August 1, 1945 – The Slow Road Home – Picturing Civilian Life.
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Category: Radio
Roger Albin And Claude Helffer Play Music Of Debussy – 1955 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
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 recorded in a radio session for ORTF in Paris, circa
It’s 1977 – You’re A Teenager – You’re At A Crossroads – You’re In L.A. – Your Radio Is Fuzzy And Distant – And So Are You
– KTNQ-AM, Los Angeles – September 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – You Remember – Your life; 1977 – Oh yeah – the year you were assaulted by Disco, Kiss and The Ramones – all at the same time and all on your radio. No wonder your brain was
July 28, 1950 – The Situation In Korea – News From The Front – Talk Of Homefront Mobilization.
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Whiteout In Session – 1994 – Past Daily Soundbooth
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Leonard Bernstein And Mstislav Rostropovich With The French National Orchestra – Live – 1976 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
Over to Paris this week for a classic concert from 1976 featuring the French National Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein with Mstislav Rostropovich, cello. The concert was re-broadcast in 1984 as a celebration of the FNO’s then-upcoming tour of the U.S. Here’s what’s on the players: French National Orchestra –
July 27, 1967 – LBJ Addresses The Summer Of Violence – Cities Under Siege.
– President Johnson Address regarding riots – July 27, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With a country teetering on the edge of burning down. Cities engulfed in flame and violence. Civil disorder spread from coast to coast, it truly was The Long, Hot Summer many predicted would happen.
July 26, 1946 – Deliberations In Nuremberg – Negotiations In Palestine – Riots In Frankfurt
Almost a year since the end of World War 2 – on this July 26, 1946, it was about adjustment, change and justice. Reports from Nuremberg, where the trial of the former Nazi hierarchy was heading into its final phase. Prosecution was delivering final arguments in the 8 month
Vanessa Paradis – In Session – Nights At The Roundtable: Rock Without Borders Edition
– Vanessa Paradis in session May 15 2013 – Radio France – Le Mouv – One of the things I find frustrating about aspects of our culture here in the U.S. is that propensity to pigeon-hole an artist into one category or another. A person who establishes a name for
July 25, 1947 – Congress Pulls An All-Nighter – Another Mine Disaster – A Batch Of Poisoned Soy Sauce.
– Sam Hayes and The News – July 25, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A mixed bag of news, this July 25th in 1947. Congress pulled an all-nighter in a futile attempt to investigate Attorney General Thomas Clark over his proposed List of Subversive Organizations. Report from Congress: