Diving into the pre-punk Pubrock 70s this weekend with a set from Man, recorded in Cologne Germany on April 17, 1975. Because of Founder and lead guitarist Deke Leonard’s fondness for the West Coast of the U.S. and the era of Grateful Dead and Quicksilver Messenger Service, Man were sometimes
Campaign 76 – second installment. This series of recordings take place between August 11 and 31, 1976 just prior to the Republican Convention. There is still squabbling between the Ford and Reagan camps over delegate count. The Equal Rights Amendment question becomes front and center with the Platform committee along
A busy international news day, this October 4, 1999 starting with all eyes on Austria. Austria’s anti-immigrant Freedom Party staked a claim to a role in the next government after preliminary election results showed it had placed second behind the governing Social Democrats. Chancellor Viktor Klima’s Social Democrats suffered their
October 4, 1964 – ABC Radio News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 4, 1964 – A Sunday; and by all accounts, a reasonably quiet day. Hurricane Hilda had been reduced to a tropical storm, dissipating after reaching land, but not without causing damage throughout the
– The Police – In concert at Markethalle, Hamburg – January 14, 1980 – WDR, Hamburg, Germany – Classic concert to end the week. The Police, as recorded in concert for Rockpalast by RBB in Berlin at Markethalle, Hamburg on January 14, 1980. The Police were one of those quasi-Punk
Since we’re smack in the middle of an election year, and probably one of the more contentious ones in recent times, getting an idea that all Presidential elections were not anything like what they are now, but I suspect you know that. Tonight and for the next few nights, I’ll
October 3, 1982 – ABC Radio Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Flare ups in the Middle East and a scare in the Chicago area. A bus carrying Israeli soldiers was ambushed outside of Beirut on this day, killing 6 and wounding 22. Israeli troops were combing the
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I was reminded by a reader from my old site of many years that most of the concerts I ran prior to June 2012 are no longer available – and if they are, they sound pretty bad. So, in answer to my friend’s request to repost some of those old
Election ’52. By most accounts, one of the most hotly contested Presidential elections in then-recent history. Adlai Stevenson, Governor of Illinois and career politician and Dwight D. Eisenhower, virtually no political experience but commanded the Allied Forces during World War 2. It was largely felt that Eisenhower, who had such
