"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
NBC Radio – Mary Merryfield and birds – June 15, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Call us crazy, but, click on the link right here and kick in a buck or two: Become a Patron! Birds this weekend; specifically, The Meadowlark – primarily, the mid-west – most importantly,...
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – Cavalcade Of Bands – Dumont TV – July 18, 1950 – Jim Stephenson Collection – Duke Ellington in what is most probably a drop-dead rarity – if not in performance then certainly in sound. About a week ago, my friend and colleague Jim...
Grand Ole Opry – NBC Radio Monitor – June 25, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If you don’t mine – we can use it: Become a Patron! An ode to Americana this weekend. One of the benchmarks of Country-Western music was the weekly radio program Grand Ole Opry....
Paul Paray and l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France – Retrospective -Part 4 – Radio France Musique – The fourth installment of the excellent series on the tenure of the legendary Paul Paray with l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France – this time as interpreter of 20th century works, his own included....
Every little bit helps: Become a Patron! June 3, 1954 – A day with a lot of domestic political issues in the air. Starting with news from Capitol Hill and the matter of Civil Rights and segregation in housing. On this day, a bill calling for Liberalization of loan guarantees...
A buck or two would help: Become a Patron! May 29, 1957 – News for this day in 1957 came by way of Commentator Cedric Foster who reported on the upcoming State visit by Japanese Premier Nobusuke Kishi to Washington. The visit was expected to take place in the middle...
ABC-TV – Timex Presents Frank Sinatra – December 13, 1959 – Audio Master – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – I usually don’t post Television audio on Past Daily. Mostly because there’s enough video around that just getting the sound seems a little silly. But in this case, it’s different –...
Jimmy Giuffre Trio – Live at Teatro Adriano, Rome – June 19, 1959 – RAI Jimmy Giuffre Trio this weekend. With Jim Hall, guitar and Buddy Clark, bass – recorded by RAI on June 19, 1959. Giuffre first became known as an arranger for Woody Herman’s big band, for which...
Lalo – Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello – Hélèle Busque, piano – Paule Bouquet, violin – Jules Lemaire, cello – Paris Radio session – circa 1954 – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Music of Edouard Lalo this weekend. His trio for Piano, Violin and Cello featuring Hélène...
KNX-AM/FM – March 27, 1957 – Bob Crane Program – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It may not seem like a lot to you, but . . .Become a Patron! If you ever lived in a house in Los Angeles built before 1957 and wondered why there was what looked...
