"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– The Manhattans – In Session for Soul! – NET-Public Television – October 31, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another installment of rare Soul performed live tonight. This time it’s The Manhattans; a group known more in the later 70s than the 60’s, but still a powerhouse of...
– Vlado Perlemuter – In recital at the 1964 Jeunesses Musicales – June 1964 – Radio Canada Transcription Service – A historic recital this week, by way of Radio Canada’s Transcription Service. Legendary Pianist Vlado Perlemuter at the 1964 Jeunesses Musicales at Mt. Orford, Quebec plays music of Faurè, Ravel...
– The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Live At Grugahalle, Essen, Germany – November 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Taking things down a few pegs this weekend with a concert by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, in concert from Grugahalle in Essen Germany, recorded on November of 1961. The epitome...
– KPFK – William Strother Program – Panel discussion on the state of Culture and Modern Music – rebroadcast April 21, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In one of the more interesting dialogues on the state of Music, Culture and Society during the late 1960s/early 1970s, this...
Gordon Skene, two-time Grammy Nominee and archivist runs The Gordon Skene Sound Archive and this website, which is dedicated to preserving and encouraging an interest in history and historic news, events, and cultural aspects of our society. Past Daily is the only place on the Internet where you can hear a Nixon speech, listen to an interview with John Cassavettes or play a broadcast of Charles Munch rehearsing the Boston Symphony in 1950, all in the same place. It's living history and it's timeless.
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