Category: 1979
April 12, 1979 – Tornado Season: Adding Insult To Injury – Missing Clipper Ships – Billy Speaks From Rehab.
April 12, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 12, 1979 – Tornado season was upon us – with 60 dead and counting from the first big outbreak two days earlier along the Texas/Oklahoma border. The previous day, 48 more tornadoes were reported in
Roky Erickson And The Explosives – In Concert – 1979 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Roky Erickson And The Explosives – Recorded live at Raul’s 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The legendary Roky Erickson in concert tonight. Recorded in 1979 during one of his frequent stints at Raul’s in Austin and featuring his band, The Explosives. Fans of 60s Psychedelia will know instantly
The (English) Beat – In Session 1979 – RIP: Ranking Roger (1963-2019) – Past Daily Soundbooth – Tribute Edition
The (English) Beat – In Session for John Peel – November 5, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – The sad news continues this week with word that Ranking Roger, singer for The Beat (or English Beat outside the UK) and founding member of General Public passed away earlier today at
March 22, 1979 – Selling Universal Health Care – Selling Middle-East Peace – Weathering Denunciations.
March 22, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 22, 1979 – On this day, HEW Secretary Joseph Califano would be making a speech later in New York and was expected to unveil President Carter’s long awaited position on National Health Insurance. According to
Joy Division- Live In Amsterdam – 1980 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Joy Division – In concert at Paradiso, Amsterdam – January 11, 1980 -VPRO-Netherlands – Joy Division in concert from Paradiso in Amsterdam tonight. Recorded live on January 11, 1980 by Netherlands radio network VPRO for broadcast. The story of Joy Division and their leader singer Ian Curtis are well known
March 7, 1979 – Carter’s Momentous Journey – ” A Splendid Victory Over China” – North And South Korea Negotiations: Going Nowhere –
March 7, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 7, 1979 – A momentous day in the Middle-East peace process. President Carter, determined to renew the Middle-East peace efforts was flying to Egypt to meet one-on-one with Sadat in Cairo, before heading off the
March 4, 1979 – Begin: “A Deep Crisis” – Beijing: “We Do Not Want To Occupy Vietnamese Territory” – Washington: “The Public Will Pay And Pay And Pay”
March 4, 1979 – CBS Radio: The World This Week- Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 4, 1979 – A week beginning on a series of ominous notes. The seemingly never-ending optimism/pessimism of the peace talk between Egypt and Israel took another down turn. Menachem Begin announced that a “state
Secret Affair – In Session – 1979 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Secret Affair – in session for John Peel – Recorded July 18, 1979 – Broadcast July 25 – BBC Radio 1 – Secret Affair to prepare for the upcoming week. Recorded for John Peel – July 18, 1979 -broadcast on July 25. Formed after the demise of the CBS Records