099 1968
As part of our ongoing Preservation and Access Project, the Pacifica Radio Archives has identified one hundred of the most outstanding recordings from 1968 in our collection. In this From the Vault episode, we’ll feature select audio from these outstanding historical documents. Some of the voices you will immediately recognize; some you won’t. Some sound like they are forty years old; some sound like they were recorded just this morning. These recordings of our history represent how much things have changed… and how little. We have also selected some choice music from 1968 to help play it all along.
Featured recordings from 1968 include Dr. Benjamin Spock, Ray Bradbury, Allen Ginsberg, actuality from inside and outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, H. Rap Brown, Arthur C. Clarke, Greek actress and politician Melina Mercouri, Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith, Muhammad Ali, Joan Baez, Seymour Hersh, Pacifica Reporter Dale Minor from Vietnam, James Baldwin, Coretta Scott King, and field reports from the People’s March on Washington, DC with Jesse Jackson.
Music from 1968 includes Sun Ra, Van Morrison, Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, Cream, David Bowie, The Band, Aretha Franklin, Ike & Tina Turner, Simon and Garfunkel, The Rolling Stones, Canned Heat, Traffic, The Doors, Buffalo Springfield, Blood Sweat & Tears, Jethro Tull, The BeeGees, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Pink Floyd. Jefferson Airplane, Moody Blues, Velvet Underground, Sly and the Family Stone and The Grateful Dead.
From the Vault is presented as part of the Pacifica Radio Archives Preservation and Access Project.
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