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Tim Rose – in session for Top Gear (John Peel) – recorded July 1, 1968 – broadcast July 7, 1968 – BBC Radio 1 – Even just a little bit: Become a Patron! Tim Rose for Sunday night. A name that may ring a few vague bells – but a...
Alabama Shakes – In Concert at Eurockéennes de Balfort – July 1, 2012 – Radio France Le Mouv – Become a Patron! Alabama Shakes in concert this weekend. From their show-stopping performance at the 2012 Eurockéennes Festival at Balfort, France – broadcast live by Radio France Le Mouv. If you...
Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks – Live at KSAN-FM, San Francisco – July 4, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks to end up the holiday weekend. Live in a studio session at KSAN-FM in San Francisco on July 4,...
The Escape Club – in concert from The Paris Theatre, London – 1983 – BBC Radio 1- Become a Patron! Starting the week with a set from The Escape Club, recorded at The Paris Theatre in London for Radio 1’s In Concert series from 1983. Formed in London in 1983,...
Little Feat – In Concert From Boston – WBCN-FM – October 14, 1988 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Paul Barrere is gone. He left earlier today. The announcement was made via Little Feat’s website: It is with great sorrow that Little Feat must announce the passing...
Become a Patron! The Front Bottoms in concert to end up the weekend. Recorded live at Reading 2018 by BBC Radio 1 on August 24th of that year. Here’s what Mark Deming at Spotify has to say about them: The Front Bottoms are an indie rock duo from New Jersey...
João Gilberto – Live At Umbria Jazz Festival 1996 – Recorded July 21, 1996 – RAI Radio – João Gilberto (1931-2019) – With the sad news on the passing of one of the most legendary and pioneering figures in Brazilian music, João Gilberto, at the age of 88, left a...
6 Days left – the contributions are slowly trickling in. Keep it going. I can’t thank those of you enough who have pitched in, either contributing or telling your friends, for your help and kindness. It’s hard; maintaining a website, preserving and restoring thousands of hours of audio every day, while trying...
– Lucille Dumont aux Rhythms de Paris – Nov. 2, 1951 – Radio Canada – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lucille Dumont tonight – an iconic Pop-Star and early TV personality from Quebec in the 1950s and who had her own radio show in 1951 before heading to TV where...
– 5 by Francoise Hardy – 1962-1971 – Disques Vogue – Virgin Records – Continuing our suspension of regular posts this weekend (at least for today, Saturday), here are 5 songs by the legendary Francoise Hardy – one of the most recognizable and influential voices in French Pop music. A...
Gordon Skene, two-time Grammy Nominee and archivist runs The Gordon Skene Sound Archive and this website, which is dedicated to preserving and encouraging an interest in history and historic news, events, and cultural aspects of our society. Past Daily is the only place on the Internet where you can hear a Nixon speech, listen to an interview with John Cassavettes or play a broadcast of Charles Munch rehearsing the Boston Symphony in 1950, all in the same place. It's living history and it's timeless.
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