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April 7, 1941 – NBC News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 7, 1941 – News from the Balkans was grim this day. The German Army had invaded Yugoslavia and had pushed their way through Macedonia. German dive bombers were targeting Greek defensive positions while German...
It just so happened, April 7th in 1996 was a Sunday. It was also Easter Sunday. It was also the first day of Daylight Savings Time. But that didn’t stop the world ending the week on a very haywire note. From news that notorious Unabomber suspect Ted Kaczynski was now...
A somber weekend – the bodies of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and 32 associates were flown back to Washington from Dubrovnik Croatia where Brown’s plane crashed, killing all on board. President Clinton was particularly saddened by the deaths, calling Ron Brown his great and good friend. Brown and the others...
Tame Impala – Live at Paredes de Coura 2015, Portugal – August 20, 2015 – Vodafone FM Hat in hand, heart on sleeve: Become a Patron! One of the real upsides to the 2015 festival season had been just how many radio outlets around the world are actively streaming, direct...
April 5, 1945 – Interview with Mutual Reporter Don Bell. Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 5, 1945 – Aside from the day to day news reports from the front and the Capitols involved in the War, much air time was spent interviewing those people who played, in some cases...
April 5, 1968 – Dr. Martin Luther King Assassination – The Day After – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 5, 1968 – A day of sadness, confusion and rage. Dr. Martin Luther King had been shot and killed in Memphis on the evening of April 4th....
Erich Leinsdorf, with soloists and chorus – The Rochester Philharmonic – Bach: St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 – April 1 and 8, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. In honor of Easter and recorded between April 1 and 8, 1950 for the radio broadcast series Pioneers Of Music, a complete...
The Monochrome Set – Live at The Paradiso, Amsterdam – September 20, 1980 – VPRO – Hilversum The Monochrome Set in concert this weekend – recorded at the famed Amsterdam Paradiso on September 20,1980 by the venerable Dutch radio outlet VPRO. The Monochrome Set are a highly influential English new...
Gene Weed – KFWB – October 1962 – Rob Frankel Collection – Maybe everybody goes through it – maybe only a few have, but it just seems like everybody. Being Sixteen and at that age where everything exists in the realm of the absolutes. It is the Absolute Best. It...
Uriah Heep – Top Of The Pops – May 5, 1970 – BBC Radio 1 Uriah Heep, in session for Top Of The Pops, recorded on May 5, 1970 just a month before the band’s debut album “Very ‘Umble” was released in the UK. I was very saddened to hear...
