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Garage band '66

It’s December 1966 – You’re In High School – You Live In L.A. – You’re In A Band – You Know 7 and 7 Is By Heart.

– KBLA – Humble Harve – December 17, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It’s December 1966. You have this band; The Bow-Tiks. You’ve been practicing ever since you got your bass last Christmas. There’s six of you. Three…

Buddy Holly – Apartment Tapes – 1958-1959 – Past Daily Soundbooth

– Buddy Holly – The Apartment demos – December 1958-January 1959 – Without question, Buddy Holly was one of the most influential figures in the early days of Rock n’ Roll. That his career was cut short by a tragic…

Michael Nesmith – Live In London – 1975 – Past Daily Soundbooth

(Editors Note: Hearing the very sad news of the passing of Mike Nesmith earlier today, it only seems fitting to re-run this concert I had originally posted in 2013 as a tribute. Heavy hearts and speechless words.) Much as most…

The Searchers In Session – 1967 – Past Daily Weekend Soundbooth

– The Searchers In Session – Sveriges Radio – 1967 – Become a Patron! One of the groups spearheading the British Invasion of the early 1960’s was The Searchers. They were often mentioned in the same breath as The Beatles,…

It’s October 1967 – You’re A Teenager, You Live In L.A. – And You Want A BMR Halloween Mask.

KFWB – B. Mitchel Reed – KRLA – Reb Foster – October 20 (approx.) 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Summer of Love is over, but radio is sill going strong. KFWB and KRLA are dispensing the music…

Keith Moon of The Who

The Day Keith Moon Left – September 7, 1978

News for September 7, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Even though it hardly made the mainstream news, more than an afterthought and a footnote to a gossip broadcast, the world did in fact lose one of the truly…

The Everly Brothers In Concert At The Olympia – Paris – 1963 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Mini-Concert Edition.

Everly Brothers 1963-09-23 The Olympia Paris France – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Editors Note: I ran this concert several years ago, before Phil’s death – and now with the news that Don has gone, it only seems fitting to…

August 1966 - KHJ Boss Angeles

August 10, 1966 – You Live In Boss Angeles – You’re In High School – Tina Delgado Is Alive . . .ALIVE!

KHJ – The Gary Mack Show – The Real Don Steele Show – August 10, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection August 1966 – if you were a teenager, and you lived in L.A. you either had the summer off…

Y-Day At The Bowl – 1963. The Beach Boys, Surfaris, The Routers, The Challengers – Past Daily Pop Chronicles.

Part 1: Part 2: (Editors Note: Originally Posted in 2012) A few years ago I ran a portion of this concert, via my now-defunct Newstalgia site. It featured headliners The Beach Boys at the annual Y-Day At The Bowl event…

Y-Day At The Bowl - 1964

Y-Day At The Hollywood Bowl – 1964 – The Superbs, Round Robin, The Premiers, Paul Petersen – Past Daily Weekend Pop Chronicles

1964 Y-Day At The Hollywood Bowl – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The follow-up year to the classic 1963 Hollywood Bowl Y-Day concert, which featured The Beach Boys and a host of Surf and Pop bands, the 1964 edition was…