Author: gordonskene
July 6, 1974 – Nixon Heads To Moscow – Kissinger Heads To Rome – Opium Poppies Bloom Again In Turkey
July 6, 1974 – CBS Radio: The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 6, 1974 – Nixon and The Moscow Summit. A month before his unprecedented resignation, President Nixon went to Moscow to meet with Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev to discuss a range of issues
Suede In Session – 1993 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Suede – In Session For Bernard Lenoir – The Black Session – RFI – Jan. 28, 1993 – Radio France International – Suede to get us over Hump Day. In session for Bernard Lenoir, or better known as The Black Sessions for Radio France International on January 28, 1993. 1993
July 5, 1983 – Cold War Haggling And A Kerfuffle Named Watt
July 5, 1983 – CBS World News Roundup – Newsbreak – 9:00 am news – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 5, 1983 – the morning after fireworks and barbecues, the world continued to spin. Starting with news from Moscow that a meeting between West Germany’s Helmut Kohl and Russia’s
Politics: USA – 1956 – Elections in History – Past Daily Reference Room
Americas Town Meeting Of The Air – Politics: USA – Jan. 20. 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection- Choosing a President. Politics in America has always been, at the very least; interesting, at the very worst; what we have now. We have faced just about every crisis and our political
July 3, 1987 – A Day Crammed With Dissent – Panama, Haiti, South Korea.
July 3, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 3, 1987 – thirty years ago today. Dissidence all over the world, it seemed. From Panama, riots and demonstrations both for and against Panamanian strongman/ruler Manuel Noriega were continuing with not much let-up in sight.
Brott Conducts Brott – Alexander Brott And The McGill Chamber Orchestra 1973 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Alexander Brott: Three Astral Visions – The McGill Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Brott, Cond. – CBC Transcription Service Alexander Brott this week. In observance of Canada Day and Canada’s 150th, I thought I would chip in to the festivities and offer one of Canada’s most highly regarded composer/conductor/violinist/Teachers. Alexander Brott had
Nat King Cole – I Wake Up Screamin’ After Dreaming Of You – 1948 Demos – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
Nat King Cole Demo Session – I Wake Up Screamin’ After Dreaming Of You – Studio & Artists Recorders, Hollywood – circa 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something of an oddity and rarity this weekend. Nat King Cole with a demo of a song he co-wrote with Don
Gerry Mulligan In Concert From Leipzig 1995 – Past Daily Downbeat
Gerry Mulligan Quartet – live from Leipzig – Sept. 9, 1995 – MDR Radio – Gerry Mulligan this weekend. Recorded at the Oper in Leipzig Germany on September 9, 1995 and broadcast by MDR-Radio. He is joined by Ted Rosenthal, Dean Johnson and Ron Vincent. Gerry Mulligan has been considered
America’s Little Dope Problem – 1951 – Narcotics In The 1950s – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow – Narcotics – July 15, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Americas love affair with all things illegal, immoral or fattening. We all think drugs were a 60s thing and that any reference to narcotics was something vaguely heard about, mostly in reference to