Author: gordonskene
July 12, 1980 – A Hostage Freed, A Convention Looms, A Hijacking Thwarted
July 12, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 12, 1980 – Another busy news day, starting with the arrival home of former U.S. Embassy hostage Richard Queen, who was held along with 52 others from the Embassy takeover in Tehran. Queen was released
Bob Marley And The Wailers – Live At KSAN-FM – 1973 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Bob Marley and The Wailers – Live At The Record Plant, Sausalito – KSAN-FM – October 31, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Bob Marley, live in session at The Record Plant in Sausalito and broadcast live over KSAN-FM San Francisco and hosted by the legendary Tom Donohue. As
July 11, 1983 – “Don’t Worry About Me – I Am Fine” – Emanuela Orlandi Mystery
July 11, 1983 – CBS World News Roundup + 9:00 am network news – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 11, 1983 – News for this day started with word on the mysterious disappearance of 15-year old Emanuela Orlandi, whose father was an employee of the Vatican and whose kidnapping
Kasabian – Live At Hull University – 2004 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Kasabian – live at Hull University Union 2004 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – Kasabian to start the week. A band that got started in 1997 and haven’t let up since. Variously described in the British press as “The Best Act In The World Today” and recipient of
July 10, 1978 – A Dissident On Trial In Moscow – Anatoly Sharansky Faces Death Sentence
July 10, 1978 – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 10, 1978. News for this day was about trials in Moscow. The world expected two Dissidents to go on trial. Instead, there were four. Jewish dissident Anatoly Sharansky declared he was innocent of all charges brought
Angel Iglesias – Two Sides For Chant du Monde – Past Daily Archeology
Angel Iglesias – Hommage pour le Tombeau de Claude Debussy (De Falla) – Le Chant du Monde 78 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Angel Iglesias – Danza Espagnola No. 8 (Granados) – Le Chant de Monde 78 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Starting a new series tonight; Past Daily
NBC Studio Orchestra And Chorus Play The Music Of Dudley Buck – 1943 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Dudley Buck – Final Chorus from Voyage Of Columbus – NBC Studio Orchestra And Chorus, Joseph Stulpak, cond – April 24, 1943 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Perhaps a bit late for 4th Of July festivities this year, but nonetheless a sample of Americana in the form of American
Abdullah Ibrahim Quartet – Live At Jazz Lugano – 1981 – Past Daily Downbeat
Abdullah Ibrahim Quartet – Live At Jazz Festival Lugano – July 27, 1981 – RAI Radio 3 – Kick in a few, if you can: Become a Patron! Abdullah Ibrahim, from Jazz Lugano in 1981 this week. One of the primary figures in the South African Jazz scene since the
Swingin’ St. Louis – 1952 – Radio During Segregation – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
The G. Show (George Logan) – KXLW, St. Louis- November 18, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our series of Urban (i.e. Segregated) Radio of the early 1950s; the mid-morning show by George Logan, from November 18, 1952. Like many disc jockey shows from this period – it