3 By The Daily Flash – 1966 – Past Daily Weekend Soundbooth
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Category: Los Angeles
Los Angeles Philharmonic With Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt And Hans Richter-Haaser Play Music Of Brahms – 1963 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
Part 1: Part 2: Continuing our Classic Summer Festivals with another concert from The Hollywood Bowl. This time it’s The Los Angeles Philharmonic under guest Conductor Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt and the great German piano virtuoso Hans Richter-Haaser. The concert was recorded, but never broadcast, on July 30, 1963. It’s a meat-and-potatoes
Summer In Britain -1947 – August 2, 1947 – Past Daily Reference Room
Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC/WOR – Dave Driscoll Report from London – August 2, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The post-World War 2 period is always fascinating for a lot of reasons; not the least being the slow renewal that took place throughout all
A Few Words From Percy Mayfield – 1969 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
There are probably not that many people around now who are familiar with the name Percy Mayfield. But the name Percy Mayfield is synonymous with Blues and early Rock n’ Roll. From the late 1940s through the 1950s Percy Mayfield is one of the essential figures in the history of
Slim Gaillard – Laguna – 1945 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Shellac Edition
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Slim Gaillard – Laguna – Bee-Bee Records 101 – 1945 Had Slim Gaillard never appeared, the world would have been an awful place. Truly and totally unique, with a language of his own (one of reportedly 8 he spoke fluently), an
L.A. Radio in 1952 – Jim Hawthorne – KNX – Past Daily Weekend Pop Chronicles
Here’s a snapshot of what radio was like in Los Angeles in 1952, featuring names and voices which were popular at the time, but all but forgotten today.
Michael Jackson Has A Few Words With Ayn Rand – 1967 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
Click on the link here for Audio Player – KNX-AM – Michael Jackson Show – Hour 2 – January 4, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The writing was on the wall as far back as the early 1960s; Talk Radio was a wildly popular genre in the medium of
The Warlocks – Live At Route du Rock Winter – 2014 – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Warlocks – In Concert at Route du Rock Hiver – Recorded Feb. 22, 2014 – RFI Nothing like catching a local band in a venue some 5,000 miles away. The Warlocks happen to be from Los Angeles, have been around
Les Brown – Live From The Hollywood Palladium – 1953 – Past Daily Downbeat
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – All-Star Parade Of Bands – Les Brown – live at The Hollywood Palladium – October 12, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection By the 1950s, the era of the Big Band was heading into the sunset. Musical tastes
Logan English, Pete LaFarge, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott – Live At Number One Sheridan Square – 1958 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
Click on the link here for Audio Player – KRHM-Los Angeles – House Of Sight and Sound – Live From Number One Sheridan Square – December 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One of those rare live broadcasts from the Audiophile days of FM and the halcyon days of Folk