– CBS World News Roundup + Newsbreak – December 31, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. As 1979 came to a close, the world was once again facing The Big Question Mark. The Soviets were setting up shop in Afghanistan, the United Nations was condemning the action with China leading
Patto – BBC Feb 12 1973 – In Session Anyone who has a passing fancy in anything other than Pop Music will quickly realize the shelves of any self-respecting collector are fairly bulging with albums by bands that never got recognition, never sold very well, got lost in the shuffle
Heading into the early 1970s this morning for a concert recorded live at The BBC’s Paris Theater in London on January 6, 1973, featuring the legendary Argent. One of the more popular bands, who were regularly played both on AM-top 40 radio and FM Underground, Argent had a huge following
– The Police – Live At CW Post College, Greenvale N.Y. – October 20, 1979 – WLIR-FM – This morning’s concert comes by way of a request from a reader for some pre-Synchronicity Police. As luck would have it, this concert, recorded at CW Post College in Greenvale New York
Coffee works wonders too: Slade – Live at Reading Festival 1980 – BBC Radio 1 Had it not been for the phone call asking if they would be last minute replacements for an ailing Ozzie Osborne, Slade may very well have packed it in by the end of 1980. One
– Camel – Live at The Marquee – 1974 Before the visual and theatrical aspect evolved, a Progressive Rock concert was a lot like going to a Jazz Concert. No dancing, stage presentation, lasers, explosions – it was all about the music and the playing. The musicians did very little
Coffee? Did you say coffee? – Be Bop Deluxe – live at Oxford – BBC Radio 1 Rock Goes To College – 1978 – BBC Be Bop Deluxe were a band the critics loved but the audience apparently only moderately liked. Together in two short bursts – once from 1972-1974
Gentle hounding, but hounding nonetheless: Become a Patron! – 1977-11-19 BBC In Concert – Supertramp – Over to London this weekend for a concert by 70’s legends Supertramp, recorded by the BBC as part of their Sight and Sound series on November 17, 1977. Forming in 1970, Supertramp didn’t immediately
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I haven’t posted any Jeff Beck in a while and when I ran across this concert, recorded by The BBC for their In Concert series from July 1, 1972, I realized just what a tremendous talent Jeff Beck is and how long he’s been at it. Forty-nine years ago, when
