– The Beatles – Live At Palais Des Sports – Afternoon (first) show – June 20, 1965 – RFI Since there’s been so much written of late about The Beatles and the whole era which became known as The British Invasion, I thought I would take a listen to
Mando Diao – Live in Stockholm – Recorded by Sveriges Radio June 27, 2013 Even though their bio refers to them as an Alternative Band, and Wikipedia categorizes them as Garage Punk, Mando Diao strike me as more of a Pop aggregation than anything else. From the sounds of this
Our Foreign Policy – Question of China – May 25, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Post-war Far East. The long process of rebuilding and negotiating. The question in 1946 had much to do with China. Under attack and at war since 1937 – overrun by Japanese troops and
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Back to some basic, no-frills American Rock n’ Roll this afternoon. In 1977, Mushroom Records ran a full-page advertisement showing the bare-shouldered Wilson sisters (as on the Dreamboat Annie album cover) with the suggestive caption, “It was only our first time!” In an interview that appeared in the July 28,
– The Walker Brothers – Demo Sessions – 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection When they became overnight sensations with their smash hit The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore, it was assumed The Walker Brothers were yet another British Invasion band. Their debut hit got started in the UK. Their
– Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Live At Fillmore East – June 4, 1970 A classic concert this weekend via the legendary Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Recorded live at The Fillmore East, during a multi-day stint on their 1970 tour. This one is from June 4th.If you’re like
– The Joe Cocker Show – live at The Old Waldorf, San Francisco – October 1978 – KSAN – Joe Cocker first come into international prominence via his appearance at Woodstock in 1969, and later with the Mad Dog’s And Englishmen Tour which did wonders for a lot of
The Zen Circus – Fino A Speccarti Due o Tre Denti – 2006 You may not have noticed it, but we had a small crisis here at Past Daily the past few days and we were dangerously close to having all the posts from the past ten years wiped out.
Something special this morning. The legendary Curtis Mayfield in Concert at The Marcus Garvey Centre in London, recorded by the BBC in June of 1984. As a powerful force in the world of Music, Mayfield was a catalyst in the raising of social consciousness in the 1960s and 70s. Beyond
