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Smog (Bill Callahan) in session for John Peel – January 3, 2002 – BBC Radio 1 – Bill Callahan, aka: Smog in session tonight. Recorded by BBC Radio 1 for the John Peel Program on December 10, 2001 and broadcast on January 3, 2002. Bill Callahan is an American singer-songwriter...
Klaus Tennstedt, guest Conductor – Alexander Toradze, Piano – New York Philharmonic Concert – Oct. 23, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week – the legendary Klaus Tennstedt leads the New York Philharmonic in this 1985 broadcast that also features pianist Alexander Toradze in a...
July 11, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 11, 1978 – On this day, diplomacy took center stage. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance was landing in Geneva for talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko, primarily regarding the status of the proposed SALT Treaty,...
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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