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Orange Juice – In Session for Richard Skinner – January 9, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 Orange Juice, as we head into the first of three holidays. Recorded for the Richard Skinner program at BBC Radio 1 on January 9, 1981. Something of an enigma here in the U.S., in...
President John F. Kennedy – News Conference of January 24, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – President Kennedy – giving the 20th of his 64 news conferences during his time in office. This one, from January 24, 1962. Below is a text excerpt of the complete news conference: THE...
November 20, 1942 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 20, 1942 – News for this November 20th in 1942 was hopeful and optimistic. News reached London that a British Military observer confirmed that British and American forces had claimed victories in Tunisia. The German...
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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