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– The Pretty Things – live at Golders Green, London – 1973 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – BBC Radio 1 – The Pretty Things in concert tonight. Lest you think The Rolling Stones can lay claim to being one of the oldest still-performing bands in Rock (60 years!)
Today With Mrs. Roosevelt – Health Care – February 19, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt tackled the subject of Universal Health care in 1950. The question of Health Care and Health Care for All has been a subject of discussion, argument and attempted
– News Of The World – February 24, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1941 marked the 544th day since the conflict began. The U.S. was still not involved in the shooting side of things, but was aiding Britain in their fight against Germany. On this
– Tuxedomoon – in concert at The Boarding House – December 1979 – Ralph Records Release party – KALX-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – San Francisco post-Punk/experimental band Tuxedomoon, live at The Boarding House, and part of the Ralph Records release party from December, 1979. Tuxedomoon had been together
February 23, 1940 – Special Report from Helsinki – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 23, 1940 – Reports from Helsinki concerned the invasion of Finland by Russia, and the status of fighting around Viipuri, Finland’s second largest city, was marked with reports of mass evacuations and a scorched-earth policy
– The Yardbirds – live at Stadhall Offenbach (Beat Beat Beat program) – March 15, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Yardbirds, recorded at Stadhall, Offenbach in Germany on March 15, 1967. This is the version of the band that would probably be the last before resurrecting into
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano – Manuel Hernandez Silva, conductor – Orquesta Sinfonica de Barcelona y Nacional de Cataluña. Recorded March 6, 2016 – Radio Nacional España. Over to Barcelona this week for a concert featuring Orquesta Sinfonica de Barcelona y Nacional de Cataluña, conducted by Manuel Hernandez Silva and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet,
– February 22, 1941 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 22, 1941 – Washington’s birthday, and celebrations all over the U.S., while another night of raids and counter-raids went on in Europe. On this night it was another German raid over the coastal Welsh
Portishead – In Session for Peter Tong – 1994 – BBC Radio 1 – Portishead to the middle of the week. One of the pioneering forces in the Trip-Hop movement, Portishead, propelled by the searingly emotive voice of Beth Gibbons, they are not only a landmark group, they are truly
