March 7, 1980 – Hostages and Primaries: Fingers Crossed
News for this day in 1980. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and give a listen to the original newscast for March 7, 1980
Category: 1980’s
February 28, 1980 – A Hostage Drama In Bogota – Day 117 in Tehran
February 28, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup -The World Tonight – Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 28, 1980 – 1980 seemed to have been The Year Of The Hostage, by the looks of the first few months. No sooner were we getting used to the
February 27, 1980 – Word From New Hampshire
News for this day in 1980 – the New Hampshire Primaries – click on the link at Past Daily and listen to the original newscast from that day.
Fiat Lux In Session -1984 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Fiat Lux – In session BBC Radio 1 – March 1984 – BBC Radio 1 – Fiat Lux tonight. Never heard of them? Well . . .they were together for only three years. They released one mini-album and 7 singles and had the distinction of their sax and keyboards player,
One Thousand Violins In Session – 1985 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the complete first session of this short-lived Indie band from the 80s.
Freur In Concert – 1985 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Freur – In Concert from London – 1985 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert series – Freur in concert tonight. Virtually unknown in the U.S., aside from “Doot Doot” which had been used in Vanilla Sky, Valley Girls, a second season episode of Gossip Girl, the last episode of Glory
Seiji Ozawa With Jessye Norman, Edith Wiens And The Boston Symphony – Live In London – 1984 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
Boston Symphony – Seiji Ozawa with Jessye Norman – Edith Wiens, Sopranos – The Philharmonia Chorus – Mahler: Symphony No. 2 – August 28, 1984 – BBC Proms Another historic concert this week. This time it’s the Boston Symphony at their first-ever Proms in London, performing the massive Resurrection Symphony
Blue Aeroplanes In Session – 1988 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Blue Aeroplanes – In session for Simon Mayo – Feb. 14, 1988 – BBC Radio 1 – Blue Aeroplanes to start the week. Around since 1981. Still together, with personnel and label changes – still as distinctive as ever, fronted by Gerard Langley, whose impenetrable shades follow him everywhere.
February 8, 1986 – Deposing A Dictator – Rigging An Election
February 8, 1986 – News via National Public Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 8, 1986 – A day of anger and upheaval on opposite ends of the globe. First with news that Haitian Dictator Jean-Claude (Baby Doc) Duvalier had been deposed by a coup and sent packing.
John Anderson: Presidential Candidate 1980 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room
John Anderson – Face The Nation – Feb. 3, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – John Anderson, upon hearing of his death last year, many people had forgotten who John Anderson was, and what was significant about him. Anderson was running for President in 1980. As a Republican, he