F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Biography In Sound – 1955 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and have a listen to the 1955 documentary for radio on the life and times of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Category: Radio
Nixon: ‘I Am Not A Crook’ – And The Energy Crisis – November 24, 1973
– CBS Radio – The Washington Week – November 24, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – No shortage of Big Ticket crises this week, the one ending on this day in 1973. There was Watergate and the seemingly endless twists and turns in what was becoming an increasingly sordid
Post-Thanksgiving In L.A. – 1967 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
Post-Thanksgiving – Mike Roy’s Cooking Thing – November 28, 1967 – KNX-AM/FM Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – One of the few sure things in life: The clatter of hungry plates – the animated conversation, up a few db more than a minute earlier. The deathly silence of
Blonde Redhead- Live At SOS 4.8 Festival 2016 – Past Daily Morning Soundbooth
– Blonde Redhead – Live at SOS 4.8 2016 – Murcia,Spain – May 7, 2016 -RNE Radio 3 – Indie/Alt stalwarts Blonde Redhead were a highlight of the proceedings at SOS 4.8 2016 in Murcia Spain, playing to a sold-out audience and adding one more layer of sonic icing
The Boston Symphony With Erich Leinsdorf – JFK Memorial Concert – November 23, 1963 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
A historic concert this week, given on November 23, 1963 as a memorial for President Kennedy, who had been assassinated the day before. Music Director Erich Leinsdorf leads the Boston Symphony in music of Gluck, Wagner and Beethoven. This was the concert given the day after the historic announcement from
Pyongyang And The Riddle Of Kim Jong Il – Bush Civil Rights 1991 -November 21, 1991
– November 21, 1991 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 21, 1991 – An historic day for different reasons. One – President Bush signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1991 and Two – North Korea‘s Kim Jong Il was back in the
Walter Cronkite Has A Word About 1980 – Past Daily Reference Room
– Walter Cronkite – News and Commentary – November 5, 1980 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Walter Cronkite – the last election he covered before his retirement was the 1980 Presidential campaign. The Most Trusted Man in America held forth, commenting as the votes were tabulated
A Menotti Premier 1952 – L.A. Phil. , Wallenstein – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– Gian-Carlo Menotti – The Apocalypse – West Coast Premier – L.A. Philharmonic, Alfred Wallenstein – Nov. 13, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Gian-Carlo Menotti this week. One of the major forces in American classical Music during the 1950s, Menotti’s career was assured when his one-act opera, Amahl
Carlos Montoya – Talking Flamenco – 1974 – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry
– NPR Options – A Conversation with Carlos Montoya – June 24, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Carlos Montoya was one of the true legends of Flamenco Guitar. As a founder of the modern-day Flamenco style, Montoya was highly influential and had achieved worldwide popularity and was one