General Maxwell Taylor – NBC-Monitor: Meet The Press – August 8, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – General Maxwell Taylor, returning to the U.S. after spending a year as our Ambassador to South Vietnam went before the panel on Meet The Press and told, in no uncertain terms, that
August 8, 1988 – BBC World Service News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 8, 1988 – A day where fingers were crossed at the UN – Secretary General Perez de Cuéllar expressed hopes that a date for a ceasefire in the almost-decade-long Iran-Iraq War would be announced by
August 7, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 7, 2000 – Smack in the middle of Convention season and Democrat Al Gore picked Senator Joe Lieberman as his running mate. The Connecticut Senator got the call earlier this day. Gore asked
Horace Silver Quintet – live at Festival de Jazz d’Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, France – July 22, 1977 – Radio France Musique – Horace Silver this weekend. In a concert recorded by Radio France from the legendary Jazz Festival at Antibes, France on July 22, 1977. Having been associated with some of
Barclay James Harvest, from their 1974 appearance at the Golders Green Hippodrome and recorded by BBC Radio 1 for their In Concert Series. A dose of Prog-Rock this weekend.
KNOB-FM – 11:pm-2:00 am – May 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lest you think the 1950s were all about Rock n’ Roll and Perry Como, you had only to flip to the FM side of your high-end Hi-Fi radio to find a whole other world was sitting out
The Joy Formidable – in session 2009 – BBC 6 Music – The Joy Formidable to end the week. Coming up on 10 years together (they formed in 2007, although their Facebook page says 2009 . .not sure about that), The Joy Formidable have three studio albums out since 2011,
Robert McNamara News Conference – August 6, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara held a news conference on August 6, 1964 to update news media on the rapidly-escalating situation in Vietnam. After the initial incident, and U.S. retaliation, there were no reports of additional
Robert Plant – Live At Glastonbury 1993 – BBC Radio 1 – Robert Plant tonight. I can’t remember the last time I posted a Led Zeppelin concert, and I don’t think I ever have. Not that I was never a fan of the band, but that it’s been my assumption
August 3, 1951 – CBS: Edward R. Murrow News With Don Hollenbeck – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 3, 1951 – Scandal was the word this day. News broke that some 90 Cadets at the prestigious West Point Military Academy had been given General Discharges over cheating on exams
