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Fernand Oubradous And Students Of The Conservatoire de Paris Play Music Of Gounod – 1952 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Charles Gounod: Petite Symphonie for Winds – Student Orchestra of the Paris Conservatory – Fernand Oubradous, cond. – 1952 Broadcast performance – ORTF-Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Although far from being overlooked and under appreciated, Charles Gounod is primarily thought of as a composer of Opera and Choral

When Students Protest – The Anti-War Movement Of The 1960s And 70s – Past Daily Reference Room
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to a discussion from 1970 about the state of Student protests.

You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – It’s May 1970 – In Four Weeks You’ll Be Free . . . Sort Of.
KHJ – Humble Harve – Wednesday, May 27, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It’s May and you have less than a month before you’re free. According to your teachers and your guidance counsellors you are going to graduate. After June you won’t have to get out of bed

March 9, 2000 – Horserace 2000 – The White House Looms.
March 9, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 9, 2000 – In case you forgot, it was an election year and it was a race to the White House. And on this day, candidates were dropping out – from the Democrats came Bill

March 7, 1980 – Hostages and Primaries: Fingers Crossed
News for this day in 1980. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and give a listen to the original newscast for March 7, 1980

Caravan – Live At The Record Plant – 1974 – Past Daily Backstage Weekend
Click on the link at the Past Daily website and hear this original classic concert from 1974.

March 2, 1969 – World Amok With Hot-Spots – View From The International Press
March 2, 1969 – NET – World Press Review – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 2, 1969 – Not that America had more than it’s fair share of issues and problems to deal with, seems the entire world was either in a state of demonstration or verging n

February 28, 1980 – A Hostage Drama In Bogota – Day 117 in Tehran
February 28, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup -The World Tonight – Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 28, 1980 – 1980 seemed to have been The Year Of The Hostage, by the looks of the first few months. No sooner were we getting used to the

You Live In L.A. – You’re A Teenager – Last Night It Was 1972 – This Morning It’s 1959 – You Are Perplexed
KFWB at KMET – 1972 – Hour 12 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – KMET is your radio station – every button on your car radio is locked into 94.7 – you swear by everything they play. You trust the jocks will guide you in the right direction – they’ve