– President Johnson Address regarding riots – July 27, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With a country teetering on the edge of burning down. Cities engulfed in flame and violence. Civil disorder spread from coast to coast, it truly was The Long, Hot Summer many predicted would happen.
Almost a year since the end of World War 2 – on this July 26, 1946, it was about adjustment, change and justice. Reports from Nuremberg, where the trial of the former Nazi hierarchy was heading into its final phase. Prosecution was delivering final arguments in the 8 month
– July 25, 1966 – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Summer in the city and the summer of discontent. A Summer of scarring and scorching, this July 25, 1966. Starting with news on the matter of Civil Rights and the exploding violence and rage in cities
– BSO In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, conducting – March 2, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This week’s installment of our Boston Symphony In Rehearsal series features the BSO under Charles Munch rehearsing two wildly different pieces on the same program. Starting off with Handel’s Water Music and
Luchino Visconti Interview by Arthur Boyers – BBC Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As those defining moments in the history of Cinema, and the words from the people behind those moments start to fade from memory, it never hurts to be reminded where things come from, and never
Yes, in concert at New Haven, Conn. – July 24, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. I thought I would run into the vault and drag something out I hadn’t heard in a while (and probably neither of have you). Yes, in an early U.S. concert, opening for Grand Funk
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CBS World News Roundup – July 21, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day, 57 years ago saw an escalation of things. An escalation of the War in Vietnam and an escalation in the violence in reaction to the Civil Rights Movement. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara had
– 4 By Ike & Tina Turner – From the lp Don’t Play Me Cheap – Sue Records LP-2005 – Diving through vinyl this weekend. Coming up with early Ike & Tina Turner. During their stint with Sue Records, from the 1963 album Don’t Play Me Cheap – 4 tracks
The Sundays – In Session for John Peel – February 28, 1989 – BBC Radio 1 – The Sundays in session tonight. One of those bands with every indication and capability of being a screaming success; whose first single (Can’t Be Sure) raced up the British Indie Charts and proclaimed
