March 9, 1991 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 9, 1991 – Desert Storm was over. The Hundred-hour war was now history. Troops were starting to come home. And hints and revelations it could have gone worse were starting to surface. Before leaving
Albert Spalding – RCA Magic Key – August 30, 1936 – NBC Red Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Digging up more rarities this weekend. This one might take a little getting used to – the original discs are badly damaged. But this is a very rare live performance from
Bob Crane – 9th Anniversary Show – May 30, 1964 – KNX Radio Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Talk radio in Los Angeles during the 1950s and 1960s was completely different than Talk Radio is now. Then, it was about personalities – the show host and the
Style Council – Live At Gold Digger’s – 1984 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Style Council tonight. In concert from Gold Digger’s in 1984 and preserved for posterity by the ever-venerable BBC Radio 1’s In Concert series. When The Jam called it quits and went their separate ways,
– CBS Radio – Eric Sevareid commentary – November 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seemingly, the situations never change. In November of 1958 the big concern was the Cold War – the “control of outer space”, the situation in Berlin and the situation in the Middle East. The grumblings
March 2, 1978 – CBS Radio The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 2, 1978 – Popularity contest on Capitol Hill, with President Jimmy Carter defying the polls and said that his personal approval rating was very high; that it was his willingness to tackle problems
– News reports + CBS World News Roundup – February 25, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Twenty-six years ago, on February 25, 2000; after three days of deliberations, a jury of 8 whites and 4 blacks in Upstate New York delivered a verdict in the Amadou Diallo case. Diallo,
– CBS – Eyewitness To History w/Walter Cronkite – Report On The Congo – February 24, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As a reminder that independence movements are often bloody, endless and convoluted struggles, you only have to look at the Independence movements that went on in Africa, starting
Power lunch this Monday – Lambrini Girls, live at Kantine Club in Cologne, Germany and recorded on December 7, 2025 by the venerable West German Radio. In the odd event you don’t already know, Lambrini Girls formed in Brighton UK, the band currently consists of Phoebe Lunny and Selin Macieira-Boşgelmez. After releasing
Diving into a big vat of mid-century Pop Culture this weekend. Of all things Coca-Cola, this was one of the staples of American radio. Just about every Sunday from the War Years until the 1950s,The Pause That Refreshes flooded American living rooms as various Musical directions took place with Percy
