– United Nations Security Council Session – Dec. 2, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran and some 50 Embassy employees held hostage for some 28 days, it was time to get the UN involved in trying to offer some solution to an increasing
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Goat – Live at Way Out West – August 10, 2013 – Sveriges Radio P3 In the Cosmic-soaked footsteps of Tame Impala, Pond and a host of other New-Psych Meisters, the Swedish Psych-Commune Goat have been around
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Kup’s Show – May 20, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Two things to consider – the people in the photo above are mostly all in their early to late 60s right now – some older,
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – The Paris Conservatory Student Orchestra, conducted by Louis Martin 1954 – ORTF, Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Back to Paris this week for something (mostly) familiar. The Petite Symphonie by Charles Gounod, featuring the Student
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC International Bandstand – Ted Heath – March 2, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A slight stretch this week, but not all that much when you think about it. This week it’s British Bandleader Ted Heath in
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Curtis Harding – Live At Paradiso, Amsterdam – Nov. 23, 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR12 A taste of Soul, smack in the middle of Amsterdam tonight, compliments of Curtis Harding in a concert recorded live at Paradiso on November
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – KCBS – Lookin’ Em Over – Sports Report – November 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection No doubt, if you went anywhere this Thanksgiving holiday you were invariably sitting in a room where a TV (or several)
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Peter & The Harmonics – In session at BBC Bristol – 2011 – BBC Radio Bristol Never one to shy away from suggestions by readers, my friend Mig Schillace turned me on this band. Partly because they’re
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Van Dyke Parks in concert at Crossing Border Festival – Sept. 12, 1996 – VPRO/3VOOR12 Some festive Americana for this holiday from none other than the legendary Van Dyke Parks, along with an assembled multitude of musicians
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – November 27, 1982 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection November 27th in 1982 fell on a Saturday. Thoughts of Thanksgiving were now fading into memory. And even though it was a holiday weekend, that
