The Vapors – Boston – 1980 – Past Daily Lunchroom
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Communist Party Of America – 1936 – Address By Julian Sawyer – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
Address by Julian S. Sawyer – Communist Party Candidate For Lieutenant Governor, New York – Oct. 26, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 26, 1936. No major wars had broken out, yet. But there was a surplus of turmoil and discontent in the world. Europe was slowly easing
July 13, 1983 – The IRA And The Death Penalty – Chanting In Santiago – A Computer That (Sort Of) Talks.
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Shostakovich: Piano Quintet Op. 57 – Vivian Rivkin With The Stuyvesant Quartet – 1941 – Past Daily Weekend
I originally posted this in 2009 on the now-defunct Newstalgia site. It’s such a good and historic recording that it would be a shame not to include here on Past Daily. One of his most popular Chamber pieces, the op. 57 Piano Quintet had its premier in Moscow in November
Paris By Night – 1939 – D. E. Inglebrecht, Germaine Martinelli, Wal-Berg And His Orchestra – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
Paris By Night- Co-production of Paris Radio/NBC Blue Network and the CBC in Canada – March 21, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Paris By Night – it probably looked very good on paper, it was an ambitious project and it was a showcase for the technological advances that
It’s July 1959 – It’s L.A. – It’s Seventh Grade – It’s Romilar CF.
In true Alfred E. Neuman fashion: “What, me worry?” Well, you really always wanted to be liked – but you were shy – you were awkward and, in retrospect, you had terrible timing. Summer School – half days, trips to the Bookmobile and a Summer Cold. The worst – stuffy
Coleman Hawkins – Live From Birdland – 1952 – Past Daily Downbeat
Coleman Hawkins Quintet – live At Birdland – September 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Legends in Jazz this weekend – Coleman Hawkins, one of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument, as Joachim E. Berendt explained: “there were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was
The Birthday Party – Groningen – 1982 – Past Daily Weekend
The Birthday Party (Nick Cave) – Live at Vera, Groningen, The Netherlands – June 5, 1982 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Birthday Party this weekend. Something upbeat and cheery . . . not really. But apt for our current atmosphere? Perhaps. No getting around it, The Birthday Party
Melt-Banana – Brighton – 2003 – Past Daily Lunchroom
Melt-Banana – In Concert At One Live, Brighton – John Peel, Host – October 30, 2003 – BBC Radio 1 – Melt-Banana, in concert at One Live in Brighton – recorded on October 30, 2003 for John Peel. Melt-Banana is a Japanese noise rock band known for playing extremely fast
July 10, 1978 – A Dissident On Trial In Moscow – Anatoly Sharansky Faces Death Sentence
Anatoly Sharansky with Natalia – rumors, unfounded claims and death sentences. July 10, 1978 – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 10, 1978. News for this day was about trials in Moscow. The world expected two Dissidents to go on trial. Instead, there were four.