KNX Radio – Megalopolis At Night: A Visit To The Potted Pigeon – June 8, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – L.A. nightlife in the early 60s. A lot going on and no shortage of restaurants and night clubs. Along Hollywood Boulevard it was a place to people watch
Tommy Dorsey – Live From The Casino Gardens Ballroom – Ocean Park, Santa Monica – June 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – For a change, Big Band for this edition of Downbeat. Just prior to and shortly after World War 2, Big Band Swing was the mainstay of mainstream
Lush – In Concert from La Cigale, Paris – October 19, 1991 – Radio France International – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With their brief reunion last year, and string of sold-out concerts, Lush called it quits in the end. Citing responsibilities and changed lives and a desire to go
KXOK – Nick Charles – July 29, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Summer School. You don’t hear about it that much any more, but in 1966 it was a ritual if you were still in School. Taking Summer school held the possibility that you might graduate a semester
Herman’s Hermits – In session for NRK, Oslo – March 4, 1967 – NRK Archives – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Herman’s Hermits in session for NRK in Oslo, broadcast on March 4, 1967. Hard to imagine that’s it’s 50 years since this original broadcast was aired. Harder still to
Intergalactic Lovers – live at Pukkelpop 2017 – August 17, 2017 – RTBF Belgique – Continuing our look at some of the festivals in Europe this summer, Pukkelpop 2017 in Kiewit, Belgium has been one of the go-to Summer festivals in Europe, boasting a wide array of artists and genres
Los Angeles and West Coast Radio Commercials – 1950s-1970s – Various places and products – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Although I am one who actively shuns “the good old days” when talking about the past, there are times when I find myself inundated with bits of my youth; my
Angel Olsen in concert from the 2017 Route du Rock Festival in St. Malo, France – recorded on August 20th. Click on the Past Daily link and hear the complete concert. And dig in and be a patron of Past Daily and all the work we do everyday, to preserve
The High – ode to Madchester tonight with a live gig by the band at Granada studios in 1990. Click on the link and have a listen – and please support what Past Daily is trying every day to do.
Slowdive – in concert from Mannheim, Germany, June 18, 2017 – SWR – Slowdive in concert tonight. One of the pivotal bands during the emerging Indie, Shoegaze, Ambient Dreampop movements of the late 1980s, Slowdive were a huge influence but weren’t the darlings of the press, or of record labels.
