March 15, 1939 – About Ruthenia – Parcelling Off Czechoslovakia
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and have a listen to the original newscast/commentary from this day in history.
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Seiji Ozawa And The Boston Symphony Play Music Of Frank Martin And Gustav Mahler – 1977 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
Boston Symphony – Seiji Ozawa, cond. Opening of 97th Winter Season – September 27, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Boston Symphony in concert this week – another historic performance featuring Music Director Seiji Ozawa at the opening concert of the 97th Winter season. Two works are performed
Dolly Mixture In Session – 1983 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and give a listen to a session by Dolly Mixture – one of the underrated and overlooked bands of the 80s.
When Students Protest – The Anti-War Movement Of The 1960s And 70s – Past Daily Reference Room
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to a discussion from 1970 about the state of Student protests.
Five Thirty In Session – 1991 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Five Thirty – in session for Mark Goodier – March 31, 1991 – BBC Radio 1 – Five Thirty to start the week. Another in that seemingly endless series of bands that came and went in a flash, left an album or two and a handful of singles – stuck
March, 1962 – Algeria Independence – Past Daily Reference Room
March 22, 1962 – NBC Radio – Algeria: Troubled Freedom – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 1962 signaled independence for the former French colony of Algeria. It was painfully long and slow process, getting to this point – it was a conflict that spread to the streets of Paris
2 By Jim Noir – 2012 – Past Daily Nights At The Round Table
Jim Noir – Cheese Of Jim’s Command – Tea -from Jimmy’s Show – 2012 – Townsend Music (UK) – Perennial favorite Jim Noir to end the weekend. I was checking around and I don’t see anything more recent than a 2015 single release, but that doesn’t really mean anything since
Jeanne Landry And Josephte Dufresne Play Music Of Roger Matton – 1955 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Roger Matton – Brazilian Dance – Jeanne Landry – Josephte Dufresne, pianos – CBC Studio recording 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Over to Quebec this week for a sampling of the work by French – Canadian composer Roger Matton. Roger Matton OC (18 May 1929 – 7 June
Arthur Blythe Quartet – Live in Berlin – 1980 – Past Daily Downbeat
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and give a listen to The Arthur Blythe Quartet, playing live at the Berlin Jazz Festival in 1980.
You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – It’s May 1970 – In Four Weeks You’ll Be Free . . . Sort Of.
KHJ – Humble Harve – Wednesday, May 27, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It’s May and you have less than a month before you’re free. According to your teachers and your guidance counsellors you are going to graduate. After June you won’t have to get out of bed