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One of the things that’s often overlooked, when it comes to the History of Rock n’ Roll is how some musical genres, though highly influential, didn’t transform the landscape instantly. And that very often the ripple effect didn’t take place for at least a year or two after its introduction....
Rotary Connection seem to have been lost in the shuffle to help define the 60s these last few decades. Touted as the first Psychedelic Soul band to come out of Chicago in 1966, they initially got their start as Muddy Waters backup band for his nod to Psychedelia, the album...
Jimi Hendrix Experience – live at Studio 4 – Radiohuset, Stockholm – September 5, 1967 – Sveriges Radio – Jimi Hendrix this weekend. Recorded live at Sveriges Radio in Stockholm on September 5, 1967. The thing that always amazes me about Music History is the amount of material that keeps...
Suzi Quatro – live in Rimini, Italy – August 15, 1975 – RAI Radio 2 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Suzi Quatro this week. One of those names synonymous with the 70s and certainly with Glam, Suzi Quatro became part of the hit-making machine of Chinn and Chapman who...
– The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Live At VPRO – Hoepla Program – November 10, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A rarity that is most likely not all that rare, certainly to Jimi Hendrix collectors. A session the Jimi Hendrix Experience did for the popular Dutch TV program...
Part 1: Part 2: Editors Note: When I first posted this concert in 2015 I was unaware of its original length. As was pointed out to me by several readers, there was an entire second part missing. Sure enough – after going through the vault I unearthed a tape which...
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – Jimi Hendrix – Live in San Diego – May 24, 1969 – Wally Heider soundboard More milestones in Rock this weekend. The legendary Jimi Hendrix, along with Mitch Mitchell on drums and Noel Redding on bass, recorded in...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – The Yardbirds – In Session at The BBC – Feb-May, 1966 – BBC Radio 1 You’d be hard pressed to name a band which had as many legendary guitarists passing through its ranks as this one. Okay,...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Fat Mattress In Session – September 27, 1969 – Radio Bremen/WDR As long as we’re doing classics and rarities this weekend, I might as well add Noel Redding‘s Fat Mattress to the mix. A rare session for Radio Bremen-TV (Beat Club)...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Joni Mitchell – Live at The Second Fret – November 1966 It’s always been fascinating (and instructive) to have the opportunity to hear an artist at the threshold of their careers; that point where shortly after, they burst on to the...
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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