"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Bill Nelson’s Red Noise – live at Sheffield – 1979 – Sound on Sound Tour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Bill Nelson to start the week. Last week I ran the last John Peel session of Be-Bop Deluxe, the band Bill Nelson spearheaded in the early 1970s. The session...
Larry Coryell and The 11th House – Live at The Village Gate – November 10, 1975 – WRVR-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another staggering loss to the music world over the weekend. It was just learned today that guitar virtuoso/poet/innovator Larry Coryell passed away Sunday. Causes, as yet...
February 20, 2002 – BBC World Service – World Briefing – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 20, 2002 – a view of the world this day 15 years ago. Further evidence, not much has changed. The Middle East was headlining the news this day, with reports of Israeli aircraft,...
Lou Harrison – Suite For Piano (1943) – David Hemmingway,piano – KPFA Studio recording – Dec. 1, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – American composers from the modern period of the 20th century this weekend. Lou Harrison was one of the more fascinating and unconventional composers from the mid-20th...
KEDG-FM – last two hours – May 13, 1989 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sometimes life just isn’t fair – even where you get your music. Here you are – full-on member of the MTV generation. Your life has changed – you can’t imagine what it was like before...
Ahmad Jamal Trio – Live in Paris – Studio 104, Maison de la Radio – Radio France – Ahmad Jamal this weekend. Joining him is Jamil Suliemann on bass and Frank Gant on drums in this 1971 Radio France studio concert, rebroadcast in 2014 by France Musique. One of the...
Pink Floyd – In Concert at Fillmore West, San Francisco – April 29, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Pink Floyd this weekend. There is no shortage of live concert recordings of the band, post Syd Barrett. The Syd Barrett era Floyd comprises some of the real rarities of...
WLS – Ron Riley – British Billboard – February 24, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Being a teenager, just about anywhere in America meant having your ear at least partially glued to your radio. The British Invasion was going full blast, and every week some new band, some...
Be-Bop Deluxe – in session for John Peel – January 30, 1978 – BBC Radio 1 – Be-Bop Deluxe to end the week. One of those bands from the 70s who were critically acclaimed, yet fell short of being a commercial success. No really good reason except poor timing. Be-Bop...
February 17, 1941 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 17, 1941 – it was a Monday that year. And issues of Labor and Lend-Lease to Britain were the topics of news this day. On the Labor front, the issue of strikes and their legality...
