October 25, 1957 – NBC World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 25, 1957 – a day of meetings, conflicts and the Space Race. In Washington, President Eisenhower was meeting with UK Prime Minister Harold MacMillan and broadened the conference by bringing in NATO chief Paul-Henri Spaak
Genesis – Live at Paris Theatre, London – November 3, 1972 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert. Hot on the heels of Led Zeppelin came Rock from a completely different place. Labeled “Progressive” or Progrock, Bands like Genesis, and their founding member/lead singer Peter Gabriel took Pop music in a
– Deep Purple – In Concert – July 6, 1974 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – Deep Purple in concert from 1974 tonight with Deep Purple, a band who once took credit for the claim to be the “Loudest Band In The World”. Well, a lot of bands
– August 31, 1939 – John Steele Commentary from London – BBC News 7:00 pm – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 31, 1939 – As the inevitability of war seemed persistent, negotiations were still taking place in an eleventh hour hope to change that. Certain precautions were being
– NBC News Of The World – August 29, 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1942 had much to do with the War in the Pacific and the Eastern front. With the Solomon Islands campaign underway, U.S. troops were busily solidifying their positions on
August 29,1939 – News From Berlin Radio, Polish Radio, Italian Radio, Radio Moscow – Elliot Roosevelt Commentary – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 29, 1939 – Watching the skies over Europe and with last minute and last ditch efforts to avoid war, tensions between the Axis powers and the
– Strawbs In Concert from London – 1973 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – Strawbs were a band who went though a number of musical changes during their initial tenure from 1964-1980. Initially a bluegrass/folk-rock ensemble, boasting the likes of Sandy Denny, who would later depart for Fairport
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– 1976-11-06 BBC In Concert (Electric Light Orchestra) – BBC Radio 1 When I first ran into ELO it was around the time of their initial U.S.tour. Roll Over Beethoven had been released and everyone I ran into was pretty high on the band and the audience was starting to
– Pretty Things – BBC Session – Nov. 27, 1967 – One of those bands that have been largely overlooked by the mainstream when it comes to talking about influential groups of the 60s. The Pretty Things were always considered just a little too “edgy” for the tastes of the
