April 5, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 5, 1979 – The disaster at 3-Mile Island (known to locals and the media as TMI) was still going on, even though signs were looking cautious but hopeful and an investigation was well underway. Many
The Credibility Gap – January 25, 1971 – KPPC-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Credibility Gap. During that period of the 1960s when topical humor took a definite political, and somewhat drugged-out twist, The Credibility Gap were very much at the forefront. A blend of surreal situational
March 28, 1976 – George Wallace On Meet The Press – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 28, 1976 – It was a Sunday and it was an election year. And on this day in 1976 it was an interview on Meet The Press with Democratic Presidential Candidate George Wallace.
Mahavishnu Orchestra – Live at Kenyon College – Gambier, Ohio – February 16, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Mahavishnu Orchestra this week – led by the inimitable John McLaughlin, at a concert at Kenyon College in Gambier Ohio, and recorded on Febuary 16, 1973. The Mahavishnu Orchestra
March 21, 1976 – The World This Week – CBS News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 21, 1976 – Ending a week of political uncertainty in Britain. Prime Minister Harold Wilson in a surprise announcement, offered his resignation on the 16th. After thirteen years at the helm
March 11, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 11, 1978 – the continuing saga of the Coal Miners Strike – the on-again/off-again negotiations and the finger pointing racked up yet another day of closed mines, stranded shipments and out of work miners. Citing
March 8, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 8, 1978 – After 93 days, the Coal Miner’s strike was heading to Washington for a series of closed-door sessions as a Presidential Board of Inquiry was called to reach some sort of settlement in
Rod Stewart and Faces – in Concert – February 24, 1973 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert series – Rod Stewart and Faces – Hard to imagine this concert happened 43 years ago, almost to the day – February 24, 1973, a concert recorded at The Paris Theatre in London
The Flys – In Session for John Peel – September 18, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – The Flys – not to be confused with another band from the late 90s, this one was around from 1976-1980. Had two albums out, a handful of singles, and the brother of singer/songwriter/actress
The Changing Presidency – NPR-National Town Meeting – 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Presidency. In 1975, with the country reeling over Watergate and the White House now occupied by someone not elected to the highest office, the question arose as to just how much power the President
