T'is a pity the reviewer is so so deeply ensconced in "the House of the Left Wing-tip" that he totally dismisses the true value of those recordings. They provide a glimpse back into a time when rhetoric, ideology, and plain piss-poor understanding of motivates people had our hands on the launch keys for nigh 40 years. A time that could be in our future as well, making it worthy of true understanding.
So it is a shame that this review just made me want to hurl. :/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Barraclough Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 7:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Fwd: [Swlfest] Recordings of Radio Moscow David Goren's original post mentioned radio recordings of Radio Moscow put out by Cook Records. I have found an interesting review of them: "...from the early '50s through 1991, even the most upstanding American citizen was unknowingly bathed in subversive socialist propaganda. Radio Moscow, the official international broadcasting station of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), beamed in anti-capitalist rhetoric and Soviet-centric critiques of US foreign policy 24 hours a day, with a pleasant-sounding voice interminably blasting the hypocrisy of the imperialist blood-sucking banker class in the "home of the free." The station enjoyed the most powerful and far-reaching transmission network on the planet, with shortwave stations based in Siberia sending messages coated in icicles of loathing and smug certainty of inevitable victory! Talk to old-timers who were alive in those times and they'll recount how they would sometimes feel a mysterious chill up their spine." Full article, Considering Radio Moscow by Ian Svenonius is at: http://www.emusic.com/features/spotlight/289_200612.html Click on the link by the album cover and all the material is available on paid download though you can listen to sound samples of each track free. The CD is available at: http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/containerdetail.aspx?itemid=2208 where you can enlarge the cover and at http://www.folkways.si.edu/search/AlbumDetails.aspx?ID=2208 Two other online recordings which may be of interest: Radio Bucharest Romania A historic broadcast of Radio Bucharest after the fall of communism in the country. The triumphant announcer must be listened to, and although a large file, is well worth downloading. Date on this one, Saturday 23rd December 1989, around 1400UTC, 11940kHz. The clip of the multi lingual loop tape lasts about 4 minutes, although the length of time each language was played was more like 10m. This was recorded in Scotland, and in fact played on air on Weekend Music Radio Christmas transmissions. Response to just that tape was quite amazing. Webpage( also 1972 WNYW here): http://193.63.162.100/other.htm Voice of Korea Complete broadcast 26th June 2006 recorded on 9335: http://www.archive.org/details/Voice_Of_Korea_6_26_06 Mike ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.10/995 - Release Date: 9/8/2007 1:24 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.10/995 - Release Date: 9/8/2007 1:24 PM _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.
