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Feelers And Mixed Signals – August 10, 1945

– News reports – NBC/CBS – August 10, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this August 10th, 70 years ago was full of anticipation mixed with caution. Shortly after reports of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb attack surfaced,…

Music Of Oskar Morawetz – With Albert Pratz And Leo Barkin – 1956 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

– Oskar Morawtz – Duo for Violin and Piano – Albert Pratz, Violin – Leo Barkin, Piano – 1956 – CBC Transcription Service – Over to Canada again this week for a radio broadcast performance of the music of Oskar…

August 9, 1945 – Nagasaki: The Rain Of Ruin – The Second Atomic Bombing Of Japan.

Nagasaki - August 9, 1945

– MBS – Gabriel Heater and The News – August 9, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – And while President Truman was reporting on the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing on August 9, 1945 another bomb, more powerful than…

Top-40 Radio – 1958 – The 1290 Club – WGLI – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

– WGLI 1290 Club With Jerry Stevens – November 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As promised, the continuing occasional series of Top-40 Radio as presented in the 1950s and 60s, when AM radio was the be-all/end-all in social…

Elton John – Live At Hammersmith Odeon – 1973 – Past Daily Backstage Weekend

– Elton John In Concert – Live At Hammersmith Odeon – December 22, 1973 – BBC In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – The inimitable Elton John this weekend. In concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, and recorded…

The Guessing Game – August 7, 1974

– ABC Radio Network – News, reports and Bulletins – August 7, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1974 had everything (or just about everything) to do with Watergate and the fate of President…

August 7, 1945 – Hiroshima: Once, A Bright City.

Hiroshima - 1945

– CBS Morning News Roundup – August 7, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As news on this August 7th in 1945 continued to trickle in regarding the Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima, many hours after the fact, the…