"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Barclay James Harvest – in Concert from Golders Green Hippodrome – 1974 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Barclay James Harvest this weekend. A band far better known in the UK and Europe than in the U.S., who had been around since 1966 and would classify as one of...
KNOB-FM – 11:pm-2:00 am – May 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lest you think the 1950s were all about Rock n’ Roll and Perry Como, you had only to flip to the FM side of your high-end Hi-Fi radio to find a whole other world was sitting out...
Agustin Lara – Noche Criolla Palmera – Rosa – Musart Records M-952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Two sides by the legendary Mexican composer/pianist Agustin Lara. Originally issued on a 78 rpm disc in the 1950s these sides were also part of a 10″ album issued by the...
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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