September 20, 1994 – A Photo-Op In Haiti – The Return Of Aristide.
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Year: 2022
Blue Cheer – Demo Session 1967 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– Blue Cheer – Demo/sessions – KSAN-FM 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Picture this: You live in L.A. – you are a regular of the concerts at the Shrine Expo Hall near USC. It’s 1967. Some friends of yours who have moved up to the Bay area are
September 19, 1959 – Khrushchev Comes To Hollywood.
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Them w/Van Morrison – Live In Paris – 1965 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– Them w/Van Morrison – Live In Paris – October 19, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Them tonight – maybe a slight distraction or an antidote. Van Morrison, lead singer of Them before he went solo and on to a decades long career (still going strong) and part
Music Of Jean-Michel Defaye With Jacqueline Couchard – soprano, Pierre Germaine – baritone, Rene Lenoty – Tenor With The Lyric Orchestra Of French Radio – 1952 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone.
Jean-Michel Defaye: La sotie de la dame qui fut muette – 2nd Place Winner, Prix du Rome, 1952 – soloists, Lyric Orchestra of ORTF, Eugéne Bigot, conductor. As a sort of companion to the Cantata I ran a few weeks ago (the first place winner of the Prix de Rome
An Overcrowded L.A. In 1959 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room
– Keeping Up With The Joneses – April 15, 1959 – KNX-Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – Hard to imagine now, but in 1959 Los Angeles was in danger of becoming an overcrowded city, like so many cities around the country. With some 49,000 people settling in the
A Word Or Two From Dore Schary – 1952 – Past Daily Goes To The Movies – Weekend Gallimaufry
Dore Schary – Interview for Australian Radio – September 26, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Interviews with those important and integral parts of Show Business, particularly during times of dramatic upheaval in practically all facets of the arts in the 1950s. Dore Schary rose from the ranks of
Buddy DeFranco Quartet Featuring Sonny Clark – Live In Germany – 1954 – Past Daily Downbeat
– Buddy De Franco Quartet w/Sonny Clark – live in Cologne, Germany – Jan. 22, 1954 – Cool collaborations this week, with Buddy De Franco’s Quartet featuring the legendary Sonny Clark on Piano. The concert was recorded in Cologne, Germany on January 22, 1954. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Buddy
Traffic – Live In Stockholm 1967 – Past Daily Backstage Pass
– Traffic – in concert from Sweden – recorded at Radiohuset, Stockholm – Sept. 12, 1967 – Sveriges Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Traffic this weekend. One of those bands whose sound has maintained a freshness some 55 years on (hard to believe, but don’t get me started).
You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – It’s September 26, 1979 – Your Boyfriend Has Just Entered You In Rick Dees’ First Televised Wet T-Shirt Contest. You Are Not Amused.
For all the talk about the 70s fashion, Punks and Shag Haircuts, the 70s were also a decade of strange new customs. Hot on the heels of Disco came other odd rituals; Wet t-shirt contests and Mud Wrestling. Somehow in keeping with the “do anything – anytime” anthem that ran