
Category: 1960’s


The Doors – Live At Danbury High School – 1967 – Past Daily Saturday Soundbooth
Become a Patron! – The Doors – Live At Danbury High School, Danbury Connecticut -October 11, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Unfortunately, the sound is creaky – but then, what would you expect; high school sound systems were better able to handle student assemblies, Talent Shows or the

Jane Kennedy – Activist In The Service Of Moral Values 1975 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
Subscriptions work wonders: Become a Patron! – Jane Kennedy – Activist – CBC Radio Documentary – 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Jane Kennedy is a name not immediately familiar to a lot of people, and only slightly more familiar to people who remember the Vietnam War era and

Otis Redding – In Concert – 1966 – Past Daily Saturday Soundbooth
Become a member and download this concert for free: Become a Patron! The immortal Otis Redding this week, recorded in concert at an unidentified venue (I’m thinking Baltimore? – call for clarification from readers please!) on October 4, 1966. I forgot how turbo-charged Redding was in performance. This concert (actually

LBJ Addresses Congress – Voting Rights Act Of 1965 – March 15, 1965
Become a Patron! – President Johnson – Address to Congress – Voting Rights Act – March 15, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With a legacy started by President Kennedy, and beginning with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, President Johnson began his first official term of office by

Emil Gilels With Wolfgang Sawallisch And The Philadelphia Orchestra Play Music Of Egk And Beethoven – 1969 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
Become a Patron! The Philadelphia Orchestra -Wolfgang Sawallisch, guest Cond. Emil Gilels, Piano – December 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another classic concert this week. This time, it’s The Philadelphia Orchestra, guest conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch and featuring the legendary Emil Gilels in a performance of the “Emperor”

Friedrich Gulda With Hans Muelller-Kray And The Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart – Play Beethoven – 1960 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Become a Patron! Music of Beethoven this weekend – his piano concerto Number 4 – in a historic performance by Friedrich Gulda, piano and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony conducted by Hans Mueller-Kray from a concert recorded on February 18, 1960. Born in Vienna the son of a teacher, Friedrich Gulda

A Word Or Two From Swami Satchidananda – 1967 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
NET: Newsfront – Interview with Swami Satchidananda – September 6, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In that wildly upheaval year of 1967 among so many revolutionary changes, came an onslaught of Gurus from India. Not that Eastern Philosophy and Indian Swami’s were new to the U.S. – but

Horace Silver – London – 1966 – Past Daily Downbeat
Become a subscriber – try us out for free: Become a Patron! Horace Silver for this Sunday – in concert at the Chelsea College of Science and Technology in London, October 11, 1966 and preserved for posterity by the BBC. On hand for this gig are: Woody Shaw, trumpet –

Erma Franklin With Mike Bloomfield’s Electric Flag – 1968 – Past Daily Morning Soundbooth
Coffee works wonders: – Erma Franklin with Mike Bloomfield’s Electric Flag – Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco – April 21, 1968 – Something special and historic this week. A concert from the Carousel Ballroom in San Francisco, recorded on (or around) April 21, 1968 featuring the amazing Erma Franklin, backed up