Category: Radio
“The Energy Crisis Has Not Yet Overwhelmed Us” – Jimmy Carter – April 18, 1977
Further evidence April has had its fair share of drama in history. On this April 18th in 1977 it was a dire warning from President Jimmy Carter over the Energy Crisis that was looming. On this day he spoke directly to the American people in an Address To The Nation,
Hell Night – London And A 10 Hour German Air Raid – April 17, 1941
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Working Week – Live At Glastonbury 1985 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– Working Week – live at Glastonbury 1985 – BBC Radio 1- Working Week tonight. From their concert at Glastonbury in 1985, recorded by the ever-present-always-amazing BBC Radio 1. Working Week were one of the first British Jazz/Pop/Funk/New Wave conglomerations to come about in the 1980s. During a decade where
Jeanne Gautier With Pierre Michel-LeConte And The French National Orchestra Play Music Of Claude Arrieu – 1952 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– Claude Arrieu – Violin Concerto – Jeanne Gautier, Violin – French National Orchestra – Pierre-Michel LeConte – Paris Radio – 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Back over to France this week for a radio broadcast performance of Claude Arrieu’s violin Concerto with Jeanne Gautier, violin and the
It’s September 1966 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In Boss Angeles – School Spirit Is An Abstract Concept
– KHJ- Frank Terry – September 8, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – There are people who love High School – they do homework, they join clubs, they go to pep rallies, they have drivers licenses. You are not one of them. You still take the bus – you
Funeral For FDR – The Death Of A President – April 14, 1945
– FDR Funeral (recap) – April 14, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day 78 years ago, the country was in mourning as it paid its last respects to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had died two days earlier of a cerebral hemorrhage while on vacation at “the
The Balkans: A Million Stories From The Front – Seldom The Same Story Twice – April 13, 1941
– News for April 13, 1941 – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another day inching closer to a World at War. This April 13th in 1941 was filled with stories of the situation in The Balkans, the German action in Greece, the fighting in East
Deaf School In Session – 1976 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and give a listen to their first session for John Peel.
Investigating Three Mile Island: Faulty Gauges – Faulty Logic – April 10, 1979
– CBS World News Roundup – April 10, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another interesting news day, this April 10th in 1979. Starting with an investigation of Nuclear Power Plants, based on the recent disaster at Three Mile Island nuclear facility. Seems the potential for problems was a