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Phil Wilson – in session for Janice Long – 1987 – BBC Radio 1 – Phil Wilson in solo session tonight. As founding member of The June Brides (I ran their 1985 session earlier this past week), Wilson went the solo route after the band broke up in 1986. In...
July 16, 1992 – Ross Perot Drops Out Of Presidential Election Bid – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 16, 1992 – Ross Perot, remember him? If you around, this day in 1992 you certainly did. You heard all about him. He was the self-made Billionaire-businessman-turned-Presidential-Hopeful who pledged to “shake...
July 16, 2007 – CBS News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Juy 16, 2007 – Eleven years ago today, it was about earthquakes of the Terra firma and Ecclesiastical kind. An earthquake in Japan, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale rattled Japan’s Northwestern coast; killing 5,...
The Field Mice – live at Tufnell Park Dome, London (Farewell concert) – Nov. 21, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Field Mice for a Sunday night. As promised, when I posted the 1990 Peel session I said I was going to post their farewell concert shortly after....
Morton Gould – Plays Original Piano Compositions – Decca Records 78 rpm Set – 195 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Definitely not one of the “unsung, overlooked or under-appreciated” voices in American music this weekend, Morton Gould managed to cross that bridge between Pop, Classical and “easy Listening” in...
Rahsaan Roland Kirk & The Vibration Society – Jazz Workshop – Live October 29, 1972 – WBCN-FM, Boston – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The artistry of Rahsaan Roland Kirk this weekend. Featuring The Vibration Society, consisting of Robert Shy and drums, Henry Pete Pearson on bass, Ron Burton on...
Top-40 Radio – Los Angeles – November 1966 – KHJ – KFWB – KCRW-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – No question – 1966 was a pivotal year. But then, so was 1965 – so was 1964 and don’t forget 1963. The 60s had more than their fair share of...
The Field Mice – in session for John Peel – April 1, 1990 – BBC Radio 1 – The Field Mice were an English indie rock band on the independent record label Sarah Records. Initially formed as a duo from South London suburb of Mitcham comprising Robert Wratten (for vocals...
July 13, 1981 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 13, 1981 – On this side of the Atlantic it was the uproar over Mediterranean Fruit Flies – on that side of the Atlantic it was about Long, Hot summers and Britain under...
The June Brides – In Session for Janice Long – BBC Radio 1 – July 11, 1984 – BBC Radio 1 – The June Brides for a Thursday night in July. The June Brides were an English indie pop group, formed in London in 1983, by Phil Wilson and Simon...
