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The Wedding Present – In Session for John Peel – March 3, 1987 – BBC Radio 1 – A session from The Wedding Present tonight. Their third for John Peel at the BBC. Peel was a big supporter of the band early on, well before they were signed to a...
Ought – in concert at Gaite Lyrique, Paris – part of the Arte Channel Festival series – April 14, 2016. Ought are an Alternative band from Montreal, only together since 2012. Releasing their first ep later that same year, the band have been getting positive press and audience reaction ever...
Deportees – In Session for Sveriges Radio P3, Umeå – February 10, 2016 – Sveriges Radio – Deportees this evening – a Swedish Indie band who have been riding very high on Swedish charts, and have been referred to in some circles as a Svenska Coldplay, in session for Sveriges...
Big Star Music – Alex Chilton Tribute with Jody Stephens, Ken Stringfellow, Jon Auer and guests – Nov. 12, 2012 – VPRO/3VOOR12 – Netherlands. Big Star Music – a tribute to the music of Alex Chilton, performed at Melkweg in Amsterdam on November 12, 2012 and recorded for posterity by...
– CBS Radio – George Fisher’s Hollywood – July-August, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – As a reminder that Hollywood has always been at least slightly skewed, here is a 1950s radio equivalent of TMZ, as presented by veteran Hollywood gossip columnist George Fisher – and a 10...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Interview with Stevie Ray Vaughan – May 28, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Having recently heard guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan was nominated for induction into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame, I had assume he already was, and...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Deaf School – In Concert – October 4, 1976 – BBC Radio 1 Deaf School were an Art Rock band in the early-mid 1970s when Rock in general was in a period of transition. A competent and talented band, they didn’t...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Anna Calvi – In Concert at Route du Rock – August 16, 2014 – RFI/FIP I am convinced there is something in the water at Saint Malo. This particular season of Route du Rock has been extraordinary. For the past three...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – That Petrol Emotion – In session for John Peel – December 16, 1986 – BBC Radio 1 Edgy 80s tonight with a session by That Petrol Emotion, recorded for the John Peel Program at the BBC on December 16, 1986. Formed...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Mink DeVille – Live at Pinkpop 1982 – May 31, 1982 – VPRO/3VOOR12 Radio The inimitable and sadly missed Mink (Willy) DeVille this weekend. In concert at the 1982 Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands, recorded by the venerable VPRO Radio Network...
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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