Category Vintage Recordings

The Charlatans – Live In Blackburn – 1990 – Past Daily Soundbooth

The Charlatans – Live At King George’s Hall, Blackburn – 1990 – BBC Radio 1 If you’ve been visiting this website for the past few years, you’ll know by now The Charlatans are one of my favorite bands. I’ve said…

June 29, 1966 – The Vietnam War – Bombing The North – Escalation By Inches

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Lotte Eisner Talks About The Golden Age Of German Cinema – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry

Lotte Eisner Interview – KPFK – October 23, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Fans of film history no doubt are familiar with the highly charged atmosphere of Cinema in Europe between the World Wars. Nowhere was this atmosphere more…

Jackier Gleason

June 25, 1987 – Passing Of The Great One – Jackie Gleason Dies At Age 71.

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Andrè Jolivet And Lucette Descaves Play Jolivet – 1951 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

Jolivet Piano Concerto (Premier) – Descaves, piano -André Jolivet, conductor – Strasbourg Radio Symphony The music of Andrè Jolivet is hardly played in public and seldom heard, even on disc. A staunch defender of the school of atonality he never…

Taft-Hartley Vote

June 23, 1947 – Senate Vote On Taft-Hartley – To Override A Veto And Influence Destiny –

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June 21, 1945 – Summer In Post-War London – Picking Up Pieces – Eyeing The Road Ahead

BBC World Service: London Column – June 21, 1945 While the war in the Pacific was heading into its final stages, the slow task of rebuilding Europe was only beginning. The painstaking dismantling of the vestiges of War were underway,…

June 21, 1939 – Europe On The Brink – Parts Of A Larger Pressure

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Samuel Barber In Rehearsal With The Boston Symphony – 1951 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

NBC Radio – Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Samuel Barber, guest Conductor – June 23, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Continuing our ongoing series of historic rehearsal recordings with The Boston Symphony. This one features…

Two From Delia Derbyshire – BBC Radiophonic Workshop – 1964 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry

1. The Dreams – Invention for Radio – Text: Barry Bermange – Electronic Soundscape: Delia Derbyshire – February 1964 – BBC Transcription Service 2. Amor Dei – Invention for Radio – Text: Barry Bermange – Electronic Soundscape: Delia Derbyshire –…