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Can Hear It Now: The Sixties

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Those were the words spoken by Walter Cronkite at the end of the CBS Evening News. For some of us,too young to be in Saigon,or preoccupied with the latest dalliances of Lisa Hughes,(As The World Turns)Walter Cronkite was the eyes and ears of perhaps the most turbulent decade of the 20th Century. In I Can Hear It Now,we are given a review through Cronkite's narration as well as through the CBS News Archives, of the 1960's. How many people were tuned into AS THE WORLD TURNS November 22,1963 when the fateful bulletin from Dallas flashed into our living rooms? This CD brings you right there.Perhaps for some this is the defining moment of the sixties,but I Can Hear it Now brings you ALL of the voices and events of the time...King,the Beatles,Rachel Carson,Neil Armstrong. This is a must have for history and pop culture buffs. Also gives one an idea of what CBS News was at one time-probably the best source of news at the time.

For those too young to have been old enough to remember the 60s, these recordings probably won't have the same impact as they have on us that lived through them and saw/heard them as they happened.

All of the really momentous happenings are captured in this collection of sound clips of the 60s. Listening to all these events seems almost unreal knowing what we know now. The 60s were world changing times.

In spite of the threat of nuclear war, we really were in a much more innocent world.

In these days of revisionist history, with CNN being so busy trying to bash the government they can't be bothered to actually broadcast the news, a CD like this ought to be required listening for everybody. We'll just make the same mistakes over and over again if we turn our backs on our country's past, as so many people under 35 seem anxious to do. In fact, this gem ought to be cheaper so no matter how broken your "fixed income," is, you can afford this. Cronkite had no equal in his own time. his only superior was his mentor, Edward R. Murrow, who also did an "I can hear it Now," album, about 1919--49, now sadly out of print. This is a must own.

'I Can Hear It Now: 'The Sixties' is one of the most accurate/referenced recordings for those of us who lived (survived) that decade. I was introduced to the "I Can Hear It Now" series by my older brother collection of LP's containing Edward R. Murrow. This was back in the early-1950's. It sparked my life-long interest in American History. When I attended Junior High and High School and had to take American History and Civics; I usually had a better understanding of the subject material than most of the teachers. Reading Text-book history can be brain-deadingly boring and off-putting for students. The Audio versions of history makes it come alive and be memorable.

Since High School, college and most my working life; my interest has become more acute. And with the Birth of my children and Grand-children; this series and other history audio programs, allows me to interact with them when they are watching a documentary on TV.

I recorded this program onto a reel-to-reel tape when I was stationed at McGuire AFB, NJ from a broadcast by WMMR in Philadelphia. January 1 1971.
That tape has been worn-out by repeated play. My Daughter knew how much I cherished the program and she gave me the CDs for Father's Day.

This is the way EVERY history should be presented.