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1930's, Adolf Hitler, BBC, Day in history, FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt, French Radio, History, Italy, London, Past Daily, Radio, Social Commentary, Society, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, Vintage Recordings, War, War Crimes, World News, World War 2

September 4, 1939 – The First Casualties; Just Plain Folks –

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”9945″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”September 4, 1939 – News Reports from Europe – Various Stations – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] With War in Europe officially declared, this day in September 1939, the first official casualties reported wound up…

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September 4, 2013
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1990s, Americana, BBC, Festivals, London, Music Festival, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Popular Culture, Radio, Singer, Singer-Songwriter, Social Commentary, Society, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings, World Stage

Nanci Griffith – Live At Cambridge Folk Festival 1992 – Nights At The Roundtable: Festival Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Nanci Griffith – live at the 1992 Cambridge Folk Festival – BBC 6 Music A change of pace tonight. No reason, but I don’t recall running any Nanci Griffith on Past…

gordonskene
September 3, 2013

1980's, Americana, BBC, Indie, London, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Popular Culture, Radio, Radio Sessions, Rock n' Roll, Roots Rock, Society, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings, Vocal Groups, World Stage

10,000 Maniacs – Live In London – 1988 – Nights At The Roundtable

Click on the link here for Audio Player – 10,000 Maniacs in concert at Sadlers Wells Theatre, London – 1988 – BBC 6 Music Jumping into the 80s tonight with a concert by 10,000 Maniacs, live in London at the…

gordonskene
August 31, 2013
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1980's, BBC, Brit-Pop, Indie, London, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Radio Sessions, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings

The Soup Dragons – In Session 1986 – Nights At The Roundtable: Session Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Soup Dragons, In session for John Peel – 1986 – BBC Radio Something slightly more familiar (at least to some of you) tonight. The Soup Dragons got started in 1985 and…

gordonskene
August 21, 2013

1960's, 1968, BBC, Brit-Pop, London, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Pop Music, Popular Culture, Psychedelia, Radio, Radio Sessions, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings

Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera – In Session – 1968 – Nights At The Roundtable: Sessions

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera – In Session at Saturday Club – January 27, 1968 – BBC Radio I was originally going to post this a few weeks ago; it was in the…

gordonskene
August 20, 2013

1940's, BBC, Day in history, Democracy, Foreign Policy, France, Harry S. Truman, History, London, Past Daily, Politics, Radio, Social Commentary, Society, Uncategorized, United Nations, Vintage Recordings, War, War Crimes, Week In History, World News, World War 2

Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop – August 1, 1945

Click on the link here for Audio Player: BBC World Service – London Column – Aug. 1, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection While the war was still raging in the Pacific, the war was over in Europe. And the…

gordonskene
August 1, 2013

1940's, Adolf Hitler, Capitol Hill, Congress, Day in history, Democrats, FDR, Foreign Policy, France, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Henry Wallace, History, Japan, London, Past Daily, Politics, Presidents, Radio, Republicans, The Fourth Estate, The Press, U.S. Intervention, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings, War, War Crimes, World News, World War 2

Watchers Of The Sky – July 31, 1940

Click on the link here for Audio Player: News Of The World – NBC Blue Network – July 31, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Despite it not being a busy news day, in the middle of Summer and one…

gordonskene
July 31, 2013

1960's, 1970's, Americana, BBC, Folk, London, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Pop Music, Popular Culture, Radio, Radio Sessions, Singer, Singer-Songwriter, Society, Uncategorized, Vintage Recordings

Melanie Live At The Paris Theater, London – 1975 – Nights At The Roundtable: Mini-Concert Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Melanie in Concert at The Paris Theater – 1975 – BBC 6 Music Melanie is one of those artists who helped define the genre of the Singer-Songwriter in the 1960s. Straddling the…

gordonskene
July 31, 2013

1990s, London, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Popular Culture

Garbage – In Concert At Leeds – 1996 – Nights At The Roundtable

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Garbage In Concert At Leeds Polytechnic – April 9, 1996 – BBC 6 Music If the great French Existentialist writer Albert Camus were alive today, and asked what his favorite 90s…

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July 28, 2013

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The Long, Hot Bummer Continues – July 25, 1966

Click on the link here for Audio Player: CBS Radio – The World Tonight – July 25, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection If anybody had any curiosity over why the Hippie Movement became so prevalent in the 1960s, you…

gordonskene
July 25, 2013

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