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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– CBS Radio – Who Killed Michael Farmer? – April 21, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our month of milestone Radio Documentaries, this one from CBS Radio narrated by the legendary Edward R. Murrow and produced by…
– From The Pacific – NBC Radio – August 8, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Two days after the first Atomic Bomb attack on Hiroshima, the city was still smoldering. The full extent of the destruction was only…
– Leon Boellmann Cello Sonata – 1949 – ORTF, Paris – Another rarely performed composer this week, as performed by a then-rising-star Cellist, Jacques Ripoche and legendary pianist-teacher Jean-Jacques Painchaud in a broadcast recital recording made by French Radio in…
Marilyn Monroe: Fame Is Fickle – NBC Radio Tribute – August 6, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Hard to imagine it was sixty years ago today the world lost Marilyn Monroe. Within hours of finding her body, dead from…
– Vietnam Update -August 4, 1966 – ABC Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the Vietnam War dragged on, some news outlets began weekly reports on the status of fighting, and giving casualty figures. ABC Radio had…
Orchestre National de l’ORTF, conducted by Jean Martinon with Vlado Perlemuter, piano – Recorded March 22, 1956 – Radio France/INA Archives – Even though this year has been filled with great festivals and great artists, the real gems several summers…
– 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…
– Genesis – in concert at The Roxy – December 19, 1973 – early show – Roxy soundboard – When Genesis played their first West Coast gig, at the fabled Roxy on Sunset strip in West Hollywood, they were initially…
London Column – August 1, 1945 – BBC World Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Here we are – first day of August. In 1945, August marked the end of World War 2. In 1965, it also marked one…
Back to French Radio transcriptions again this week. This time featuring something familiar played by two highly regarded artists of the 1950s – Roger Albin, cello and Claude Helffer, piano. They play the Debussy Sonata for Cello and Piano, as…