– NBC Radio – Gordon Cooper: Man In Space – May 16, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the Space Race gathered steam in the early 1960s, the excitement over each launch of a manned-space craft kept building momentum. The latest launch was Faith 7, piloted by Major
– CBS World News Roundup – May 14, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this May 14th in 1984 was hopeful, as far as the kidnapped Americans in Sri Lanka were concerned. Word surfaced the rebel group holding the tourists, Stanley and Mary Allen, were relenting on
– Arthur Lee and Love – Live At Roskilde Festival 2002 – June 26, 2002 – DR-P3, Copenhagen – Arthur Lee and Love, in concert at the legendary Roskilde Festival, Denmark in June of 2002. Precious little exists in the way of live recordings featuring Arthur Lee and Love. From
– Jean-Phillipe Collard – In Recital at France Musique Studio 104, Maison de la Radio, Paris – March 12, 2016 – Radio France Musique – If there was a concert which would constitute as therapeutic, cathartic, energizing, uplifting and the equivalent of a feast of comfort food, it would be
– Daniel Barenboim conducts the Berlin Staatskapelle – Sept. 4, 2015 – RBB Berlin – Daniel Barenboim this week. The iconic Pianist-Conductor, who has been a household name for decades leads the Berlin Staatskapelle orchestra in music of Arnold Schoenberg and Sir Edward Elgar. There are only two works in
– Tower Of Power – Live At Calderone Hall, Hempstead New York – April 11, 1975 – WLIR-FM – The legendary Tower Of Power this morning. Recorded live at Calderone Hall by WLIR-FM in New York, Spring of 1975. With a string of hits to their credit, Tower Of Power
– CBS World News Roundup – April 4, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another panicked day on Wall Street, this April 4th in 1994. Hot on the heels of a three-day weekend where investors had plenty of time to be whipped up into a frenzy, the nosedive continued
– NBC Radio – News Of The World – March 26, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this March 26th in 1948 had much to do with the changing face of Europe and the ever-changing relations between East and West in the Post-War world after events in
– Graham Parker – Live At Hammersmith Odeon – 1982 – BBC Radio 1 – After a number of notable but unsuccessful years fronting The Rumor, Graham Parker quit the band and went solo. It was then his fortunes changed and he achieved the success in the 80s which had
Back to the vault this week for something historic by way of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from the 1960s. Guest conducted by the great Hans Swarowsky and featuring legendary Pianist Claudio Arrau in a concert of music by Brahms, Alban Berg and Zoltan Kodaly. This previously unheard, never-broadcast and long-thought-lost
