Assessing The Washington Press Corps – 1975 – Past Daily Reference Room
An appraisal of the Washington Press Corps, in 1975 – click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the original broadcast.
Category: Radio
Music Of Maurice Blackburn – Canadian Composers In Wartime – 1944 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Maurice Blackburn: Charpente: Canadian Forest – 1944 – CBC Symphony – Jean-Maurice Beaudet, cond. – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Canadian composer Maurice Blackburn in this premier performance of his Charpente: Canadian Forest, written in 1944 and featuring the CBC Symphony of Montreal, conducted by Jean-Maurice Beaudet.
Gene Krupa With Anita O’Day And Charlie Ventura – 1946 – Past Daily Downbeat
Gene Krupa Band, featuring Anita O’Day and Charlie Ventura – Spotlight Bands – January 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Digging deep into the vault this week for a performance by The Gene Krupa Band, featuring the legendary singer Anita O’Day, along with the pre Bop-For-The-Peaple Charlie Ventura on
Annika Norlin – Live At Popaganda, Stockholm – 2017- Past Daily Soundbooth: Rock Without Borders
Annika Norlin – live at Popaganda, Stockholm – Sept. 1, 2017 – Sveriges Radio P3 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Annika Norlin to end the working week. Aka: Hello Saferide and also Såkert!, Norlin is a singer-songwriter who also moonlights as a journalist for several Swedish publications as well
A Dean Rusk Press Conference – January 21, 1966 – Past Daily Reference Room
Dean Rusk Press Conference – January 21, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the Vietnam war dragged on and casualty figures kept rising, public opinion was slowly turning against our escalation, and even those in the Military were questioning our methods and our reasons. Secretary of State Dean
January 26, 1981 – Former Hostages Arrive At West Point – Decompression Amid A Carnival Atmosphere
January 26, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup + Hourly News + Newsbreak – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 26, 1981 – With celebrations continuing for the freed 52 American hostages, along with the carnival-like atmosphere that went along with their homecoming, the decompression and readjustment from 444 days
The Fall In Session – 2004 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Tribute Edition
The Fall – in session for John Peel – August 4, 2004 – BBC Radio 1 – More sad news this week. It was announced earlier today that The Fall’s founder/lead-singer/irascable icon Mark E. Smith passed away, after a long illness. He was 60. There was a reason John Peel
Rafael Kubelik With Lucia Popp And The Chicago Symphony Play Music Of Mozart – 1980 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
Rafael Kubelik with Lucia Popp, Mira Zakai, Alexander Oliver, Malcolm King – Chicago Symphony Orch and Chorus – Nov. 8, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Legendary Rafael Kubelik, returning to The Chicago Symphony in 1980 with a concert of music by Mozart, featuring Soprano Lucia Popp, mezzo-Soprano
January 24, 1981 – Decompression Time – Release Of American Hostages: Trauma And Questions
January 24, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 24, 1981 – The American hostages, held for 444 days at the Embassy in Tehran had been released some days earlier and flown to Wiesbaden West Germany, before continuing on to home in the U.S.
Franz Ferdinand – Live In Liverpool – 2003 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Franz Ferdinand – Live at Liverpool – 2003 – BBC 6 Music – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Franz Ferdinand this week. From a concert performed in Liverpool in 2003, the same year they released their debut ep, which was originally intended to be self-released, but which got picked up