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Billed as “featuring live London performances of today’s top sounds”, the BBC launched Top Of The Pops in its radio version in 1964. No connection with the TV version of the show (oddly), the radio version featured bands, hit makers of the day, playing live versions of their hits and...
KBLA – Lord Tim – May 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – You probably have no recollection of it – 1967 did go by in a blur. Big chunks of it are missing – how and why things happened are mysterious, even to this day. There you were, right...
In an address before the Department of State Foreign Policy Conference for Educators on June 19, 1967, President Johnson declared that recent events had proved the wisdom of five principles of peace in the Middle East. The first and greatest principle, he stated, was that “every nation in the area...
Believe it not, we rely on you to keep us going: Become a Patron! Visiting the legendary Thelonious Monk this weekend, featuring his Nonet in a concert recorded from Mainz, Germany on November 8, 1967. Luckily for everyone, a lot of Monk’s material was recorded live, and most all of...
Long John Baldry – Kippington Lodge – The Moody Blues -Brenda Lee -Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich – Top Of The Pops – December 15, 1967 – BBC Radio 1 – A buck here – a buck there – it adds up and you can help: Become a...
The Move – Kenny Lynch – The Mindbenders – The Seekers – The Bee Gees – Top Of The Pops – October 20, 1967 – BBC Radio 1 – It helps, a lot: Become a Patron! A program you might never hear today – a collection of artists that cover...
Become a Patron! As 1966 turned into 1967 the war in Vietnam, initially considered a quick-in/quick-out military action, was turning into something considerably more complicated and protracted. With assessments coming from The Pentagon that this war could drag on for at least another 10 years was a sobering concept, which...
The Daily Flash – live – various venues – Approximately October 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If you like what we do, you might want to consider kicking in some love: Become a Patron! The Daily Flash to kick off the week. A band that had a solid...
Norman Symonds – The Nameless Hour – CBC Toronto Symphony – Victor Feldbrill, cond – Fred Stone, Flugelhorn solo – CBC – 1966 – A reminder and an appeal: Become a Patron! Over to Canada this weekend for the music of Norman Symonds. His Nameless Hour, performed in this 1966...
Donovan – In session for Baton Rouge – ORTF, Paris – 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It would be sooo nice: Become a Patron! Donovan, for a change of pace this week. In session for the legendary French program Bouton Rouge, produced out of Paris for ORTF. This...
Gordon Skene, two-time Grammy Nominee and archivist runs The Gordon Skene Sound Archive and this website, which is dedicated to preserving and encouraging an interest in history and historic news, events, and cultural aspects of our society. Past Daily is the only place on the Internet where you can hear a Nixon speech, listen to an interview with John Cassavettes or play a broadcast of Charles Munch rehearsing the Boston Symphony in 1950, all in the same place. It's living history and it's timeless.
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