. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Hall & Oates – Live At My Father’s Place – December 7, 1979 – WLIR-FM Late 70s/early 80s tonight. With MTV rapidly invading most living rooms in America by this time, the onslaught of video-perfect bands went
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Robert Gordon Band – Live At My Father’s Place – Roslyn, New York – March 6, 1979 – WLIR-FM In the odd event listening to a Piano recital by a Russian wiz isn’t what you’re up for
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Ian Hunter Band – live at My Father’s Place – June 12, 1979 – WLIR-FM A dose of Rock n’ Roll this weekend from none other than the legendary Ian Hunter and his band featuring Mick Ronson
– United Nations Security Council Session – Dec. 2, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran and some 50 Embassy employees held hostage for some 28 days, it was time to get the UN involved in trying to offer some solution to an increasing
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Lionel Hampton All-Stars – Live in Berlin – November 3, 1979 – RBB Berlin Jumping into some Big Band Jazz this weekend by way of the legendary Lionel Hampton and his All-Stars. And All-Star ain’t no lie.
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup + Newsbreak + 9:00 am News – October 31, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Starting off the day with a tragedy, this October 31st in 1979. Beginning with news of a Western Airlines DC-10 from Los
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Walter Cronkite News and Analysis – October 24, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection When the 26th Amendment to the Constitution went into effect in July of 1971, everyone thought the flood gates of the new voter bloc would open and
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Linton Kwesi Johson – In concert, 1979 – BBC6 Music A set by Jamaican Poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, recorded in concert from 1979 by the venerable BBC and re-run several years ago. One of the bright lights on the UK literary
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – September 25, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Africa was a hotbed of change, this September 25th in 1979. With the overthrow of the Central African Emperor Bokassa, who likened himself to Napoleon and ordered massacres
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – September 18, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A day of wild fluctuation and concern, this September 18th in 1979. Starting with the surprising rise in Gold Prices, ending the day at an unprecedented
