Parliament/Funkadelic to get your blood circulating on a Wednesday morning. In concert at the Convention Center in Dallas on November 5, 1976. I cannot imagine anyone who has not seen, heard or experienced Parliament-Funkadelic in all these years. They were (and still are) a genre unto themselves, wildly innovative, totally
– Procol Harum – In Session – BBC 1967 – More familiar territory tonight. Procol Harum is no stranger to these pages, but the session recordings haven’t gotten around much and they did several for the BBC between 1967 and 1970. Tonight it’s from their first group of BBC sessions,
Prophetic and disturbing words from UN Secretary General U Thant, who gave that assessment on the escalating war in Vietnam, this April 8th in 1967, joining a growing swell of voices opposing our further involvement in what was deemed a costly and pointless war. Of course, mainstream media wasn’t going
Linda Ronstadt – Live at Berkeley Community Theater – July 18, 1974 – KSAN-FM Landing on Tuesday morning with the inimitable Linda Ronstadt, recorded live at Berkeley Community Theater on July 18th 1974. Always one of the favorites and the personification of the laid-back California sound which seemed to be
The Young Knives in session tonight – recorded April 4th at Radio X for John Kennedy’s X-Posure program. Formed in the north Leicestershire market town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch under the name ‘Simple Pastoral Existence’, the Young Knives began their career “playing bad funk and Ned’s Atomic Dustbin covers”, but it was
In 1949, as the world was becoming a more contentious place; between the Cold War, the growing independence movements sweeping through former colonies, the fledgling United Nations stuck in the middle of upheavals and revolutions, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization further agitating an already strained relationship between Europe and The
– Leon Russell – Live At Fillmore East – Nov. 20, 1970 – band soundboard – Four days late, but never too late to celebrate Leon Russell this week. Leon Russell would have turned 83 on April 4th. So as a belated way of tribute to this legendary icon, here
President Carter decided to postpone – but not cancel – production of the controversial neutron bomb. U.S. officials said late Thursday. The presidential decision will be conveyed to North Atlantic Treaty Organization representatives in Brussels on Friday, these officials said. Neutron weapons are designed to inflict battlefield casualties with radiation
Another gem from the Swiss Radio archives this week – Symphony Number 9 by the Swiss composer Fritz Brun in a performance by the Bern Stadtorchester from November 4, 1952. On July 31, 1901, Fritz Brun graduated from the conservatory in Cologne with a matriculation certificate. He was subsequently engaged
Decades before cable, streaming or TMZ, Hollywood staged premiers of new films the old fashioned way – filling the house with an enthusiastic audience who were mostly employed by a specific studio and getting reactions as filmgoers left. Obviously a marketing ploy; the stars would amble by the reporter’s microphone
