Billie Eilish – Reading 2019 – Past Daily Morning Soundbooth
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Max Lang Conducts Max Lang II – 1960 – Past Daily Weekend
Back to Beromünster for a follow up performance of the music of Max Lang as conducted by the composer via Swiss Radio. This weekend it’s Visions et Masques in this performance broadcast on March 7, 1960 with the Radio Beromünster Orchestra. Max Lang was born in Zurich on January 11,
Lasky On Lasky – Jesse Lasky Jr. Talks About Jesse Lasky Sr. 1975 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
– Jesse Lasky (jr.) talks about Jesse Lasky (sr.) Conversation with Arthur Knight – 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Jesse Lasky Sr., a name synonymous with the early days of Hollywood and one of its most famous figures during what became known as “The Golden Days Of Hollywood’
It’s November 1982 – You’re A Teenager – You’re In L.A. – Warm Boot Is A Phrase That Baffles You.
Your Guidance Counsellor twisted your arm off. “Computers are the wave of the future”, she said. “Everybody will have one”, she said. Furthest thing from your mind. She was persistent. She promised you’d graduate early. Instead of getting railroaded into ROTC, you nodded your head and got signed up for
Sonny Rollins – Don Cherry – Paris – 1963 – Past Daily Downbeat
Legendary summit meetings this week – The Sonny Rollins – Don Cherry Quartet, live at l’Olympia in Paris on January 19, 1963 and broadcast by Radio France. Joining them are Billy Higgins on drums and Henry Grimes on bass. Originally released as only excerpts from RCA Victor as Our
Spooky Tooth – BBC Radio 1- 1968 – Past Daily Night Session
– Spooky Tooth – In Session – BBC Radio 1 – 1968 – Spooky Tooth were one of those bands which should have made it huge. But for whatever reason they came close, but in the end came up short. Not for lack of trying and certainly not for
Hall And Oates – Roxy – 1979 – Past Daily Saturday Soundbooth
Diving into the 70s this weekend with a set by Hall and Oates, recorded and broadcast live by KLOS-FM at the Roxy in Hollywood on November 4, 1979. Although a band (duo) that achieved a lot of success in the 70s and 80s, it was hard to pin down any
Haiti Has A Coup – Toronto Has A G-7 Lovefest – June 20, 1988
– June 20, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 20,1988. After four months of relative democracy under civilian rule, Haiti was once again the object of a military coup and takeover. Troops loyal to Gen. Namphy freed him from house arrest and fought
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives – Stockholm – 2009 – Past Daily Morning Soundbooth
Ending the week with a set by The Soundtrack Of Our Lives (aka: TSOOL) – recorded at Cirkus in Stockholm on January 21, 2009 by Swedish Radio and broadcast live. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives formed in Gothenburg in 1995 and disbanded in 2012, before reuniting again in 2023. The
Leonard Cohen – London – 1968 – Past Daily Night Session
Taking a breather before Friday – Leonard Cohen in session for John Peel’s Top Gear program for BBC Radio 1 – recorded on July 9, 1968. When Songs Of Leonard Cohen, his debut album, came out in 1967 it immediately became one of the most heavily played albums on what