June 6, 1944 – Invasion Of Europe – Flashes Through A Darkened Sky
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Category: The Press
Earthquake In Peru – Excursion In Cambodia – June 2, 1970
– NBC Nightly News – June 2, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With reports slow to come in, news regarding the massive earthquake hitting Peru two days earlier painted a grim picture, guaranteed to get grimmer as the days went on. Initial reports said the earthquake struck half
Ike & Tina Turner Live In Paris 1971 – Past Daily Tribute Edition: Tina Turner: The Early Legacy
– Ike & Tina Turner – Live At L’Olympia, Paris – January 30, 1971 – RTL – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ike & Tina Turner, live at the legendary Olympia in Paris from January 30, 1971. They always said James Brown was the hardest working man in show business
Tina Turner – Live In Chicago – 1984 – Past Daily Tribute Special (Tina Turner: 1939-2023)
– Tina Turner – Live At Park West, Chicago – August 17, 1984 – With the sad news today of the passing of the legendary Tine Turner, our year of loss in the music world is compounded. This post was originally published in 2015 and I’m offering it here as
Berlin: ‘Today The Weather Is . . . Fine’ – May 23, 1938
– News From Berlin – May 23, 1938 – Radio Berlin – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in May, 1938 comes by way of Berlin Radio, broadcasting the news in English. Reports claiming three more Czech border provocations along the disputed Sudeten territory, with German border
Paris Conservatory And Andrè Cluytens Play Music Of Roussel – 1949 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– Albert Roussel – Bacchus et Ariane – Paris Conservatory, Andrè Cluytens, cond. – 1949 Besançon Festival – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Music from the 1949 Besançon Festival in France this week, featuring the legendary Paris Conservatoire Orchestra led by Andrè Cluytens. Founded in 1948, the Besançon
A Week Of Violence: Shootout On East 54th Street – Explosions In Dublin – Hostages In Ma’aLot – Week Of May 19, 1974
– CBS Radio – The World This Week – Week ending May 19, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A rather violent week, the one ending May 19th, 1974. Capturing the majority of attention (at least in the U.S.) was the shootout taking place at an otherwise anonymous looking
Squabbles, Budgets And Blame Games – May 16, 1983
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Dark Over Farmingdale – America’s First Air Raid Drill – May 16, 1938
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Cambodia, Kent State, Nixon: Storm Over The White House – May 12, 1970
– NET – Newsfront – May 12, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the U.S. excursion into Cambodia, and the repercussions from that move still fresh in the minds of Americans on this May 12th in 1970, President Nixon made the announcement that the U.S. invasion of