Seiji Ozawa and The Boston Symphony with Birgit Finnilae, Contralto – Mahler: Symphony No. 3 – April 30, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week (a little late for Anti-Road Rage Wednesday, but Mahler works just about every day) – The Boston Symphony conducted by
September 4, 1978 – CBS Radio News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 4, 1978 – A day of breath-holding. The threatened Postal Strike was undergoing negotiations, with the hopes of averting a long, dragged-out work stoppage. More talks between the Postal Union and The Postal
Randy Weston Sextet – Live at Maison de la Radio – February 4, 1976 – Radio France Musique – With the sad news that Randy Weston passed away yesterday at age 92, the Jazz world lost one of its most gifted and profound practitioners; who successfully argued that Jazz did,
August 29, 1979 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 29, 1979 – Only days after the assassination death of Lord Mountbatten, Irish police were busy rounding up suspects; members of the Irish Republican Army who took credit for the bombing. They went
August 18, 1976 – Republican Convention – Presidential nominations – CBS – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Forty-two years ago this week, Republicans gathered in Kansas City to select a nominee for the 1976 Presidential election. Like most conventions, it had its fair share of cliff hangers – Gerald Ford,
Christoph Eschenbach, piano – Lorin Maazel, Cond. – Cleveland Orchestra Concert Broadcast – March 4, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Back to historic concerts this week – this time it’s Lorin Maazel leading the Cleveland Orchestra with Christoph Eschenbach at the piano in concert of music by Beethoven,
August 14, 1978 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 14, 1978 – On this day 40 years ago, President Jimmy Carter addressed a gathering of the Mid-Continent Farmers Association. In what was initially billed as a “Major Foreign Policy Address”, the address
Aretha Franklin – live at festival de Jazz d’Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, France – July 21, 1970 – RFI-Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the pessimistic news tonight via Aretha Franklin’s family – word is, the Queen Of Soul is gravely ill and may not make it over the next
