Hurrah! in session – 1982 – Past Daily Soundbooth
UK Jangle-Pop Hurrah! in session at the BBC, November 27, 1982 – Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the complete session.
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Murray Perahia With Zubin Mehta And The N.Y. Phil. Play Music Of Chopin And Bruckner – 1980 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
Murray Perahia with Zubin Mehta, cond – N.Y. Philiharmonic – April 27, 1980 (broadcast date) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week. The New York Philharmonic, led by Music Director Zubin Mehta and featuring the legendary Murray Perahia in a performance of the Chopin Piano Concerto
November 29, 1986 – Iran-Contra: Shredders Working Overtime
November 29, 1986 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 29, 1986 – A day loaded with intrigue over the growing scandal of Iran-Contra. “The paper shredder was really humming at the National Security Council’s offices” – according to a report in the New York
Kaiser Chiefs In Session – 2005 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Kaiser Chiefs – in session – BBC 6 Music – 2005 – BBC 6 Music – Kaiser Chiefs in session to kick off the week. Recorded in 2005, right around the time of their debut album, Employment, which soared up the charts, raked in some 3 million album sales, and
Magic Arm In Session – 2012 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Multi-instrumentalist/purveyor of the Bedroom Production, Marc Riglesford , aka: Magic Arm – in session at BBC 6 Music in November of 2012. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the complete session.
Henri Merckel With Pierre-Michel Le Conte And The ORTF Orchestra Play Music Of Rivier – 1954 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Jean Rivier – Violin Concerto – Henri Merckel, violin – ORTF Symphony – Pierre-Michel Le Conte – ORTF Studio recording, circa 1954 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The legendary Belgian violinist Henri Merckel accompanied by Pierre-Michel LeConte and the ORTF Orchestra in this broadcast studio performance of the violin
Thelonious Monk Quartet – Live In Bern – 1961 – Past Daily Downbeat
Thelonious Monk Quartet – Live from Bern, Switzerland – May 10, 1961 – RTF (Swiss Radio) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Thelonious Monk Quartet this weekend – featuring Charlie Rouse on tenor sax, John Ore on Bass and Frankie Dunlop on drums. Recorded in Bern, Switzerland on May 10,
A-Ha – Live In Rio – 1989 – Past Daily Backstage Weekend
A-Ha in Concert from Rio de Janeiro – March 10, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A-Ha in concert this weekend. During their career, which has had three incarnations, the New-Wave/Synth-pop/Alt-Rock trio from Oslo have performed some 610 concerts around the world, inspired dozens of artists from Pet Shop
G. Mennen Williams Goes To Africa – Meet The Press – 1961 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room
G. Mennen Williams – Meet The Press – Discussion on Africa – March 28, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection When Assistant Secretary Of State for African Affairs G. Mennen Williams returned from a month-long tour of sixteen African nations, he returned with a suitcase full of mixed messages.
House Of Love – Live In Paris – 1988 – Past Daily Soundbooth
House Of Love in concert from La Cigale, Paris – October 30, 1988 – Radio France International House of Love to end this holiday week. Fortunately, they have reunited and are picking up where they left off, without the bad bits. But in the late 80s, when they got started