"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
The Cure – In Concert at NEC, Birmingham – September 20, 1985 – In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – The Cure in concert tonight. Live at NEC, Birmingham and recorded live in September 20,1985 by BBC Radio 1. With all the sad news of so many passings this...
February 28, 2001 – CBS World News Roundup – NPR News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 28, 2001 – Big news if you lived in Seattle this day – an earthquake measuring 6.8 rattled through the Northwest cutting a wide swath of destruction, particularly in Downtown Seattle, the...
Duran Duran – Live from Hammersmith Odeon, London – December 17, 1981 – BBC In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – Duran Duran tonight. A band that, for all intents and purposes, was made for MTV. This concert, recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon in London on December 17, 1981...
Miquel Harth-Bedoya And Orquesta Sinfonica de RTVE – Live in Concert – February 22, 2013 – RNE Radio Clasica – Concerts from Spain this week with a really fascinating one featuring Orquesta Sinfonica y Coro de RTVE in concert from Madrid and recorded live by RNE Radio Clasica on February...
February 27, 1950 – CBS Radio – Edward R. Murrow and The News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 27, 1950 – Busy news day. Starting with news of the Coal Strike heading into its third week and its effects were snowballing across the country. Washington was making a...
Level 42 – In Concert at Wembley Arena – January 12, 1989 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Level 42 tonight. Staying in the 80s at least for part of the week. Level 42 formed on the Isle of Wight in 1979. They had a number of UK and...
CBS Radio – Face The Nation – Guest: Ramsey Clark – March 12, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Attorney General Ramsey Clark, appointed by President Johnson, and in office less than a month before new revelations and allegations over the Warren Commission Report on the Assassination of President...
February 26, 1975 – NBC Nightly News – Ford, Cambodia, Saudi Arabia, Richard Daley and more – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 26, 1975 – President Ford said the anti-recession Tax cut he proposed may not clear the Congress until June. The President added he would keep the pressure...
Talk Talk In concert – Hammersmith Odeon, London – May 8, 1986 – In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – Talk Talk in concert tonight. With the sad news today of the passing of Mark Hollis founding member, lead guitarist and guiding light of Talk Talk, it’s only fitting...
February 25, 1942 – CBS Radio News – Report from Los Angeles on West Coast activity – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. February 24-25, 1942 – In a series of events, later to be known a The Great Los Angeles Air Raid, or The Battle of Los Angeles, residents from as...
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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