Paris Angels – in session for John Peel – Aug. 29, 1990 -BBC Radio 1 – Paris Angels tonight. Paris Angels were a seven piece band, hailing from Guide Bridge, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, associated with the Madchester scene of 1989 -1991. Their music fused indie guitars with electronic dance music.
NBC Radio – New World: The Skyscraper And The City – October 28, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1956, none other than iconic architect Frank Lloyd Wright suggested that it was not only possible, but highly probable, that a major American city would be the site of
The Suncharms – Red Dust – New Single – released October 2018 – Slumberland Records The Suncharms new single to kick off the week. Last year when I ran a Suncharms Peel session from 1992 I found out the band had split shortly after. It was certainly a shame, though
Charles Munch and The Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – June 16, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony in rehearsal this week. First broadcast on June 16, 1951, Munch leads the orchestra through their first performance of Prokofiev’s Symphony Number 6. The symphony, written
KROQ – Jed The Fish with Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo – July 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ah, the 80s – wretched excess, padded shoulders and electronica. The Strip is your refuge and Madame Wong’s is your salvation and the party’s just getting started. You can’t make
December 6, 1957 – KOKY, Little Rock Arkansas – The Harold Hartley Show – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 6, 1957 – Little Rock, Arkansas – the year may sound familiar and the city may ring a few bells. Only 3 months earlier, Little Rock was ground zero for
Electric Light Orchestra – In concert – Guildhall, Portsmouth – Golders Green Hippodrome – 1976 – BBC In Concert Series – BBC Radio – Electric Light Orchestra (or ELO for short) in concert to end the week. One of those bands that came along in the 70s that you really
