
Category: 1970’s


It’s 1973 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – Your Life Revolves Around The Phone, So Does Everyone Else.
– KMET – Steven Clean – December 27, 1973 – Rob Frankel Collection – Someday. Someday they may make a phone you can take with you anywhere. You will never miss a call, never miss an opportunity ever again. Someday. Maybe not in your lifetime. But for as long as

April 22, 1970 – On Top Of Everything Else; Earth Day
On top of everything else going on this day in 1970, it was also Earth Day – the very first one. Amid a flurry of publicity and events, Earth Day was intended to be the beginning of what would be the Ecological Movement throughout the world – the day where

April 21, 1975 – Imminent Implosion In South Vietnam – Thieu Resigns – Saigon Surrounded
– April 21, 1975 – Thieu Resigns – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the collapse of South Vietnam only a matter of time this April in 1975, word came on the 21st of the resignation of South Vietnamese President Nguyen van Thieu, citing anger and bitterness

1979 Salzburg Festival – Radu Lupu And Riccardo Muti With The Vienna Philharmonic Play Music of Beethoven and Bruckner – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
Editors Note: With the very sad news on the passing of Radu Lupu, it only seems fitting to offer this concert, which I posted back in 2018, as a tribute to this astonishing and gifted artist. He won’t be forgotten. Radu Lupu, Piano – Vienna Philharmonic, Riccardo Muti, cond. 1979

The Saints – Live At The Hope & Anchor – 1977 – Past Daily Soundbooth
With the very sad news earlier this week of the death of Saint’s founder and front man Chris Bailey, news that went by almost unnoticed before it was discovered by several fans, one of the cornerstone figures of the Punk movement in the 70s, and one of the key figures

It’s April 1971 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – You’re Graduating In Two Months – You Are Terrified.
April 7, 1971 – Dave Diamond – KRLA – Rob Frankel Collection – You remember. You were exited over the possibilities. Two months to go and you’ll never HAVE to wake up every morning – never HAVE to be home by 10 – never HAVE to sweat out mid-terms (except

Collectors And Collecting – Vincent Price Has A Few Words About The Pot Of Gold In Your Basement – 1957 – Past Daily Weekend Pop Chronicles
Conversation – Collecting – Clifton Fadiman-moderator, Vincent Price, Frederick Adams – NBC Radio – April 29, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re a collector of one sort or another. If not – then you most definitely do know someone who

Le Ormé – Reunion Concert 2010 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Le Ormé – reunion concert – Nov. 5, 2010 – RAI Radio – Le Ormé tonight. If you’re a fan of Progrock of the 70s, or have been hearing about it, the Italian band Le Ormé really need no introduction. They were one of the pivotal bands of the Progrock

Wire – In Session – 1978 – Past Daily Soundbooth
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