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Nektar in Concert – recorded live at Studio Comunale, Bologna, Italy – August 30, 1973 – RAI-Radio 3 – Every little bit helps: Become a Patron! Nektar in concert tonight – not complete, but an extended excerpt and enough to whet your appetite if you’ve never heard them before. The...
Wolf Alice – live at Reading-Leeds Festival 2018 – BBC Radio 1 – August 24, 2018 – BBC Radio 1 – Wolf Alice in concert tonight. Performing at the 2018 Reading-Leeds Festival and captured for posterity by BBC Radio 1 on August 24, 2018. Wolf Alice formed in 2010 as...
Voice Of America – Notice to all U.S. Citizens and European Nationals to leave Jordan – September 25, 1970 – VOA – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The events of September 1970 in Jordan have enjoyed a variety of definitions, titles and nicknames, the most common being ‘Black September’ and...
September 24, 1944 – World News Today – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 24, 1944 – Busy news for this day. The actions in Holland and the British airborne division fighting in Holland began this newscast. There were no additional details on the announcement from Supreme...
Berlin Philharmonic – Neeme Järvi, cond. – Arcadi Volodos, Piano – Recorded December 15, 2010 – Radio France Musique- Over to Berlin (by way of Paris) this week for a concert featuring the Berlin Philharmonic, led by Neeve Järvi with Russian wunderkind Arcadi Volodos as piano solo. Starting the concert...
September 23, 1991 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 23, 1991 – Upheaval and change were the magic words for this day. President Bush was slated to address the United Nations General Assembly this day – in addition to his expected remarks regarding the...
September 22, 1937 – Special Program from Shanghai, China – News Reports – NBC Red Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 22, 1937 – News from Shanghai and it wasn’t good. Reports of intense fighting between the Chinese and invading Japanese Army units – news of atrocities –...
September 20, 1940 – And the war was grinding on. Reports that German attacks on Britain were light, owing to the weather, but there were still a few raids and reports of light casualties. As of that morning, there were no reports of bombings and that German raiders were turning...
WOR-AM, New York – Barry Gray Program with Mel Allen And Ed Weiner – September 16, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Before the days of phone-in talk shows, Pop Psychologists and conspiracy theorists, Radio was getting its feet wet during the post World War 2 years with conversational...
Ride – In concert at Gothic Theatre, Englewood, Colorado – April 3, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Perennial favorites Ride in concert this weekend. Recorded at the Gothic Theatre in Englewood Colorado on April 3, 1991 and broadcast sometime shortly after. Ride were one of the pivotal bands...
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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