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Charles Munch Rehearses The Boston Symphony In Music By Prokofiev – 1951 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Charles Munch and The Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – June 16, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony in rehearsal this week. First broadcast on June 16, 1951, Munch leads the orchestra through their first performance of Prokofiev’s Symphony Number 6. The symphony, written

It’s 1981 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – The Party’s Just Getting Started – Jed The Fish Is The Voice Of Your Conscience –
KROQ – Jed The Fish with Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo – July 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ah, the 80s – wretched excess, padded shoulders and electronica. The Strip is your refuge and Madame Wong’s is your salvation and the party’s just getting started. You can’t make


December 6, 1957 – Rock n’ Roll In Days Of Segregation – Little Rock, Arkansas – Past Daily Weekend Pop Chronicles
December 6, 1957 – KOKY, Little Rock Arkansas – The Harold Hartley Show – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 6, 1957 – Little Rock, Arkansas – the year may sound familiar and the city may ring a few bells. Only 3 months earlier, Little Rock was ground zero for

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) – In Concert – 1976 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Electric Light Orchestra – In concert – Guildhall, Portsmouth – Golders Green Hippodrome – 1976 – BBC In Concert Series – BBC Radio – Electric Light Orchestra (or ELO for short) in concert to end the week. One of those bands that came along in the 70s that you really


Faith No More – Live At Phoenix Festival 1993 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Faith No More – Live At Phoenix Festival – July 17, 1993 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Blistering music from the Bay Area for a Thursday night. Faith No More, recorded live at the Phoenix Festival on July 17, 1993. Faith No More (sometimes abbreviated as FNM) is an


Josep Pons Leads Orquesta Nacionales de España In Music Of Nino Rota And Gustav Mahler – 2011 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
Orquesta Nacionales de España, cond by Josep Pons – In Concert live – April 3, 2011 – RNE Madrid – Turning to performances of a more recent vintage this week (i.e. we’re taking a small detour out of the 70s and 80s for a couple weeks), a performance by Orquesta