President Richard Nixon – Address regarding Judiciary Committee Subpoena – April 29, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Richard Nixon – increasingly the focus on the investigation over the Watergate break-in at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters, Nixon was now being subpoenaed for additional tapes and information about the
April 25, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 25, 2000 – the political windstorm over the Elian Gonzalez affair was starting to wind down, or at least try to. The young boy, subject of an intense immigration battle as the result
The Boys – In Concert from Paris Theatre – 1980 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – The Boys, in concert from Paris Theatre in London from 1980. A somewhat short-lived band initially – going from 1976 to 1982 – and then resuming in 1999
April 24, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 24, 1987 – a violent day, by all reports. Beginning with news from the community of Palm Bay Florida where a gunman went on a rampage and calmly walked into a shopping mall at dusk
h Alexander Brott – Sea To Sea – 1947 World Premier recording – Brott With Montreal Symphony – CBC Transcription Service – Back up to Canada this week for a world premier recording of Sea to Sea by the much loved Canadian composer and Conductor Alexander Brott, who leads the
Yusef Lateef Quartet – Cloitre des Celestins, Avignon, France – July 19, 1972 – Radio France FIP – Yusef Lateef Quartet this weekend. Recorded live at Cloître des Célestins in Avignon, France on July 19, 1972 and rebroadcast by the venerable Radio France and their FIP channel just recently. Multi-talented
Don Henley Press Conference – Winning a 1993 International Earth Award – June 10, 1993 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – While we’re observing Earth Day, looking at Earth Days gone past, and considering the fragile nature of Earth Day present, a few words from former Eagles Founder and environmentalist
ABC – In Concert from the Musikhalle, Hamburg – Feb. 2, 1983 – NDR Radio – ABC to end the week. As long as we were on something of a roll last night with Prefab Sprout, I thought I would toss another prime example of the 80s from a band
April 21, 1994 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 21, 1994 – the civil war that raged in the former Yugoslavia was now making a living hell out of the Muslim enclave of Gorazde, as Bosnian Serbs continued a relentless barrage of shelling and
Prefab Sprout – In Concert at Reading University – November 16, 1985 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Prefab Sprout as we head into the weekend. A band that got started in 1978 and are still releasing material today. Although the lineup has changed and there are periods of
