"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– The Boomtown Rats – Live At Middlesex Polytechnic College – September 22, 1978 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – The Boomtown Rats in concert. In case you didn’t know, The Boomtown Rats had a series of Irish and…
– Elvis Costello and The Attractions – Live At Old Waldorf – Nov. 15, 1977 – KSAN-FM – Early Elvis Costello. First U.S. tour to coincide with the release of My Aim Is True and the tour that landed him…
– The Desperate Bicycles – In Session for John Peel – recorded July 4, 1978 – BBC Radio 1 – The Desperate Bicycles tonight. A good chance you may never actually have either heard them or heard about them. They…
– Stiff Little Fingers – in session for John Peel – April 13, 1978 – BBC Radio 1 – Stiff Little Fingers – their very first session for John Peel from April 13, 1978. It would be the first of…
The Stranglers In Session for John Peel – September 13, 1977 – BBC Radio 1 – The Stranglers in session, their second for John Peel, recorded on September 13, 1977. FYI: I ran the first session a couple years ago,…
– Mega City 4 – In session for John Peel – July 19, 1988 – broadcast, August 2, 1988 – BBC Radio 1 – Mega City 4 in their first session for John Peel tonight. Together initially from 1987 until…
– The Telescopes – in session for John Peel – May 16, 1989 – BBC Radio 1 – The Telescopes to end the week. One of those bands who heralded the coming state of the 90s and the whole re-evaluation…
X in concert this weekend. A live broadcast from My Father’s Place in Roslyn New York on November 12, 1983. X came to epitomize the L.A. music scene in the late 1970s/early 1980s and they were one of the most…
Lora Logic – in session for John Peel – May 26, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – Lora Logic tonight. A name synonymous with the Punk/New-Wave scene of the late 70s/early 80s. Her unique and distinctive sax playing, was prevalent…
The Specials In Concert – 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – Editors Note: I just heard the news about the passing of Terry Hall, who sang lead for The Specials in this…