"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Described in the European press as “one of Americas best kept secrets”, Smashing Orange were a band from Wilmington Delaware, who landed in the UK and became part of the wave of Shoegaze bands of the early 1990s. Sadly, the…
XTC – In Concert recorded for BBC Radio 1 – March 25, 1978 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert series – XTC to get us up to Hump Day. One of their earliest broadcast concerts, only fifteen months together when…
– Elton John – Christmas Eve, 1974 Hammersmith Odeon – BBC Radio In Concert Series – Continuing with Rock Legends this weekend. Elton John and his Christmas Concert of 1974, recorded and broadcast as part of the In Concert series…
NBC Blue Network – The Magic Key – The Philadelphia Orchestra 1937 Tour Concert – April 18, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another rare concert broadcast from the 1930s this week. The Philadelphia Orchestra, getting ready to embark…
– NBC-Blue Network – RCA Magic Key – Minneapolis Symphony, Eugene Ormandy, conductor + Mischa Levitski, piano recital from Chicago – March 1, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Diving into more rare concerts this week. This time it’s…
Aix-en-Provence Festival 1959 – The Belgian National Radio Orchestra, Igor Markevitch, Cond. – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another historic concert this week. From the 1959 Aix-en-Provence Festival, The Belgian National Radio Orchestra led by the legendary Igor Markevitch in music…
Lush – Live At Coachella – April 23, 2016 – One of the most anticipated reunions of the year, Lush finally made it to the West Coast and Coachella 2016. Despite an inordinate amount of hassles with work visas and…
– Missing Persons – Live At My Father’s Place – August 25, 1981 – WLIR-FM – Ending out the weekend with a set from 80s darlings Missing Persons, recorded live in concert at My Father’s Place in Roslyn, New York…
– 1976-11-06 BBC In Concert (Electric Light Orchestra) – BBC Radio 1 When I first ran into ELO it was around the time of their initial U.S.tour. Roll Over Beethoven had been released and everyone I ran into was pretty…
– Abba – Live In Concert – 1981 – Abba Fan Club Recording Commemorating their 1981 Tour – Truly 70s this weekend – even though the concert is from 1981 and one of the last before ABBA broke up. Nonetheless,…