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Unless you already knew, Pink Floyd went under several names before they settled on the one that would lead to fame and fortune. One of those names was The Abdabs, or The Screaming Abdabs. Others were The Tea Set, Sigma 6, Jokers Wild and The Pink Floyd Blues Band. Here...
Most people remember Renaissance as the band which had a number of concept albums and hits via the FM-AOR format stations in the late 1970s. Truth of the matter, that was the third incarnation of the band. Renaissance originally began out of the ashes of The Yardbirds, with Keith Relf...
Most people have relegated The Moody Blues to a sort of caricature status in recent years – the epitome of the airey-faerie Hippy-love and tie-dye stereotype of the 60’s. Their music has been limited to the almost exclusive playing of Knights In White Satin or Tuesday Afternoon, their two biggest...
Further evidence the heady days of 1967 were not the exclusive domain of L.A., San Francisco, New York or London. The Red Krayola, probably one of the most wildly influential yet strangely un-commercial bands to emerge from that period, came from Texas. In fact, they were in that classic mold...
Be a Patron and download for free: Become a Patron! Another day with the world slightly askew, this October 7th in 1967. Reports that, despite claims the rebels in Biafra were a thing of the past, explosions were heard in the Nigerian Capitol of Lagos and speculation all the fighting...
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...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – The Mysterons – In Session For Motel Mozaique Festival 2015 – April 10, 2015 – VPRO/3VOOR12-FM – Netherlands Taking a quick look at some of the highlights from the recent Motel Mozaique Festival in the Netherlands...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Teardrop Explodes – John Peel Session – April 24, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 More 80s post-Punk with a touch of neo-Psychedelia this time, via The Teardrop Explodes.One of the key figures in the Liverpool post-Punk scene, Teardrop Explodes also...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Paperhead In Session at WFMU – July 28, 2011 What’s great about the Internet is, everything’s available – you just have to hit browse and it becomes an embarrassment of riches. What’s bad about the Internet is, everything’s available – you...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Gong In Session (Number 3) – May 29, 1973 – John Peel Program – BBC Radio 1 Earlier this week I ran a session by Gong alumnus Steve Hillage, recorded in 1976, after Hillage had left Gong. Tonight it’s a Gong...
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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