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Masuko Ushioda, Violin solo – Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hiroyuki Iwaki – Hollywood Bowl – August 6, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Perhaps a token amount: Become a Patron! Something special, rare and historic this week (as it seems to be a lot lately) – the celebrated Japanese violinist...
Pennies, nickels, dimes – it all adds up: Become a Patron! June 17, 1940 – The day the war came to an end for France. In an emotional address to the world, Marshall Pétain announced that France had ceased fighting and that a negotiate surrender was anticipated over the coming...
Marion – Live at the Manchester Roundhouse – October 7, 1994 – Jim Moody Collection – Marion in concert from Manchester to keep things rolling. Recorded at the Manchester Roundhouse on October 7, 1994. Almost, but not quite like last night’s The High concert, Marion came on the scene with...
Become a Patron! June 16, 1945 – The view from Europe – how the ravages of war were slowly fading from cities and towns and how the slow readjustment to peacetime was starting to take place, after over five years of bombings and invasions which left a continent in mostly...
Becoming a Patron is really easy and it helps a lot: Become a Patron! June 16, 1992 – A day of bafflement and raised eyebrows. Starting with the bombshell revelation from Russian President Boris Yeltsin that there was a very strong possibility that American POW’s from the Vietnam War were...
The High – live at New Century Hall, Manchester – August 10, 1990 – The Jim Moody Archive – The High to start the week. A band that falls under the too-often used category of underrated and overlooked, but also a band that helped usher in a dramatic change in...
Pennies, nickels, dimes – it all adds up: Become a Patron! June 15, 1983 – Santiago Chile woke up this morning choking, soaked to the skin and with burned eyes. It was the latest in a series of clashes between protestors and the government of Augusto Pinochet, who seized power...
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – Cavalcade Of Bands – Dumont TV – July 18, 1950 – Jim Stephenson Collection – Duke Ellington in what is most probably a drop-dead rarity – if not in performance then certainly in sound. About a week ago, my friend and colleague Jim...
Queen – Live at The Boston Music Hall – January 30, 1976 – BBC In Concert series – Queen this weekend. In a concert recorded at the start of the American leg of their world tour, promoting A Night At The Opera, at The Boston Music Hall and recorded on...
Grand Ole Opry – NBC Radio Monitor – June 25, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If you don’t mine – we can use it: Become a Patron! An ode to Americana this weekend. One of the benchmarks of Country-Western music was the weekly radio program Grand Ole Opry....
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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