Next to Blue Cheer, The Groundhogs may very well have been responsible for some hearing loss on my part in the late 60s/early 70s. One of the best bands to listen to under headphones, cranked up past the threshold of pain – they were a sonic feast and were the
The Supremes – KHJ 2nd Annual Appreciation Concert – April 29, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 2021 is offering no let-up in loss – and we thought 2020 was bad. The sad news just yesterday of the passing of Mary Wilson, founder and backbone of the Supremes offered
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”6840″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 5, 1961 – Meet The Press – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] February 5, 1961 – Forever The Economy – even in 1961. It was about jobs, lack of jobs, where we were compared to the rest of the world. Were
Gina Bachauer, Piano – Los Angeles Philharmonic – Vaclav Smetacek, guest Conductor – January 20, 1966 Another historic concert this week – a performance by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, guest conducted by Vacalv Smetacek and featuring the legendary Gina Bachauer playing Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Concerto. Beginning with Mirrors (Reflections) Nine
Something different this weekend – a rare appearance from the pre-PBS NET series Soul! hosted by Poet/Author Nikki Giovanni and featuring The Delfonics in a live set, as re-broadcast on April 21, 1972 (it originally aired on January 5th). Live Soul sessions, or even concerts by prominent Soul acts are
Another installment of Teenage life in the 1960s and the L.A. Radio that was inseparable along with it. Tonight it’s BMR and KFWB and Monday night, October 2, 1967. The news was strange – San Francisco just had the Death of Hippy march in the Haight earlier – the new
Wilhelm Kempff, Piano – Zubin Mehta, conductor – Los Angeles Philharmonic In Concert – December 5, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Historic, long-lost and not heard before. An all-Brahms concert from December 5, 1965 featuring the Los Angeles Philharmonic led by Zubin Mehta and featuring the legendary Wilhelm
KFWB – Joe Yocam – January 11, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – You should know by now they can’t predict the weather in L.A. – they always get it wrong. When it’s supposed to be in the 70s it barely scratches 60 – when it’s supposed to be
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”37501″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 15, 1969- Second Sunday: America The Violent – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Another School Shooting – another invasion of what once was Safe Haven – another stain on our society. Another period of mourning, of grief, of anger, of hand-wringing.
Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders – NME Poll Winners Concert 1965 – April 11, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It would be nice . . .Become a Patron! Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders, live at the 1965 NME Poll Winners and recorded on April 11, 1965. From the
