– Oscar Peterson Trio with Coleman Hawkins – Live at Funkhaus, Hannover – October 1967 – NDR – A visit to North German Radio’s Funkhaus in Hannover for a radio concert by the Oscar Peterson trio with special guest star Coleman Hawkins – all recorded on October 1967 and broadcast
– The Who – Live At Fillmore East – April 6, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – It occurred to me I haven’t run a Who concert in a very long time. One of my favorite bands, which I managed to catch just about every L.A. appearance until the
– Reba Crawford – Commentary – KMTR-Los Angeles – Dec. 6, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Rheba Crawford, a name all but forgotten about in recent decades, but in the 1920s and 1930s she made national headlines, was the subject of scandals and was rival to one of
– KHJ – Johnny Williams/Tommy Vance – November 23, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In retrospect, you were a moron. The physical possibilities were zilch at best. She was two years older than you – she was a senior – you were a freshman – to make matters
1. I Just Want To Go Home – John Douglas, from the album “I’m Not The Fella” – Reveal Records 2. Leave Me Alone – John Douglas, from the album “I’m Not The Fella” – Reveal Records Two by Singer-songwriter John Douglas from his debut album “I’m Not The Fella”,
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and have a listen to the 1955 documentary for radio on the life and times of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
– CBS Radio – The Washington Week – November 24, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – No shortage of Big Ticket crises this week, the one ending on this day in 1973. There was Watergate and the seemingly endless twists and turns in what was becoming an increasingly sordid
Diving into the Holiday weekend with a concert by The Jam, from the legendary CBGBs in New York, recorded on October 15, 1977. Proclaimed by many to be Britain’s Greatest Band, The Jam came on the scene and sparked the Mod revival at a time when Punk was at the
– Billy Williams guests on The Howard Miller Show – CBS Radio – June 17, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Billy Williams – probably not a name that rings bells these days – but if you were around in the 1950s, or even earlier in the 1940s when
Post-Thanksgiving – Mike Roy’s Cooking Thing – November 28, 1967 – KNX-AM/FM Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – One of the few sure things in life: The clatter of hungry plates – the animated conversation, up a few db more than a minute earlier. The deathly silence of
