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"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Geoff Edwards Show – November 26, 1979 – Looking around for events which occurred on this day in history, I ran across this tape of an hour’s worth of L.A. radio station KMPC, recorded between 9 and 10 in…
– Sham ’69 – Live at Paris Theatre, London – February 21, 1979 – BBC 6 Music – One of the first wave of Punk bands, Sham ’69 got started in 1976 – and called it quits (initially) in 1979,…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”10090″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”September 13, 1938 – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News of the Crisis in Czechoslovakia NBC Blue Network – September 13, 1938 September it seems, is a crisis month in history. On this…
B. Mitchel Reed – WMCA – June 28, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – I’m sure it’s a bit more complicated now, but back in the Dark Ages, when AM radio was the only game in town and Top-40…
KHJ – The Gary Mack Show – The Real Don Steele Show – August 10, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection August 1966 – if you were a teenager, and you lived in L.A. you either had the summer off…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”16393″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”August 11-17, 1965 – KMPC Reporters – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] KMPC-AM – 2-Way Communications – Watts Riots – August 11-17, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Fifty-six years ago this week, an L.A.…
Part 1: Part 2: (Editors Note: Originally Posted in 2012) A few years ago I ran a portion of this concert, via my now-defunct Newstalgia site. It featured headliners The Beach Boys at the annual Y-Day At The Bowl event…
1964 Y-Day At The Hollywood Bowl – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The follow-up year to the classic 1963 Hollywood Bowl Y-Day concert, which featured The Beach Boys and a host of Surf and Pop bands, the 1964 edition was…
Detroit Symphony – Paul Paray, Cond. – Arthur Rubinstein, Piano – January 7, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection More history this week – a rare broadcast performance featuring the legendary pianist Arthur Rubinstein and the Detroit Symphony conducted by…
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”9094″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”July 12, 1960 – News On The Hour – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] NBC News On The Hour – July 12, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this…