– WNBC-AM News – April 21, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this April 21st in 1964 had a lot to do with the upcoming opening of the 1964 World’s Fair in New York, taking place on the following day. This broadcast from WABC-AM in New York
Ezra Collective to get the week started – recorded at the BBC 6 Music Festival on March 27 of this year. An amazing set and a standout performance by one of the must-check out bands of recent years. Ezra Collective has been generating an onslaught of good vibes since 2012
Since we have searched everywhere and can’t find even a terrible photo of Carol Gilbert OR her Swing Shifters, we had to improvise and stay with the wartime period these recordings were made. This particular group of recordings was done for the Standard Radio Transcription company and only intended for
The legendary conductor Hermann Scherchen leads the Radio-Orchestra Beromünster in music of Rolf Libermann – in this Swiss Radio recoding from July 8, 1948. Lieberman’s Suite über Schweizerische Volkslieder for Orchestra, composed in 1947 – this may be the world premier performance. Rolf Liebermann – (14 September 1910 – 2
– Pomona Fairgrounds – Leonard Cummings Interviews J.C. Agajanian and Tony Bettenhauser – Feb. 24, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Car Culture – an integral part of our Society since someone had the brilliant idea of matching up the internal combustion engine with wheels. But after World War
Colin Vallon Trio, recorded live at Jazzclub Unterfahrt, Munich this past March 15th. As much as I love posting Jazz performances of the past (and don’t get me wrong, that’s what Past Daily is all about), knowing the spirit and the vibe are continuing, gathering points of view along the
Over to Melbourne for a set by Vacations – recorded March 17, 2024 at Laneway 2024 by the infamous Triple J in Australia. As quotes Wikipedia: Vacations formed in 2015 in Newcastle (Australia). The group consists of lead songwriter and vocalist Campbell Burns, bassist Jake Johnson, lead guitarist Nate Delizzotti
– NBC Radio – New World – Easter: 1956 – April 4, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1956,the Cold War Public Relations campaign was in full blossom. Differences between “The Free World” and the Communist Dominated East was particularly acute around Holiday time. With Easter probably the
You’re pissed. That morning you were pissed at the War – by the end of the day you were pissed at being under arrest and dragged off to jail. Parents were going to kill you – crowning achievement to world war 3 at your house. Dad was a Marine –
PFM for Saturday morning – recorded at The Piper Club in Rome on March 25, 1972. It’s hard to put yourself in a place where you’ve never heard anything like this before – listening for the first time, some 53 years ago. In 1972 ProgRock was a relatively new genre
