– CBS World News Roundup – July 23, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A day on the edge of grim discoveries, this July 23rd in 1994. A day earlier, President Clinton authorized a massive airlift of food, water and medical aid to the 1 million-plus refugees of the
– Tim Hardin – In Session for WTBS-FM, Cambridge/Boston – January 1, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The name Tim Hardin may not ring a lot of bells these days, but the music he wrote which was performed by others is very much part of our musical heritage.
– CBS Radio – Continuous coverage – Apollo 11 – Moon Landing – July 20, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – One of those moments where, if you were around at the time, everyone knows where they were and what they were doing when Apollo 11 landed on the
– WCBS News + CBS World News Roundup – July 20, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Fifty years ago today, we were looking at a Summer awash with gloomy reports, agitated people and uncertain times. After a whirlwind 5-day fact-finding tour of South Vietnam, Defense Secretary McNamara boarded
– Pierre Wissmer – Le Bal chez Sylvie – Orchestre de la Suisse Romande – Edmond Appia, cond – Swiss Radio – 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – Going back to the Swiss Radio-Geneva sessions circa 1951 this weekend, with the legendary Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, led by
– Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Live at Kongresshaus, Zurich – October 9, 1959 – RTS-Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Classic Jazz this weekend, from the mind of the inimitable and beyond-category Duke Ellington, along with his Famous Orchestra, recorded for posterity by Swiss Radio on
– Nonono – Live At Bravalla Festival, Norrköping, Sweden – June 28, 2014 – Sveriges Radio P3 – Last year, when I ran a session from the Swedish Indie/Alternative band Nonono, I predicted they would be doing good things and had a bright future ahead. I was right. Shortly after
– News reports on Coup in Cyprus – July 15-24, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – While much of the U.S., and some parts of the world, were engrossed in the saga and unfolding scandal of Watergate during the week of July 15-24, 1974, another saga and scandal was
– Voices And Events- week ending July 17, 1949 – NBC Radio Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for the week, ending on July 17 in 1949 had much to do with plane crashes and turmoil. A plane crash over Bombay India claimed the lives of a group
