August 18, 1981 – CBS Radio – Frontline Report – World News Roundup – Newsbreak – 9:00 news – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. August 18, 1981 – President Reagan was front-and-center in this news this day. Worries over the budget deficit had many scrambling to figure out what went and
The view from Tehran – getting rid of the competition. A busy news day for June 25, 1981. Calling it a “slice of Salami”, President Ronald Reagan accused House Democratic leaders of trying to sabotage his budget-cutting plans and issued a public appeal for voters to speak up fast if
June 3, 1981 – CBS Radio – 9:00 am Network News – 11:00 am Network News – Gordon Skene June 3, 1981 – Wobbly seemed an apt description for the world this day. A wobbly economy was sending shock waves throughout the world and caused major concerns here at home.
The Chameleons – In Session for John Peel – June 17, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – Post-Punk/New Wave tonight from The Chameleons (or Chameleons UK), a relatively short-lived but seminal band of the early 80s, in two incarnations, with some six albums and six singles under their belts as
May 13, 1981 – Reports and reactions to news of Pope John Paul II – NPR News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 13, 1981 – The first news bulletins were met with perplexity. As the reports continued and elaborated, the news was unsettling and seemed abstract. Why attempt
Prince – to say he’s missed would be an understatement. Prince – in concert at The Ritz in New York – recorded on March 22, 1981 – part of the Dirty Mind Tour. Ironic that it was ten years ago, yesterday (April 21, 2016) that we lost Prince. The last
The Jam – In Concert at Golders Green – December 19, 1981 – BBC In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – The Jam in concert this weekend. One of the bands that epitomized Punk and Mod revival, The Jam were huge throughout the UK and the rest of
Crispy Ambulance – in session for John Peel – January 19, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – Crispy Ambulance tonight. One of the flood of bands turning out for the sake of Post-Punk in the late 70s/early 80s. They weren’t around very long, not for the first time – they
Department S – In Concert – Dec. 19, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – Department S in concert tonight, recorded by BBC Radio 1 for their In Concert series on December 19, 1981. Department S are a British post-punk/new wave band formed in 1980, who took their name from the
January 28, 1981 – CBS Radio News + The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 28, 1981 -A busy news day and much of it coming from Washington. Starting with news that Price controls on gas and oil and petroleum were to be removed. Keeping a campaign
