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Ruggiero Ricci, violin with the American Broadcasting Company Symphony – conducted by Bronislaw Gimpel – November 2, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – More rarities this week – two legendary violinists sharing the stage – one as conductor and the other as soloist. Ruggiero Rici with The American Broadcasting...
KMET – Bob Coburn – November 18, 1978 – Mike Devich Collection – The ritual of getting your first job – whether you were heading into your first semester of Junior High (or Middle School, if you’re so inclined) or your first semester of high school, there was something about...
China Crisis – live in Madrid – January 5, 1984 – Radio Nacional España – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – China Crisis in concert to end the week. Recorded for Spanish radio on January 5, 1984. They formed in 1979 in Kirkby, near Liverpool, Merseyside with a core of vocalist/keyboardist...
Fontaines D.C. – live at Eurosonic Festival – 2019 – January 17, 2019 – VPRO, Netherlands Fontaines D.C. in concert tonight – live at Eurosonic 2019, recorded on January 17, 2019 by radio outlet VPRO in Holland. Fontaines D.C. formed in Dublin in 2017. The band consists of Grian Chatten...
Mickey Mantle – Hero on the field. Off the field, not so much. August 13, 1995 – Mickey Mantle lost his battle with Cancer at the age of 63. Nicknamed The Commerce Comet and The Mick, Mantle was an American professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball...
August 12, 1984. A historic August for politics. At the Democratic Convention, Presidential candidate Walter Monday chose former New York Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. Ferraro was the first female vice-presidential nominee representing a major American political party. She served in the United States House of Representatives from...
August 10, 1975 – a day of anniversaries and upheaval. In Washington, it was the one-year anniversary since President Nixon resigned from Office amid the Watergate scandal and the installation of Gerald Ford to the office; the country was still recovering. It was thirty years since the American bombings of...
Hilde Somer, piano – CBS (Radio) Symphony – Bernard Herrmann, conductor – July 14, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Historic concerts this weekend. This one features a 1946 broadcast from CBS Radio featuring the CBS Symphony conducted by Bernard Herrmann and featuring pianist Hide Somer in music of...
The Go-Go’s – live at The Metro, Boston – broadcast live by WBCN – August 20, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Go-Go’s in concert this weekend – broadcast live by WBCN, Boston at The Metro on August 20, 1981. The Go-Go’s formed in Los Angeles, California in...
999 in session for John Peel – Recorded October 25, 1978 – Broadcast November 1 – BBC Radio 1 999 in session for John Peel to end the week. Their first (and only) session, recorded on October 25, 1978 and broadcast on November 1st over BBC Radio 1. Named after...
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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