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Glen Campbell – Capitol Country Night at The Bowl – Hollywood Bowl – Sept. 7, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the sad, but sadly anticipated news that music legend Glen Campbell left us today, the rush to post obituaries, post remembrances and pay tributes has been slightly...
Hollywood Bowl – Film Composer’s Night – Hollywood Bowl Orchestra – Sept. 25, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Part 1 Hollywood Bowl – Film Composer’s Night – Hollywood Bowl Orchestra – Sept. 25, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Part 2 In what was the first of...
Robert Wyatt – In session for John Peel – September 10, 1974 – broadcast September 26 – BBC Radio 1 – If you don’t know who Robert Wyatt is, you may have stumbled across this page by mistake, or you are just starting to feel your way around the immense...
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” concerto (#5) by...
Nat King Cole Demo Session – I Wake Up Screamin’ After Dreaming Of You – Studio & Artists Recorders, Hollywood – circa 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something of an oddity and rarity this weekend. Nat King Cole with a demo of a song he co-wrote with Don...
Gerry Mulligan Quartet – live from Leipzig – Sept. 9, 1995 – MDR Radio – Gerry Mulligan this weekend. Recorded at the Oper in Leipzig Germany on September 9, 1995 and broadcast by MDR-Radio. He is joined by Ted Rosenthal, Dean Johnson and Ron Vincent. Gerry Mulligan has been considered...
L.A. Chamber Orchestra – Gerard Schwarz, cond – Claudio Arrau, piano – Jan. 30, 1982 – Part 1 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection L.A. Chamber Orchestra – Gerard Schwarz, Cond.- Claudio Arrau, piano -Jan.30, 1982 – Part 2 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Back to some historic concerts this week....
June 2, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup, Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 2, 2000 – As the report said; If you owned Stocks on Wall Street, the odds were you made money today. In a dramatic turn of events, Tech Stocks rode the crest of...
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Sir Georg Solti – The Chicago Symphony – In Concert – May 21, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another historic concert this week. This time featuring legends Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Sir Georg Solti, who leads the Chicago Symphony in music of Duparc...
Chuck Berry – in concert from Belgium – June 2, 1965 – RTBF, Belgium – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Barely getting over the news of the passing of Blues icon, James Cotton, comes the devastating news that Chuck Berry is now gone. At age 90, and with a career...
