"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
The Spinners – in session on Soul! – NET-TV – January 13, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Spinners were a huge hit making machine all through the 1960s and 70s. Still together today, but with only one…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”10495″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 9, 1989 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News for this October 9th in 1989 had to do with the growing protest movement in East Germany and the rioting…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”7463″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”April 22, 1956 – The Great Challenge – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] By 1956 it would be pretty safe to say America was headed well into nervous breakdown territory. Everything was…
A classic concert to start the week off – this time from Simon & Garfunkel in a rare performance at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, recorded by VPRO on May 2, 1970. With all of these classic concerts surfacing lately, you’d think…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”10484″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 8, 1949 – Report On America: Detroit – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] As a kid growing up in Detroit in the 1950s, I wasn’t really aware of how much Detroit…
WOR-AM, New York – Barry Gray Program with Mel Allen And Ed Weiner – September 16, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Before the days of phone-in talk shows, Pop Psychologists and conspiracy theorists, Radio was getting its feet…
Theme and Variations – The Hancock Ensemble – Loren Powell, Conductor – April 23, 1943 – KHJ, Los Angeles – Mutual Network – Another program of American music performed during the War years by the Hancock Ensemble, conducted by Loren…
Frankie Valli in conversation – Recorded June 16, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our new series Talking Music with a sit-down conversation with Frankie Valli of the legendary Four Seasons, recorded in June of 1980. One of…
Chipping in, and the perks are rather cool: Become a Patron! Artie Shaw and his band, live from The Blue Room at the Hotel Lincoln in New York, broadcast by CBS on December 6, 1938. Mixing things up a bit…
August 1, 1975 – Jean Shepherd – Daily Show – WOR-AM, New York – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sadly, most people know the name Jean Shepherd via his immortal holiday tale, A Christmas Story. Even if you only knew…