Click on the link here for Audio Player:Post-Election 1956 The 1956 Presidential election was interesting in that Eisenhower won a landslide victory, yet both the House and Senate remained in control of the Democrats and that left the Republicans scratching their collective heads. It’s been said that it was the
A little goes a really long way:Become a Patron! Something special tonight – one of the many radio programs Bob Dylan performed on early in his career. In the 1950’s and early 1960’s, when FM radio was almost the sole domain of the “audiophile” and the independent station, many programs
Click on the link here for Audio Player: THE SPECIALS – BBC Peel Sessions Diving into the 70’s this Friday night with The Specials. A session recorded at the BBC for the John Peel Program, most of it from May 23, 1979. Here’s what’s on the player: The Specials John
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Houdini’s Last Seance – Oct. 31, 1936 In what was promised to be the media event of the decade, the legendary illusionist, magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, who had died on Halloween night 1926, had promised to make an appearance from
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Click on the link here for Audio Player: Supersister In Session at VPRO 1971-72 Since I had put up Genesis in Concert from 1972 earlier today, I thought it would only be fitting to include a band who were contemporaries and colleagues from the same period. Supersister were a band
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Oct. 24, 1960 – Eyewitness To History – 1960 Election With the third Debate over the previous night, October 24th was the home stretch for the 1960 Presidential Campaign. As a recap of the race to the White House, CBS News ran
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Syd Barrett – In Session – Feb. 18, 1970 I don’t think there is anyone in the world who is an even passing fan of the music of Pink Floyd who hasn’t heard about original founding member Syd Barrett. His legend and
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”5300″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”L.A. Phil – Koussevitsky-Stern – 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! Something special this weekend – a Hollywood Bowl broadcast, featuring the Los Angeles Philiharmonic, guest conducted by Serge Koussevitsky and featuring the 30-year old violin-wunderkind Issac Stern in an all-Tchaikovsky
Click on the link here for Audio Player: ArtBlakeyAndTheJazzMessengers1965-03-07CineTeleSoundStudioLondonUK It’s not even going out on a limb to say Art Blakey did more for taking percussion out of the “keeping time” box and putting in a place of creative expression than most other drummers of the 20th Century did. His
