March 30, 1951 – CBS Radio: Hear It Now with Edward R. Murrow – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 30, 1951 – What this week sounded like in 1951, and a look at Hollywood at a crossroads. A week loaded with drama – from hearings on Organized Crime to
Marius Monnikendam (L) – Willem van Otterloo (R) – Gems of the Archival dig. Back over to the Radio Nederland vaults this week for a performance of Marius Monnidendam’s Arbeid (Labor) – recorded in concert on March 23, 1966 with the Hague Philharmonic conducted by Willem van Otterloo. Marinus Adrianus
By the time the 1950s rolled around, FM radio was getting a firm foothold in American homes. With the advent of the lp and high fidelity, the boxy and cumbersome Radio console was giving way to “components” which emphasized truer sound, it also cultivated a sub-category of society known as
1969-12-17 Dave Symonds BBC In Concert (Moody Blues) Most people have relegated The Moody Blues to a sort of caricature status in recent years – the epitome of the airey-faerie Hippy-love and tie-dye stereotype of the 60’s. Their music has been limited to the almost exclusive playing of Knights In
Lamb – further pressing the envelope Taking a turn to the ethereal tonight with a session from Lamb – recorded in Amsterdam for the 2 Meter Sessions program on January 30, 1996. Lamb were an English electronic music duo from Manchester, whose music is influenced by trip hop, drum and bass and jazz.[4] The duo consists of producer Andy Barlow and
– NBC Radio – Don Hollenbeck And The News – News Of The World – March 27, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this March 27th in 1945 had mostly to do with rumors. Rumor a German surrender and VE Day was in the offing. Rumor the War
Historic moments from 1967 – The first Human Heart transplant, which took place on December 3, 1967 at a hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Surgeons removed the heart of a young who died after an automobile crash and placed it woman in the chest of a 55-year-old man dying
– ABC World News This Week – Week Ending March 26, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection For the week ending, this March 26, 1989 – much of the “big ticket” news had to do with vague, unconfirmed Terrorist threats received by the State Department ahead of Easter Week,
March 25, 1998 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 25, 1998 – In the small Arkansas town of Jonesboro, gunfire erupted at Westside Middle School where four students and a teacher were killed the previous day by a jilted 13 year-old boy and his
NPR – National Security Hearings – Military Power – June 4, 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In the early 1970s, with our military strength drained through a protracted Vietnam war, our Foreign Policy was brought into question and the whole issue of breakdowns in negotiations between nations, eventually
