– CBS Radio News – January 29, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 26 years ago, on January 29, 2000 the news was about protestors disrupting the Economic Summit in Davos Switzerland, where President Clinton was scheduled to make an address and where questions regarding the U.S. government’s acknowledgement that
Tracyanne & Danny in session at BBC Scotland on September 19, 2018 for Roddy Hart’s Quay Sessions. With the sad news that singer-songwriter Danny Coughlan passed on January 26th, it was heartbreaking for many that this talented and essential artist was gone. In a year that’s barely just started, hearing
Saturday Night Massacre – CBS Radio News Bulletins – October 19-20, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The infamous Saturday Night Massacre. At the height of the Watergate Scandal and the eventual toppling of the Nixon Presidency, the move to oust Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, which was met by
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
Fischer Z – Recorded at The Paris Theatre in London on July 28, 1979 by BBC Radio 1 for In Concert. While studying clinical psychology and working in psychiatric clinics, John Watts formed Fischer-Z with Stephen Skolnik in 1977. The first performances took place in English punk clubs and the
Jale in session tonight – recorded for John Peel at BBC Radio 1 on September 13, 1994. Part of the Halifax Pop Explosion in Canada in the early 1990s, Jale were one of the first two Canadian bands to be signed to SubPop Records in Seattle. Sadly, only together for
– WCBS-CBS News – Report on Death of Johnny Carson – January 23, 2005 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection On this day 10 years ago, if you were around before 1992, Johnny Carson was part of your life. For 30 years he was casually known as The King Of Late
Henry Wallace – Address of March 17, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Henry Wallace has been receiving a goodly amount of attention in recent years. As Secretary of Agriculture and then vice-President under FDR, he was a major supporter of FDR’s New Deal policies and considered even by
January 22, 1982 – CBS World News Roundup – Newsbreak – 9:00am News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 22, 1982 – Another day in history, loaded with contrasts. Starting with this day in 1982 being the 9th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision on abortion. Roe V. Wade
The Philadelphia Orchestra led by Eugene Ormandy this week. Recorded as part of the PBS Great Performances series, on April 4, 1979 and featuring three works: an Ormandy transcription of a work by Handel – Debussy’s La Mer and concluding with Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. There was a time that, even
