August 24, 1939 – Pope Pius XII Plea For Peace – Vatican Radio With English Translation – August 24, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 24, 1939 – The world at the brink of war. Every effort, diplomatic and otherwise was being made to prevent what was increasingly
The Brilliant Corners – in Session for John Peel – May 17, 1987 – BBC Radio 1 – The Brilliant Corners tonight. Two nights ago I ran a session by Experimental Pop Band from 1997. I mentioned that they were initially made up of founding members of The Brilliant Corners.
Jaime Laredo, Violin with The Los Angeles Philharmonic – Sixten Ehrling, Guest Conductor -July 27, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another rare and historic concert this week. From the 1965 Hollywood Bowl season, a concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, guest conducted by the great Swedish conductor Sixten
Clifford Clinton Commentaries – Los Angeles District Attorney Buron Fitts – August 20, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Everyone who has seen the legendary film Chinatown often wonders if L.A. was really such a corrupt place in the 1920’s and 30’s as it was portrayed in the movie.
August 23, 1978 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 23, 1978 – A Postal Strike was threatening, and disruption of mail service loomed. The National letter Carriers Union rejected the contract agreement presented earlier. Other unions were considering following suit. Carriers
Slowdive – in concert from Mannheim, Germany, June 18, 2017 – SWR – Slowdive in concert tonight. One of the pivotal bands during the emerging Indie, Shoegaze, Ambient Dreampop movements of the late 1980s, Slowdive were a huge influence but weren’t the darlings of the press, or of record labels.
News for this day in history – August 22, 1985. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the actual news of the day, 32 years ago – and support Past Daily and their ongoing effort to digitize and preserve history from the Gordon Skene Sound
The Experimental Pop Band – In Session for John Peel – February 1, 1997 – BBC Radio 1 – The Experimental Pop Band to start the week. Originally conceived as a Studio project known as The Southwest Experimental Pop Band by former Brilliant Corners members Chris Galvin and Davey Woodward,
Trio Janitzio – 1. Nunca Jamas 2. Mi Ultimo Fracaso – Musart M-1222 (circa 1957) – Musart Records – When I resurrected the Nights At The Round Table feature on Past Daily, it gave me an opportunity to dig through the many thousands of 78 rpm records that I haven’t
Robert Turner – Opening Night, for Large Orchestra – 1955 – CBC Symphony – Charles Houdret, Cond. (1960) – CBC Transcription Service – Staying in Canada for this week’s comparative rarity. Montreal born Robert Turner (1920-2012), was a prolific composer, as well as radio program producer and teacher. He studied
