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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...
KYA – San Francisco – December 9, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A buck a month is all it takes: Become a Patron! Color you cynical. Okay – they said it would happen; sixteen-on-the-edge-of-seventeen and it’s that age where you start to doubt things, don’t believe anybody and...
Patrons can download for free: Become a Patron! Anna Dora Gaitskell, Baroness Gaitskell (25 April 1901 – 1 July 1989) was a British Labour Party politician and wife of Hugh Gaitskell, leader of the Labour Party 1955–63. She was a delegate at the UN General Assembly and member of the...
Be a Patron and download for free: Become a Patron! Another day with the world slightly askew, this October 7th in 1967. Reports that, despite claims the rebels in Biafra were a thing of the past, explosions were heard in the Nigerian Capitol of Lagos and speculation all the fighting...
Become a Patron! Hearing the sad news today of the passing of legendary Drummer Ginger Baker – it’s further evidence 2019 has not been a good year for Music. Tributes have been pouring in all day, including this one via Pitchfork earlier this morning (October 6,2019): After days of being...
H.P. Lovecraft in Concert – Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco – May 11, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Patrons get downloads for free, in case you were wondering: Become a Patron! As band life-expectancies go, H.P.Lovecraft didn’t last all that long. Two years before going off in other directions...
Subscribers can get this download for free: Become a Patron! Waking up to the news this morning in 1967 had much to do with the endless war of attrition in Vietnam. The ongoing battle, mounting casualties and airstrikes near the Marine outpost at Con Thien. The theory being to destroy...
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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