Roy Hargrove Quintet w/The Detroit Festival Orchestra – Live at The Detroit Jazz Festival – September 3, 2016 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – More sad news this week. In a year that has already seen unfathomable loss of so many iconic artists, we can add the name Roy Hargrove
XERB – Mexico/Hollywood – Wolfman Jack – October 17, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As much as you hated to admit it, just about everybody you knew listened to Wolfman Jack at least once a week. You know, because almost every day you would hear someone doing their
November 1, 1964 – James Farley – Leonard Hall on Meet The Press – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 1, 1964 – the Election of 1964 was days away, in fact a little over 2. At stake were the political fortunes of Republican Barry Goldwater and his running mate
November 2, 1974 – CBS Radio: The Washington Week In Review – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 2, 1974 – With days away from the 1974 Mid-Term elections, politics seemed to be the only thing on peoples minds. Unless you were on Capitol Hill, in which case you were
Rome – In session for John Peel – February 23, 1997 – BBC Radio 1 – A dose of Experimental/Industrial for a Thursday night by way of Chicago duo Rome, recorded for John Peel at BBC Radio 1 on February 23, 1997. Quoting their AllMusic bio: Thrill Jockey instrumental duo
Claudio Abbado – Cleveland Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No. 6 – Nov. 6, 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A historic concert this week (again) – this time it’s the legendary Claudio Abbado guest conducting the Cleveland Orchestra in a performance of Mahler’s Symphony Number 6 – broadcast on
Pink Floyd – Live At Mothers Club, Birmingham – April 24, 1969 – College of Commerce, Manchester – May 2, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Pink Floyd from 1969 tonight. I freely admit, early Pink Floyd is my favorite period of the band. Probably because they were trying
October 30, 1998 – BBC World Service Newshour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 30, 1998 – A momentous day for South Africa; the publication and release of the final Truth and Reconciliation report took place on this day. At a ceremony in Pretoria, Commission Chairman Desmond Tutu presented
Thom York – In Session/In Conversation – Mary Anne Hobbs program – BBC 6 Music – October 15, 2018 – BBC Thom Yorke to start the week. Not only in solo session, but in conversation with Mary Ann Hobbs at BBC 6 Music, recorded at Maida Vale studios on October
