Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – Voices and Events – Week ending August 14, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection And sometimes Summer isn’t necessarily violent or simmering or even contentious. This particular August 14th, 65 years ago was just that; a typical August
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – Face The Nation – Helmut Schmidt – May 28, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt made news again recently, discussing the crisis in the Ukraine and its implications for Europe and
Click on the link here for Audio Player – National Philharmonic Of Russia – Vladimir Krainev Birthday Concert – Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio Player – National Philharmonic Of Russia – Vladimir Krainev Birthday Concert – Part 2 Over to Moscow this week for a concert
Click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC-Radio News – Sec. of State Dean Rusk – Press Conference – WABC News – February 7, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Depending on your age at the time, the big concern for this February 7th in 1964 was either
Click on the link here for Audio Player – President Eisenhower in India – December 11, 1959 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Late in 1959, President Eisenhower embarked on a goodwill tour, visiting some eleven countries which were all in varying forms of danger of being swayed
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 1: Danish National Symphony In Concert – Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 2: Danish National Symphony In Concert – Part 2 Over to Moscow this week for a concert by the visiting Danish
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 1: Russian National Orchestra in Concert -Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio Player -Part 2: Russian National Orchestra In Concert -Part 2 In case you missed it, yesterday (April 2nd) was the 140th birthday of Sergei Rachmaninoff
Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for March 8, 1947 As a more-or-less companion to my post yesterday, which featured news from March 7th as presented by Radio Moscow, here is the U.S. take on the Foreign Ministers Conference, which was about to get underway in Moscow.
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 1: Brahms- Piano Con. Nr 1 – Leinsdorf-Van Cliburn – July 1964 Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 2: BSO – Van Cliburn – Liszt PC 2 and 1 – 1964 Only two months into 2013
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Year End Observations – 1955-1958 The only thing more fascinating than hearing how a year in history wound up, is hearing that year in history interpreted by a pundit – those elements we overlooked, those seemingly benign events that became earth-shattering, or the
