– July 17, 1951 – Edward R. Murrow and the News With Don Hollenbeck – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 17, 1951. The big news concerned the devastating floods sweeping over Kansas City, submerging some 2 million acres and causing an untold amount of damage and
– Warren Zevon in concert at Main Point, Bryn Mawr – June 20, 1976 – WMMR Broadcast – Classic Singer-Songwriter this morning. The inimitable Warren Zevon, recorded in concert at The Main Point in Bryn Mawr on June 20, 1976 and broadcast by WMMR in Philadelphia. Zevon had a string
Vadimir Ashkenazy, Piano with Eugene Ormandy and The Phildaelphia Orchestra in Concert – March 25, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Two legends in concert this week. Russian pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy together with Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra in a program of music by Serge Prokofiev. Broadcast on
The Republican party, unable to count an absolute U. S. Senate majority since 1930, gained the upper hand over its Democratic rivals in the 1946 voting. For the first time in 15 years, Republicans seized immediately took steps to solidify year legislative tussle with the dominant role for the first
July 16, 2007 – CBS News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Juy 16, 2007 – Eighteen years ago today, it was about earthquakes of the Terra firma and Ecclesiastical kind. An earthquake in Japan, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale rattled Japan’s Northwestern coast; killing 5,
Travis for Hump-Day morning. Recorded at BBC Radio Scotland for Roddy Hart’s Quay Sessions on July 17, 2024. A bit of background in the event you’re getting up to speed: Travis formed in Glasgow in 1990, and composed of Fran Healy (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Dougie Payne (bass guitar, backing
Anyone who was around during the tumultuous years of the late 60s has some sense of deja-vu with what is currently going on our country now. Although not exactly the same circumstances, the division in actions among the people of America was almost identical to what it is now. Times
– Apollo-Soyuz launch – CBS Radio Special Report – July 15, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Big news, this July 15th 50 years ago. The launch of a U.S. spacecraft and a Soviet spacecraft with the sole intention of linking up in orbit. Apollo-Soyuz as it was known, was
Silo to get Tuesday rolling in a sonically stimulating fashion. Recorded at the famous (and infamous on this particular year, 2000) Roskilde Festival on July 1, 2000 and preserved for posterity by Sveriges Radio P3. For the record, there are several bands named Silo – none of them sound remotely
The 1948 Presidential race was hard fought and hotly contested. Within the ranks of the Democratic Party there was a faction, primarily representing the South, who objected strongly to President Truman’s strong Civil Rights stand. So resentful of the President’s campaign to end racial discrimination in the Armed Forces, end
