August 18, 1978 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 18, 1978 – From Capitol Hill, The House Assassination Committee Hearings temporarily wound up its hearings this day on James Earl Ray and his guilt in the murder of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
Radiohead – in concert from Haarlem, The Netherlands – May 5, 1993 – VPRO-Radio – Radiohead for Throw Back Thursday. From a concert recorded in Haarlem in the Netherlands on May 5, 1993 by the Netherlands Radio network VPRO, Radiohead in the middle of promoting their debut album, Pablo Honey.
August 17, 1977 – CBS News – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 17, 1977 – It was the day after the death of Elvis Presley. A wave of nostalgia hit the country as fans by the thousands gathered outside his Graceland home in Memphis to
Radu Lupu, Piano – NHK Symphony, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch – November 4, 1994 – NHK-Radio, Tokyo – Another classic concert this week. From Tokyo, the legendary NHK Symphony, guest conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch and featuring the great Romanian pianist Radu Lupu in an all-Brahms program, broadcast on November
Brian Auger and The Trinity with Julie Driscoll – Live in Paris – ORTF-Radio Studios – April 1968 – ORTF/RFI – Brian Auger and The Trinity with Julie Driscoll tonight. A live in-studio appearance in Paris for ORTF (RFI in France now), recorded in April of 1968. My first encounter
Patto – In concert from The Paris Theatre, London – February 26, 1973 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Patto – one of the truly underrated and criminally overlooked bands of the 70s – at least as far as the U.S. was concerned. Formed in 1970 from the remains
Heaven 17 – (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang – 1981 – Virgin Records Heaven 17 – still around – still gigging. But in 1981 they released this song and they made it clear that, like so many felt at the time, the state of the world was going
Kelsey Jones – Suite For Flute and Strings – Montreal String Quartet w/Mario Duschénes, Flute and Nathalie Clair, contrabasse – 1954 – CBC Studio recording – CBC Transcription Service – Contemporary music from Canada this week, from American-born/Canadian naturalized composer, harpsichordist, organist, pianist and teacher Kelsey Jones – his Suite
Ornette Coleman Quartet – live in Paris – Théatre du Palais de Chaillot – October 25, 1971 – Radio France – Ornette Coleman in concert this weekend. With his Quartet: Dewey Redman on Tenor sax and Clarinet, Charlie Haden on bass and Ed Blackwell on drums. Recorded at Théatre du
Four by Mme. Damia – with Orchestra conducted by Pierre Chagnon – Columbia Records France – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Four songs as sung by Marie-Louise Damien, more popularly known as Mme. Damia – a French singer, actress and stage personality who was born in 1889 and died in
