Author: gordonskene
Lauritz Melchior – Eva Le Gallienne – RCA Magic Key – 1938 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Lauritz Melchior – Eva Le Gallienne – Frank Black With The NBC Orchestra – RCA Magic Key – April 17, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Even though you could consider it a one-hour commercial for RCA Victor records, phonographs and everything else RCA was involved in at the
It’s December 1, 1978 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – You Just Moved – It’s Your First Day In A New School – You Are Radioactive
KROQ – Fraser Smith Show – December 1, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Face it; just about everybody you know, including you, has either been the “new kid in school” or knows someone who was at least once the “new kid”. It is historically the single most excruciating
Mel Tormé And The Meltones – Georgie Auld – Swingtime – 1946 – Past Daily Downbeat
Mel Tormé and The Meltones – Georgie Auld – Frances Langford – Tony Romano – Armed Forces Radio – Swingtime – 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Mel Tormé and an all-star cast this weekend in a radio series designed for The Armed Forces and their fledgling Radio Service
Paul Robeson, Richard Wright, Hattie McDaniel, W. C. Handy, Duke Ellington – A Tribute To Canada Lee – 1941 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
Paul Robeson, Richard Wright, Duke Ellington, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, W.C. Handy, Herb Jeffries, Hattie McDaniel – and many more – Tribute to Canada Lee – June 9, 1941 – Mutual Special Events – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A rare and special program from 1941 this weekend.
Feeder – Live At Reading 2002 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Festival Edition
Feeder – Live At Reading 2002 – BBC Radio 1 – Feeder to end the week. A band with an extraordinary 40 singles 10 albums, 12 compilations and four eps since their inception in 1996. They were considered by many to be on one of the UK’s most successful chart
November 9, 1970 – A Trial Begins – A Tribulation Continues – Nixon And The Hot Potato Called Vietnam
November 9, 1970 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 9, 1970 – President Nixon and the War in Vietnam, and now Cambodia, were taking center stage. On this day, the State of Massachusetts threw a hot potato at the Supreme Court, but the Court in
Papercuts – In Session – 2009 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Papercuts – In session for Marc Riley – August 18, 2009 – BBC 6 Music – San Francisco Indie/Baroque from Papercuts tonight. From a session recorded at BBC 6 Music for the Marc Riley program on August 18, 2009. Papercuts is the musical project of California singer-songwriter and producer Jason
Seiji Ozawa And The Boston Symphony In Music Of Tchaikovsky, Griffes And Bartok – 1976 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
Seiji Ozawa and The Boston Symphony – In Concert – February 3, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – More historic concerts this week. The Boston Symphony under their then Music Director Seiji Ozawa in a concert recorded on February 3, 1976. A good one – Starting with Tchaikovksy’s Symphony