Army-McCarthy Hearings – April 27, 1954 – CBS Radio Recap of days proceedings – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The history of Senate Subcommittee hearings is a long and contentious one. Before the current fiasco we had Watergate. In the 1970s that pretty much defined what America was all about,
Albert Finney In Conversation – circa 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A few words from Albert Finney this weekend. One of the leading lights of British Cinema of the early 1960s, Finney came to world-wide prominence in the Academy Award winning film Tom Jones in 1963. Prior to
Rodney On The Roq – April 8, 1979 – 999 And Bob Geldof – James Reitano Sound Collection – Rodney Bingenheimer. Yes, it’s his last broadcast from KROQ, coming up this Sunday night at midnight. Since I ran the Go Go’s on Rodney’s show from 1980 last week there’s been
Gregg Allman Band – live at The Stone, San Francisco – September 22, 1984 – Band Soundboard – If anyone thought we’d get a respite from the flood of untimely deaths which visited us in 2016, I am afraid that was only a fleeting hope and fervent wish. Now we
Week ending May 25, 1974 – The Washington Week In Review – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Watergate. The scandal which toppled a Presidency and captivated a country stretched on and on, the Watergate Prosecution Special Taskforce was marking its first year anniversary. The Taskforce which began
Alec Wilder Octet – Such A Tender Night – Brunswick 8357 – Rec. March 30, 1939 – Music of Alec Wilder tonight – from a series of recordings he made with his Octet for Brunswick Records in 1939, Such A Tender Night, which was the flip side of Walking Home
Carla Bley Trio – live from Uppsala Sweden – November 7, 2015 – Sveriges Radio P2, Stockholm – Carla Bley Trio this weekend. The past few days have been personal quests for Musical Comfort Food; that music which soothes the soul, offers solace and brings optimism, along with strength and
May 18, 1951 – MBS: Fulton Lewis Jr. News and Commentary – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 18, 1951 and the controversy surrounding the abrupt dismissal and relieving of duties of General Douglas MacArthur by President Truman back in April was still having repercussions around Capitol Hill. And depending
May 15, 1941 – News report direct from Singapore – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 15, 1941. As the world became engulfed in war and as new fronts opened up, troops from Britain and the Commonwealth arrived in Singapore to bolster defenses in Southeast Asia after the threat of
Charles Koechlin – Memorial Concert – 1952 – ORTF – Radio Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Over to Paris this week for a portion of the Memorial Concert for Charles Koechlin, who died in December of 1950 and whose memorial concert was a virtual who’s who of French
