January 24, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 24, 1981 – The American hostages, held for 444 days at the Embassy in Tehran had been released some days earlier and flown to Wiesbaden West Germany, before continuing on to home in the U.S.
Franz Ferdinand – Live at Liverpool – 2003 – BBC 6 Music – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Franz Ferdinand this week. From a concert performed in Liverpool in 2003, the same year they released their debut ep, which was originally intended to be self-released, but which got picked up
Hugh Masekela – Live at The Hollywood Bowl – August 14, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Only a month into this new year and already we’ve had sad and terrible losses in the Music World. The latest is Hugh Masekela, and artist whose innovative style and uncompromising message
January 23, 1989 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 23, 1989 – An earthquake in Tajikistan, settling down to business in Washington, and an icon of the Art World and Popular Culture died. All in a day. The news from the Soviet republic of
Wand in session for Marc Riley – Jan. 22, 2018 – BBC 6 Music – Wand, in session from only a few hours ago, as part of the Marc Riley program from BBC 6 Music. Much as I like running older or more obscure sessions from artists and bands, finding
News for this day in history – click on the link at Past Daily and hear the original newscast from this day in 1999.
Click on the link at the Past Daily website and listen to the complete Art Pepper concert, recorded in Paris in May of 1981.
Government Shutdown – November 14, 1995 – December 15, 1995 – CBS Radio – NPR News Morning Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Govt. shutdown – Nov. 14, 1995 Government Shutdown – October 1, 2013 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection It’s happened again, another government
Click on the link at the Past Daily website and enjoy the concert!
January 1940 – BBC Home Service – Hore-Belisha resignation – Chamberlain reaction – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The name Leslie Hore-Belisha may not ring many bells in reference to the history of World War 2, aside from being associated with traffic lights at British Pedestrian crossings (the Belisha Beacon),
