989 – Tension And Confrontation

Tiananmen Square 1989

May 19, 1989 – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 19, 1989 – a day of increased tensions and confrontation. Students gathered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to protest the hardline regime and push for dramatic political…

Jean-Philippe Collard Plays Music Of Fauré, Roussel, Ravel And Debussy – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert

Jean-Phillipe Collard

Jean-Phillipe Collard – In Recital at France Musique Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, Paris – March 12, 2016 – Radio France Musique – If there was a concert which would constitute as therapeutic, cathartic, energizing, uplifting and the equivalent…