
February 17, 1942 – “From Today, Singapore Will Be Known As Sonam” – Radio Tokyo.
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– 1960 Prague Spring Festival – The Czech Philharmonic – Kirill Kondrashin, cond. – Mstislav Rostropovich, cello – Czech Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another Historic concert this week – The celebrated Czech Philharmonic, led by distinguished Soviet conductor Kirill Kondrashin and featuring the legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich

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Faurè: Impromptu No. 3 : Debussy: 3 pieces: Excerpts from a broadcast recital tonight by renowned Hungarian/French Pianist Livia Rèv, recorded around 1951 by ORTF (Radio France), circa 1951. Livia Rèv is regarded as something of an institution. In her 90s, she is still playing and recording, but her earlier

– News Of The World – NBC Red Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 11, 1942 – news for this day was ominous, sketchy and strange. The situation in Singapore was described in London as growing worse, but in some ways it was getting better. British troops were

– News Of The World – February 10, 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ominous day, this February 10th in 1942. Japanese troops were closing in on the British island of Singapore and it was only a matter of hours, if not days, before the embattled island would be

The legendary Miles Davis this weekend. From a series of concerts at the 1963 Juan-Les Pins Festival in France, recorded by ORTF in Paris on July 26-28, 1963. This concert has been available officially and unofficially in various forms over the years, and I don’t think a single performance or

– Darryl Way’s Wolf – In Concert At The Paris Theatre, London – 1973 – BBC Radio 1 – Some of the lesser luminaries of Prog-Rock tonight, by way of Darryl Way’s Wolf. After leaving late 60’s/early 70s Folk/Prog/Psych band Curved Air, violinist and keyboard player Darryl Way formed Wolf

– NBC Special Program – Pitcairn Island Expedition – February 2, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In trying to think of a comparable communications feat in recent times, the only thing I could think of was the development of Streaming Audio and video – it’s a way of