
Author: gordonskene



Paris By Night – 1939 – D. E. Inglebrecht, Germaine Martinelli, Wal-Berg And His Orchestra – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
Paris By Night- Co-production of Paris Radio/NBC Blue Network and the CBC in Canada – March 21, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Paris By Night – it probably looked very good on paper, it was an ambitious project and it was a showcase for the technological advances that

Wes Montgomery In Session With The NDR Big Band, Hamburg – 1965 -Past Daily Downbeat
Wes Montgomery with The NDR Big Band – In Session – April 28, 1965 – North German Radio, Hamburg – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Wes Montgomery this weekend. One of the seminal figures in Jazz guitar, who pioneered the genre of Smooth Jazz and did a lot to introduce


Apollinaires In Session – 1982 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Apollinaires – in session for John Peel – rec. July 7, 1982 – broadcast, August 25, 1982 – BBC Radio 1 – Apollinaires to end the week. From their first (and only) session for John Peel, recorded on July 7, 1982 and broadcast August 25 and rebroadcast on September 21,

Why Do People Vote The Way They Do? – 1948 – Past Daily Reference Room
Chicago University Roundtable – Why Do People Vote The Way They Do? – October 10, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The American voter – probably the largest slice of humanity that is the most unpredictable on earth. Despite every effort at perfecting the poll, every technological advance, every

January 4, 1995 – First Day Of A GOP Congress – The Growing Anti-Yeltsin Movement – Another Shooting in The Name Of “Right To Life”.
January 4, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 4, 1995 – Big day on Capitol Hill. First day of a new Congress – this time it was the GOP in charge, the first time in 40 years. Newly minted House Speaker Newt Gingrich

Blonde Redhead In Session – 2000 -Past Daily Soundbooth
Blonde Redhead In Session – John Peel – July 18, 2000 – BBC Radio 1 – Blonde Redhead in session for John Peel at BBC Radio 1 tonight. Recorded on June 7, 2000 and broadcast on July 18 of that year. Blonde Redhead is an alternative rock band composed of

January 3, 2006 – A Disaster Called Sago – A Lobbyist Called Abramoff – An Unwelcome Mat Called Egypt
January 3, 2006 – NPR Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 3, 2006 – The Sago Mine disaster was a coal mine explosion on January 2, 2006, at the Sago Mine in Sago, West Virginia, near the Upshur County seat of Buckhannon. The blast and collapse trapped