Category: 1960’s
Shocking Blue – Live In Tokyo 1971 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– Shocking Blue – in concert from Tokyo 1971 – NHK-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Shocking Blue to start the week. I know what you’re thinking; “one-hit wonders”. Um, no. Shocking Blue were one of a wave of bands coming out of The Netherlands who scored very highly
It’s September 1966 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In Boss Angeles – School Spirit Is An Abstract Concept
– KHJ- Frank Terry – September 8, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – There are people who love High School – they do homework, they join clubs, they go to pep rallies, they have drivers licenses. You are not one of them. You still take the bus – you
“Not Necessarily Beautiful But . . . Stoned” – Drugs And Counterculture Americana – 1970 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
– The Drug Scene In America – Groovin’ – May 18, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – America’s long-standing love affair with all things distracting. Drugs, by the late 1960s were just as much part of American culture as Hot Dogs. Part of it was understandable – if you
Mercury Rev Live At Reading Festival 2001 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– Mercury Rev – in concert – Reading Festival 2001 – August 16, 2001 – BBC Radio 1 – Mercury Rev this evening. Recorded live at Reading Festival 2001 on August 16th and preserved for posterity by BBC Radio 1. Mercury Rev is an American indie rock band formed in
The Yardbirds – Live In Germany 1967 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– The Yardbirds – live at Stadhall Offenbach (Beat Beat Beat program) – March 15, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Yardbirds, recorded at Stadhall, Offenbach in Germany on March 15, 1967. This is the version of the band that would probably be the last before resurrecting into
Vietnam: Ending One Coup, Starting Another – Nazis On The Rise In Bonn – February 20, 1965
– ABC Overseas Assignment – Feb. 20, 1965 – One of those days full of intrigues from Southeast Asia. In this case, an attempted coup on the part of troops loyal to former Premier Diem (who was assassinated and overthrown with a little CIA help), against troops loyal to Military
The Kinks – In Session 1967 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– The Kinks – in session for Top Gear – 1967 – BBC Radio 1 – The Kinks – variously described as either overlooked and underrated or one of the most influential bands that ever came out of Britain in the 1960s – it could probably be a bit of