Bill Evans Trio – in rehearsal – Danish Radio/TV – October 25, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something a little different this weekend. The Bill Evans Trio in rehearsal just prior to an upcoming gig in Copenhagen in 1966 recorded on October 25th. One of the things about
Jody And The Jerms – Intuition – Jody And The Jerms are a six piece outfit from Oxford, who formed in 2019. The band was founded by former members of The Anydays (who notably supported Radiohead and Supergrass in the 90s), and they are fronted by the singular Jody, who
This Week In Baseball – Mel Allen – June 6, 1982 – WMCA, New York – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Taking a look at Major League Baseball this week of June 6, 1982 with the legendary Mel Allen. Cramming a lot of Baseball into the space of 15 minutes
Cited in Life Magazine as one of the most influential movements of the 20th Century, the movement that gave birth to the concept of the 12-step program, Alcoholics Anonymous got its start on June 10th 1935. Not without its detractors, naysayers, gurus, pontificators and bashers, Alcoholics Anonymous has maintained its
KHJ – The Real Don Steele – January 21, 1966 – You remember exactly when it happened. Teenage Fair. Hollywood Palladium. The Byrds. Roger McGuinn. Girls screaming. It clicked. You wanted to BE Roger McGuinn. But you couldn’t be Roger McGuinn looking like you did. You looked like Boot Camp
The House Of Love – In concert from Norwich – 1992 – BBC Radio 1 – In Concert The House of Love in concert to end the week. Recorded live in Norwich and broadcast by BBC Radio as part of their In Concert series. The House of Love formed in
– Newsfront – The Future of Cable TV – Dec. 16, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Difficult to imagine now, but in 1968 there was talk about Cable TV coming into our lives – and we weren’t quite sure why. Cable TV had been around for a while;
– June 9, 1940 – WJR A Reporter Speaks: News With Jack King – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 9,1940 – news for this day in history was about the war in Europe and German advances into France, with reports of some 2 million troops massed along a 160
Shed Seven – In Session at BBC Radio 1 – 1994 – BBC Radio 1 – Shed Seven to drag us into the weekend. One of the criminally overlooked and underrated bands of the Post-Smiths/Britpop era, Shed Seven never got the mainstream attention peers like Oasis and Blur got, but
– CBS News – June 8, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1978 was an interesting one if you lived in California. The Jarvis-Gann Initiative, or Prop 13 was passed by a landslide vote in the off-year elections. The tax initiative, which froze property taxes and
