Category Vintage Recordings

A few Words From Elsa Lanchester, Shelley Berman, Dolores Hart and Abe Feder with Mitch Miller – 1961 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry

– CBS Radio – Sunday Night With Mitch Miller – January 21, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A few legendary names this week, interviewed by the inimitable Mitch Miller on his weekly radio program Sunday Evening With Mitch,…

Ben Webster With The Modern Jazz Quartet – Live From Birdland 1953 – Past Daily Downbeat

– Ben Webster With MJQ – Live At Birdland – Feb. 21-28, 1953 – WADO-AM – Something not all that rare, but certainly noteworthy this week. An unusual pairing between Sax legend Ben Webster and The Modern Jazz Quartet. Recorded…

Nixon and Watergate

August 18, 1973 – Richard Nixon: “I Had No Prior Knowledge Of The Watergate Break-in”

– August 18, 1973 – CBS Radio: The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 18, 1973 – The end of a hair-raising week worth of Watergate and the end of an excursion into Cambodia. On August…

August 18, 1945 – Japan Surrenders – A Delegation Arrives On Ie Shima Island.

– CBS Radio – Special Broadcast from Ie Shima Island – August 18, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the end of hostilities just days earlier on August 15th, the process of making the surrender official began. On…

Al Gore - 2000 Convention

August 17, 2000 – Al Gore Accepts A Nomination – Election 2000 – Politics And Conventions

Al Gore Acceptance Speech – 2000 Democratic National Convention – August 17, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 17, 2000. Doesn’t seem that long ago, in retrospect. But what happened in the intervening years probably changed the world…

The French National Orchestra With Pierre Dervaux Play Music Of Jean-Louis Martinet – 1963 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

Jean-Louis Martinet – 2 Pieces for Strings and Percussion – French National Orch. Pierre Dervaux, cond. 1963 – ORTF Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Overlooked composers of the 20th Century this weekend. 20th century French Composer Jean-Louis…

A Word Or Two From Gena Rowlands And John Cassavetes – 1975 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

– Gena Rowlands – John Cassavetes Interview – Arthur Knight – Feb. 20, 1975 – Regarded as one of the most innovative and ground-breaking of filmmakers in mid-20th Century Cinema, the work of John Cassavetes goes through phases of re-discovery and returned obscurity. Because his films…

Bomb Target U.S.A.

The Great Radio Documentaries – Bomb Target: USA 1953 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

Bomb Target: U.S.A. was a documentary special broadcast by CBS radio in March of 1953. The intended purpose was to expose our vulnerabilities and to scare the living crap out of us, all at the same time. With the Red…

August 12, 1945 – End Of World War 2 – “Any Day – Any Hour- Any Minute”.

-NBC – World News Roundup – News Of The World – August 12, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – – WOR-MBS – News and programming from 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm EWT – August 12, 1945 – Gordon Skene…