"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Gil Evans Orchestra – live from Studio 105, Maison de la Radio, Paris – November 4, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Gil Evans for a stay-at-home Sunday. Recorded at Radio France, Studio 104 in Paris on November 4, 1976. For all the decades Gil Evans was active, he...
September 28, 1944 – NBC News of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 28, 1944 – Despite upbeat assessments and advances along some fronts, the expected crossing of the Siegfried Line into Germany hadn’t been accomplished yet. There was still plenty of resistance and it prompted Prime...
PJ Harvey – In concert at Gdynia,Poland – June 26, 2016 – Polski Radio – PJ Harvey this week. Never predictable, always an adventure and coming to Los Angeles next week. Variously referred to as one of the 500 Greatest Artists of All Time and a terminal eccentric, PJ Harvey...
The Wasps – in Session for John Peel – Feb. 13, 1978 – BBC Radio 1 – The Wasps tonight. Their first session for John Peel, recorded on February 13, 1978 and aired about a week later. Considered by many to be a Punk Band ahead of their time, they...
The Eisenhower Years – CBS Radio News – January 8, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The Eisenhower Years – the years that started in January of 1953 and ended in January of 1961. Years which saw a Cold War, a Space Race, a Population explosion, a wave of independence...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Allen Sherman – live at The Hollywood Bowl – July 24, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. In the early 1960s, one of the more popular phenomena of Mainstream Culture was Parody Comedy; the gentle poking...
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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