Category 1960’s

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Emerson, Lake And Palmer – Live At Beat Club 1970 – Nights At The Roundtable

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Emerson, Lake And Palmer – Live At Beat Club, 1970 – RBB Berlin When you consider that Emerson, Lake and Palmer were the first Progressive Supergroup to emerge on the scene…

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August 12, 2013
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The Hollies – Live At Beat Club – 1966 – Nights At The Roundtable – In Session

Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Hollies – Live At Beat Club – May 28, 1966 – German TV Taking a detour to the deep, dark past tonight with a live appearance by The Hollies, originally…

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August 11, 2013
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Slipping Into Darkness – The Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution – August 10, 1964

Click on the link here for Audio Player – LBJ signs The Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution – August 10, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Fifty years ago this week, the seemingly innocuous event of signing a bill pledging support…

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August 9, 2013

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George Szell And Robert Casadesus Play The Music Of Mozart, Stravinsky, DeFalla And Wagner – 1966 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert

Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Cleveland Orchestra – George Szell, Cond. Robert Casadesus, Piano – Dec. 6, 1966 – Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Cleveland Orchestra – George Szell, Cond.…

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August 1, 2013
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Melanie Live At The Paris Theater, London – 1975 – Nights At The Roundtable: Mini-Concert Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Melanie in Concert at The Paris Theater – 1975 – BBC 6 Music Melanie is one of those artists who helped define the genre of the Singer-Songwriter in the 1960s. Straddling the…

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July 31, 2013

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Land Of The Thieves – Home Of The Slaves – The Credit Crisis – 1966 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Credit Crisis – CBS Reports – March, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Nothing new with the realization that the Credit industry is the second oldest profession on our planet. Offering…

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July 26, 2013

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The Long, Hot Bummer Continues – July 25, 1966

Click on the link here for Audio Player: CBS Radio – The World Tonight – July 25, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection If anybody had any curiosity over why the Hippie Movement became so prevalent in the 1960s, you…

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July 25, 2013

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Sarah Vaughan – Live In Berlin – 1969 – Past Daily Downbeat

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio – Live at Berliner Jazztage – Philharmonie Hall – November 9, 1969 – RIAS The soothing sounds of Sassy this weekend. Sarah Vaughan and her Trio, live…

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July 21, 2013

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Ray Charles – Live In Paris – 1961 – Past Daily Backstage Weekend Extra

Click on the link here for Audio Player: Ray Charles, live at Palais des Sport, Paris – October 22, 1961 – Radio France Since I’m a firm believer that you can’t really have too much of a good thing, as…

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July 20, 2013
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1960's, Classical Music, Festivals, France, French Radio, Fundraiser, History, Legend, Music Festival, Past Daily, Past Daily Mid-Week Concert, Radio, Symphonic, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings, World Stage

Jean Martinon And Maurice Gendron Play Music Of Weber, Dvorak, Debussy And Strauss – 1969 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert

(Editors Note: This was Originally posted in 2013). Anyone who has spent any time this past week surfing the various radio outlets around Europe knows this is festival season all over. This week Radio France Musique is in full festival…

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July 18, 2013
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