– Combined Networks – President Roosevelt Birthday celebrations – January 30, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lest we all forget, 143 years ago today is President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s birthday, born January 30, 1882. In 1936 it was a national celebration, and parties were held all over the
– Elvis Presley – Live At the Las Vegas Hilton – August 3, 1969 – The further we get away from the 1950s, when Elvis Presley was new and we had never heard anybody like him before the harder it is to picture the era and the people and the
Legends this morning. The immortal Otis Redding, in concert from Stockholm and recorded by the venerable Sveriges Radio in 1967. It’s been said, and rightly so, that Otis Redding was one of the greatest singers in the history of American Popular Music, and was one of the seminal figures in
– Bob Marley and The Wailers – Live at The Boarding House, San Francisco – July 3, 1975 – KMPX-FM Bob Marley to keep things calm this morning – recorded at The Boarding House in San Francisco on July 3, 1975 and broadcast live by KMPX-FM. A pivotal figure, not
The Ramones – live at The Club, Cambridge Mass. – May 12, 1976 – It’s the Monday morning before Christmas, and I will bet you are most likely going insane with packing, leaving and going someplace; either driving and looking at weather reports or stuck in traffic on the way
Mark Twain 100th Birthday Dinner – November 19, 1935 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In case you forgot, November 19th was Mark Twain’s birthday. In 1935, it was a very big deal as that year was the centenary of his birth. So on November 19th, 1935 the Mark Twain
Tangerine Dream – live in Berlin – November 15, 1982 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Tangerine Dream this weekend. They were probably the first purely electronic bands to appear on the World Stage in the late 1960s. Prior to that, it was all experimenting and pretty much the exclusive domain
– N.Y. Phil. – Leonard Bernstein, Cond. – Murray Perahia, Piano – June 29, 1976 – Part 1 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – – N.Y. Phil. – Leonard Bernstein, Cond. – Murray Perahia, Piano – June 29, 1976 – Part 2 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Leonard Bernstein
– CBS World News Roundup – November 6, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The flood of East Germans pouring into West Berlin continued without stop on this day 35 years ago. The East German government was quickly amending travel laws, allowing anyone from East Germany to visit the
– Devo – In Concert at The Walker Center, Minneapolis – November 3, 1978 – Devo to end a fractious week – in concert at The Walker Center in Minneapolis on November 3, 1978 Probably one of the more visible and influential bands of the 70s, Devo rode the crest
