– Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Live At Rock en Seine – August 25, 2012 – Radio France – Le Mouv’- Having been a fan of Oasis since Definitely Maybe, and a little puzzled by the whole Noel/Liam fracas, as well as the amount of Press-baiting going on, I
It adds up, so subscribe: Become a Patron! – Radio Paris Shortwave – Radio Moscow Shortwave – News – March 20, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As tensions increased throughout Europe, this first day of Spring in 1939, life for the most part was making a heroic attempt
Become a Patron! Sarah Vaughan – Live at Antibes Jazz Festival, July 29, 1963 – Radio France – Sarah Vaughan this weekend. Sassy, The Divine One and possessor of one of the greatest singing voices in Jazz, in concert at the Antibes Jazz Festival at Juan-les-Pins, France and recorded by
You can do a lot with coffee: Schmitt: La Tragèdie de Salomè – Paris Conservatory Orchestra, Andrè Cluytens, cond. 1950 Besancon Festival – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The music of Florent Schmitt this weekend. A popular figure during the first four decades of the 20th Century, Florent Schmitt
– News Of The World – December 8, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This December 8 in 1947 saw the country battling Politics and Inflation, the Cold War unfolding and American cities squabbling for bragging rights. Politics and Inflation on Capitol Hill, the GOP was readying a plan
– Martinu: Piano Concerto Nr. 1 – Lucette Descaves, piano – French National Orchestra – Ernest Bour, cond. Radio Paris transmission – circa 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection.- I’ve been hesitating to post this for some time because the sound is pretty terrible. But, and this is a huge
The War in Europe, now three months old, as it was observed from the Maginot Line in Eastern France. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the original, complete broadcast.
-NBC – Listen To Washington – November 2,1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the Cold War became a permanent fixture for life in the 1950s, so were the Summit conferences taking place in Geneva. Seemingly, ever few months, some gathering of Superpowers would take place to iron out
-Story Behind The Headlines – Palestine And The UN – Sept. 14, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – “Had we known then what we know now . . . . .” – I’m sure that mantra has been said over and over throughout the years. But nowhere in history
