Barclay James Harvest In Concert – 1974 – Past Daily Backstage Weekend
Barclay James Harvest, from their 1974 appearance at the Golders Green Hippodrome and recorded by BBC Radio 1 for their In Concert Series. A dose of Prog-Rock this weekend.
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It’s May 1959 – You Live In L.A. – You Found The Heart Of Saturday Night – It Swings And It’s On FM
KNOB-FM – 11:pm-2:00 am – May 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lest you think the 1950s were all about Rock n’ Roll and Perry Como, you had only to flip to the FM side of your high-end Hi-Fi radio to find a whole other world was sitting out
The Joy Formidable In Session – 2009 – Past Daily Soundbooth
The Joy Formidable – in session 2009 – BBC 6 Music – The Joy Formidable to end the week. Coming up on 10 years together (they formed in 2007, although their Facebook page says 2009 . .not sure about that), The Joy Formidable have three studio albums out since 2011,
August 6, 1964 – A McNamara News Conference – View From The Pentagon
Robert McNamara News Conference – August 6, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara held a news conference on August 6, 1964 to update news media on the rapidly-escalating situation in Vietnam. After the initial incident, and U.S. retaliation, there were no reports of additional
Robert Plant In Concert At Glastonbury 1993 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Robert Plant – Live At Glastonbury 1993 – BBC Radio 1 – Robert Plant tonight. I can’t remember the last time I posted a Led Zeppelin concert, and I don’t think I ever have. Not that I was never a fan of the band, but that it’s been my assumption
August 3, 1951 – When Scandal Hit An Institution – West Point In Crisis
August 3, 1951 – CBS: Edward R. Murrow News With Don Hollenbeck – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 3, 1951 – Scandal was the word this day. News broke that some 90 Cadets at the prestigious West Point Military Academy had been given General Discharges over cheating on exams
Soft Machine In Concert – 1972 – Past Daily Soundbooth
as Soft Machine – In Concert from The Paris Theatre, London – July 20, 1972 – BBC Radio 1 – In Concert series – Soft Machine tonight. By 1972, the Soft Machine of opening for Jimi Hendrix, and who boasted such figures as Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen and Robert Wyatt
August 2, 1986 – Entering The Era Of Rehnquist
August 2, 1986 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 2, 1986 – After three days of questioning by the Senate Judiciary Committee, William Rehnquist had been successfully approved as Chief Justice of the United States. In the end, it was a weary Utah Senator
August 4, 1968 – Countdown In Miami – Eyes Toward Nixon, Or Maybe Rockefeller, Or Maybe Reagan . . .
August 4, 1968 – GOP Convention ’68 Preview – CBS News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1968 was a year of surprises – nothing was as it seemed. The year started with a protracted, and in fact escalating War in Vietnam; a Tet Offensive. A growing tide against the war
August 1, 2000 – Convention 2000: – Philadelphia Gets Its Party Hat On.
August 1, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 1, 2000 – The Republican Convention was in full swing on this day. Inside was a parade of war heroes and confetti. Outside was a parade of teargas and mounted police. On this