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Music by Enric Madriguera and His orchestra – Capitol Transcription D-13-14 – 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something a little different for a Sunday night. A 1946 session by Latin bandleader Enric Madriguera recorded by Capitol Records for their Transcription service. The story behind all these transcription sessions...
André Girard and The ORTF Chamber Orchestra – Pierre Max Dubois – Ouverture pour les Oiseaux de Lune – ORTF Radio – 1965- Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Music of Pierre Max Dubois this weekend, as performed by the ORTF Chamber Orchestra led by the venerable André Girard. A...
Chipping in, and the perks are rather cool: Become a Patron! Artie Shaw and his band, live from The Blue Room at the Hotel Lincoln in New York, broadcast by CBS on December 6, 1938. Mixing things up a bit this week – heading into Big Bands of the 1930s...
August 1, 1975 – Jean Shepherd – Daily Show – WOR-AM, New York – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sadly, most people know the name Jean Shepherd via his immortal holiday tale, A Christmas Story. Even if you only knew him as an author, you’d know exactly who he was...
UB40 – In Concert – Brighton Pavilion – 1985 – BBC Radio 1 – UB40 this weekend. Recorded at Brighton Pavilion in 1985 for BBC Radio 1’s In Concert series. The band members began as friends who knew each other from various schools across Birmingham, England. The name “UB40” was...
The Blasters – in conversation with Joe Benson – The Local Music Show – November 1981 – KLOS – Mike Devich Collection L.A.’s very own Blasters, in conversation at KLOS with Joe Benson and The Local Music Show from November 1981. By now, The Blasters have become an institution. A...
July 31, 1993 – Called The Great Flood of ’93, flood waters were busy rising at an alarming rate, forcing many to leave there homes on a moments notice, cutting a wide swatch of destruction in its wake. The latest nightmare from the flood washed up on the doorsteps of...
And Also The Trees – Live In Lyon – June 6, 1988 – RFI-FIP – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – And Also The Trees in concert from Lyon and recorded on June 6, 1988 by RFI in Paris. The band formed in 1979 in Inkberrow, a large village in Worcestershire,...
Alena Baeva, violin – NHK Symphony, Paava Järvi, cond. – Concert of February 9, 2019 – NHK-FM, Tokyo – Heading over to Tokyo this week for something a bit more contemporary. A concert by the legendary NHK Symphony, conducted by Paavo Järvi and featuring the Russian violinist Alena Baeva in...
July 28, 1993 – A world laced with conflict. In Bosnia, the conflict between Serbs and Croats continued; with regular shelling and raining sniper fire in Bosnia. President Clinton was weighing the very real possibility of launching airstrikes in support of UN troops on the ground. If he gave the...
