January 22, 1969 – Newsfront – News + Nixon’s Foreign Policy – EEN – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 22,1969 – The first few days of a Nixon White House – the changes were coming in. One of Richard Nixon’s big campaign promises was ending the war in Vietnam
January 25, 1980 – CBS Radio News On The Hour + Newsmark: Detroit + Spectrum – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 25, 1980 – News for this day was mostly about the upcoming Summer Olympics in Moscow and the snag it hit by way of the Soviet invasion of
January 24, 1958 – Dag Hammarskjold Nuclear Disarmament Talks – UN Radio Today – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 24, 1958 – the Cold War 50s and the United Nations was filled with anticipated Nuclear Disarmament talks. At the helm, and pleading the case for sanity in this new
Can – In Session for John Peel – October 8, 1974 – May 14, 1975 – BBC Radio 1 – Can in session tonight, and a tribute to drummer, percussionist and heartbeat of the band, Jaki Liebezeit, who passed away from a brief illness yesterday at age 78. To say
Rudolf Firkusny, Eudice Shapiro, Leonard Rose and guests – 1964 Shakespearean Music Festival – CBC Transcription Service A historic festival appearance this week. The 1964 Stratford Shakespearean Music Festival in Canada, featuring a stellar ensemble of soloists, headed up by pianist Rudolf Firkusny, violinist Eudice Shapiro, Cellist Leonard Rose and
Dizzy Gillespie – Grande Parade du Jazz, Nice France -July 7, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The legendary Dizzy Gillespie this weekend, featuring Mary Lou Williams, Curtis Fuller, Barney Wilen, Philly Joe Jones and Ronny Boykins in an all-star jam session, recored live in Nice, France on July
Strangelove – In Session for John Peel – January 5, 1993 – broadcast February 19, 1993 – BBC Radio 1 – Strangelove again this week – this time it’s their second and last session for John Peel, recorded on January 5, 1993 and broadcast on February 19th. By the time
The Orchids – in session for John Peel – April 9, 1990 – broadcast May 8, 1990 – BBC Radio 1 – The Orchids tonight. A Scottish Indie group, together from 1986 until 1995. They issued some 8 singles and 1 ep, along with three albums ( along with two
Inspiral Carpets – Live At Manchester Academy – March 19, 1992 – Mark Goodier’s Evening Session – BBC Radio 1 – Inspiral Carpets tonight. One of the pivotal bands in the Madchester movement of the late 80s/early 90s, in concert on home turf at The Manchester Academy and broadcast on
Nelson Rockefeller Confirmation Hearings re-cap – NET/NPR – September 27, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Nelson Rockefeller and his confirmation hearings for the office of vice-President, September 1974. Picture this; The President has resigned from office only a month earlier, in the midst of one of the biggest
