Author: gordonskene
December 28, 1977 – It Happened In Ismailia – The Ongoing Israeli-Egyptian Peace Talks – Galveston’s Grain Elevator Problem.
December 28, 1977 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 28, 1977 – News from Ismailia, the latest in a series of seemingly endless talks and negotiations over a Peace settlement between the Israelis and Egyptians. Discussions on this day were about Menachem Begin’s 26-point
December 27, 2002 – Human Cloning: About The Baby “Eve” – Elections In Kenya – Explosions In Grozny
December 27, 2002 – BBC Radio 4 News – BBC World Service World Today – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 27, 2002 – shifting focus to what was going on in the rest of the world via the BBC World Service, this day after/day after Christmas 2002. Topping the
December 26, 1994 – Chechnya – Bosnia – North Korea – A Runway In Marseille: Pick Your Conflict
December 26, 1994 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 26, 1994 – So much for the spirit of Christmas, this day after in 1994. Loaded with conflict, beginning with news from the breakaway Russian republic of Chechnya and the Civil War brewing. President Boris
André Cluytens With The Paris Conservatoire Orchestra Play Music Of Florent Schmitt At The 1949 Besançon Festival – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Florent Schmitt: La tragédie de Salome – Paris Conservatoire Orchestra – 1949 Besançon Festival – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Florent Schmitt this weekend. From the 1949 Besançon Festival and recorded by the ORTF in Paris, a performance of La Tragédie de Salome conducted by the legendary
Christmas In Wartime – Command Performance Dec. 24, 1942 – Past Daily Holiday Pop Chronicles
All Radio Networks – Command Performance – Dec. 24, 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Christmas in Wartime. One of the notable aspects of World War 2, aside from it being the first war to be broadcast as extensively as it was, it was the War that took entertainment
December 21, 1996 – Hostage Drama In Lima – Tupac Amaru Is Not The Name Of A Rapper – Marcello Mastroianni Comes Home
December 21, 1996 – CBS Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 21, 1996 – Drama in Lima Peru this day. The hostage situation which began days earlier was continuing and slowly unfolding. The Japanese embassy hostage crisis began on 17 December 1996 in Lima, Peru, when 14
The Mutts – In Concert From Brighton – 2004 – Past Daily Soundbooth
The Mutts – Live from The Brighton Concorde – 2004 – BBC 6 Music – Steve Lamacq In The City – The Mutts as we head in the direction of the weekend. Something high voltage to go along with your last minute Christmas shopping. The Mutts were a scuzzy rock
December 20, 1993 – Israeli/PLO Peace Talks – Cuban And Haitian Refugees – Byrds Drummer Michael Clarke, Dead at 49
December 20, 1993 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 20, 1993 – By 90s standards, a typical day. The Middle-East was in the news again – this time with negotiations between Israel and the PLO still in deadlock over the question of Palestinian autonomy.
