Spandau Ballet in concert from Madrid this week – Recorded by Radio Nacional España on July 12, 1981. Spandau Ballet formed in Islington, London, in 1979. Emerging from new wave, they became one of the most successful groups of the New Romantic era of British pop, and were influenced
KUSC – Air-Bag with Jay Cee – September 13, 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – College Radio – it’s slick, highly produced with considerable thought going into focus groups marketing and raising money. That’s the way it is now. But in the 1950s and 1960s College Radio was background
Army-McCarthy Hearings – June 4, 1954 – CBS Radio Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Army-McCarthy Hearings. Before Trump-Russia, before Whitewater and The Ken Starr Report, before Iran-Contra, before Watergate we had the Army-McCarthy hearings. For the goodly part of 1954 America was glued to their TVs and
The Cure – Live at The Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow – August 25, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Cure, in concert from The Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow in 1984 to end the week. Two Cure concerts in one week? Well . . .yeah. Last night I ran a Cure
March 1, 2006 – CBS World News Roundup; Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 1, 2006 Starting off with a bang. First, with revelations that FEMA (the government disaster relief agency) knew how bad Hurricane Katrina might be. FEMA officials, including President Bush were briefed about how
The Cure – In Concert at NEC, Birmingham – September 20, 1985 – In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – The Cure in concert tonight. Live at NEC, Birmingham and recorded live in September 20,1985 by BBC Radio 1. With all the sad news of so many passings this
February 28, 2001 – CBS World News Roundup – NPR News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 28, 2001 – Big news if you lived in Seattle this day – an earthquake measuring 6.8 rattled through the Northwest cutting a wide swath of destruction, particularly in Downtown Seattle, the
Miquel Harth-Bedoya And Orquesta Sinfonica de RTVE – Live in Concert – February 22, 2013 – RNE Radio Clasica – Concerts from Spain this week with a really fascinating one featuring Orquesta Sinfonica y Coro de RTVE in concert from Madrid and recorded live by RNE Radio Clasica on February
February 27, 1950 – CBS Radio – Edward R. Murrow and The News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 27, 1950 – Busy news day. Starting with news of the Coal Strike heading into its third week and its effects were snowballing across the country. Washington was making a
Level 42 – In Concert at Wembley Arena – January 12, 1989 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Level 42 tonight. Staying in the 80s at least for part of the week. Level 42 formed on the Isle of Wight in 1979. They had a number of UK and
