Thursday, 12 July 2012

Two hi-fi demos

One serious, one not.  First, Decca's "Adventures in Stereo" released in Australia on Festival.

Side 1
  1. The Magic Islands - Alfred Newman and his Orchestra with the Ken Darby Singers
  2. Sones Gaditanos - Mario Escudero and Company
  3. Boogie-Woogie - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Starring Warren Covington
  4. La Campanella - The Concert-Masters of New York
  5. Song and Dance Man - Sammy Davis Jr.

Side 2
  1. The Young Lions (main title theme) - Lionel Newman Conducting the 20th Century Fox Orchestra
  2. Fascination - Wayne King and his Orchestra
  3. Yesterdays - The Sal Salvador Quartet with Brass
  4. Turkish March - Mishel Piastro and His Concert Orchestra
  5. The Stroll - The Lawson-Haggart Rockin' Band
  6. Music Maestro Please - Felicia Sanders

And now, Spike Jones' take:
Dinner Music for People Who Aren't Very Hungry - Spike Jones Demonstrates Your Hi-Fi

Side 1
  1. Ramona
  2. Duet for Violin and Garbage Disposal
  3. Black & Blue Danude Waltz
  4. The Sow Song
  5. Cocktails for Two

Side 2

  1. Wyatt Earp Makes Me Burp
  2. Memories are Made of This?
  3. The Sneezein' Bee
  4. Little Child
  5. Brahm's (sic) Alibi
  6. Chloe

Thursday, 5 July 2012

The Sounds of the Seventies

          

At first glance, this double cassette pack looks like a collection of Abba and Bay City Rollers hits, but is in fact a slightly expanded review of major events of the 1970s from ABC Radio, written and presented by Huw Evans.






Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Wednesday, 4 January 2012

Journey to the Moon

British record containing audio highlights of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions including John Glenn in Friendship 7 and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon.

               



Part One



Part 2

   
 

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Seven News Melbourne, Tuesday, 17th May, 2005



Seven News Melbourne from Tuesday 17th May, 2005, with ads from Prime Television
Hosts: Peter Mitchell with Sandy Roberts, David Brown & Daniel Gibson

Top stories include Kylie Minogue cancels tour due to cancer scare, Taxi fares increase, alleged abuse of foster child, death threats to Indonesian embassy over Schapelle Corby case, Australian police leave Port Moresby, controversy over colour of Yarra Edge tower, AFL allows 7 &10 networks to bid jointly for broadcast rights, suspect appears in court over Flinders St Station stabbing, WA storm, daughter of Iraq hostage makes plea, car bomb kills 9 in Baghdad, Marilyn Monroe auction, mystery silent piano player, WC Eagles complain to AFL about treatment of Chris Judd, Malcolm Blazer takes control of Manchester United, Melbourne fog

Ads include, Continental Cup-a-Soup, Officeworks, CFA, Elders VP Maffra, Kresta, Purina Bac'n, Cydectin, Gippsland Truck Centre, Cartridge World, Sortino furniture, drum muster, IGA

Saturday, 3 December 2011

SBS World News, Monday, 23 May, 2005



SBS World News 23 May 2005, presented by Mary Kostakidis

Top stories include, wrongfully detained Australian woman Cornelia Rau speaks to the media for the first time and will seek compensation, German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder calls for a general election, Iraq war hostages, aides to Muqtada al-Sadr meet with Sunni clerics in attempts to diffuse tensions, Australian armed forces losing personnel to private sector, Laura Bush heckled by Jews and Muslims in Jerusalem, protesters disrupt Ariel Sharon's speech to Jewish leaders in New York, militant group threatens to attack Australian embassy in Cambodia, Controversial Hindi film withdrawn from some Indian cinemas after bomb attacks, bird flu checks in Vietnam, allegations of prisoner abuse at US base at Bagram, Schapelle Corby's finacial backer apologises for suggestion prosecutors would accept bribes, speculation about government drought relief program, Australia and China begin free trade agreement negotiations.

Ads included.