Month June 2014

‘If This Were A Healthy World . . .’ – June 30, 1939

Click on the link here for Audio Player – MBS – Raymond Gram Swing News and Comment – June 30, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day seventy-five years ago was about increasing tensions throughout Europe. The…

Andrè Girard And The Girard String Orchestra Play Music Of de Montéclair – 1952 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Chateau de Sceaux Festival – Girard String Orchestra, Andrè Girard, Cond. – 1952 – Paris Radio Taking a brief tour far back in history, all the way to the 18th Century…

Joseph Battista And Richard Burgin With The Boston Symphony Rehearse The Music Of Chopin – 1951 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry

Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Boston Symphony in Rehearsal – Richard Burgin, assoc. Cond. – Joseph Battista, piano – April 14, 1951. For this week’s rehearsal, Associate Conductor Richard Burgin leads the Boston Symphony in…

‘We Play Phonograph Records’ – KMET – June 27, 1968 – Free-Form Radio In Los Angeles – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

– KMET-FM – Los Angeles – June 27, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Free-Form Radio in 1968. When the 60s got started AM Radio was the predominate form of Pop Culture in the country. Los Angeles was no different.…

Wynton Marsalis With The Sachal Jazz Ensemble – 2013 Marciac Jazz Festival – Past Daily Downbeat

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Wynton Marsalis Quintet With The Sachal Jazz Ensemble – 2013 Marciac Jazz Festival – August 3, 2013 – Radio France FIP East meets West this weekend with The Wynton Marsalis Quintet…

Can – In Concert From Lyon – 1976 – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Can – Live at Lyon, France – January 17, 1976 – Band soundboard. One of my favorite bands of all time tonight. Can were part of that initial wave of Progressive…

A Word Or Two From Buckminster Fuller – 1970 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBC Radio Canada – Interview with Buckminster Fuller – 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The name R. Buckminster Fuller might draw a few blanks with some people in recent years.…

Bobby Womack (1944-2014) – Live At The Roxy – 1982 – Past Daily Backstage Weekend: Tribute Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Bobby Womack (w/Sly Stone) – Live At The Roxy – 1982 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection I’m not sure if it’s always been this way, or are we losing a lot…