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April 11, 1947 – World News Roundup – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 11, 1947 – News for this day in 1947 had a lot to do with labor and the climate of walkouts, negotiations and…
– April 11, 1942 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 11, 1942 – Starting with news from the South Pacific and a radio report from New Zealand regarding the latest news from U.S. forces…
Tossy Spivakovsky with Erich Leinsdorf and the L.A. Philharmonic – Hollywood Bowl – August 26, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something historic again this weekend. The Beethoven violin concerto performed in concert by the legendary violinist Tossy Spivakovsky…
Conversation – Collecting – Clifton Fadiman-moderator, Vincent Price, Frederick Adams – NBC Radio – April 29, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re a collector of one sort or another. If…
April 6, 1945 – Reports from Don Pryor, Mutual Broadcasting – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 6, 1945 – The invasion of Okinawa had begun on the morning of April 1, 1945 – dubbed Operation Iceberg, it represented the…
April 4, 1944 – Alka-Seltzer News Of The World – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 4, 1944 – News for this day was sweeping and fast moving. From the Pacific came word raids over several Japanese-held islands…
– March 31, 1942 – NBC News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 31, 1942 – news for this day was significant on two fronts. The first, a proposal offered up by Britain to India was…
– WGN – News for March 29, 1942 – The really interesting and somewhat prophetic news on this March 29th in 1942, was buried towards the end of what were daily reports from the Front. The war was dragging on.…
Another recording from the 1949 Besancon Festival. This week, a live performance of Florent Schmitt’s La Tragèdie de Salomè featuring the legendary French/Belgian conductor Andrè Cluytens leading the Paris Conservatory Orchestra. Schmitt had slipped a bit in popularity over the…
KFWB – Anna And The King Of Siam Opening At Grauman’s Chinese Theatre – July 18, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Ironically, the photo above was taken the same time this broadcast was going on. The typical Hollywood Premier.…