
Category: 1970’s


May 29, 1978 – On The Eve Of NATO -The Situation In Angola – Gambling Comes To Atlantic City
May 29, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 29, 1978 – Atlantic City was looking like the promised land this week, even though it was business-as-usual in the world of news and earth-jarring events. Starting with news on the upcoming NATO summit conference.

It’s 1979 -You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – You Don’t Know And You Don’t Care.
KROQ-FM – Larry Woodside – 11:30am-1:30pm – February 24, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Hits you like a ton of bricks – somewhere around 16 1/2 everything gets just a little dark and very uncool. You live in L.A., you have creeping cynicism. You don’t like your teachers,

China After Mao – 1977 – Era Of The Two Whatever’s – Past Daily Reference Room
NPR: Options – What’s Happening In China Now? – December 23, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – China after Mao. When Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of China, died on September 9, 1976, China was in a political and economic quagmire. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution and

May 17, 1975 – The Mayaguez Postmortem – Anwar Sadat Goes Opinion Sampling -The Shah Pays A Visit
May 17, 1975 – CBS Radio The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 17, 1975 – End of a busy week. With the Mayguez incident resolved, with President Ford announcing the two-day crisis was over, it was now time to look at the incident itself and


Randy Newman – In Concert, Seattle – 1974 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Randy Newman in Concert – Moore Theatre, Seattle – November 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Randy Newman in concert tonight. Recorded at The Moore Theatre in Seattle in November 1974. Randy Newman has been referred to more than once as a National Treasure – and if the staggering


Black Sabbath -In Session 1970 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Black Sabbath – in session for John Peel – April 26, 1970 – BBC Radio 1 – Black Sabbath to start off the week. Fans and collectors no doubt have any one of a number of incarnations of this session either on vinyl, CD or download. This is for the

Traffic – In Concert – 1970 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Traffic – In Concert from the Paris Theatre, London – April 30, 1970 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – Traffic for a Saturday night. One of the bands I have seen countless times, in countless incarnations since their debut in the U.S. – and one of the bands