
Category: 1970’s


February 22, 1978 – The 79 Day Old Coal Strike – Debating The Panama Canal Treaty – A Funeral In Cairo
February 22, 1978 – CBS World News Roundup – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 22, 1978 – Day 79 of the nationwide Coal Strike and negotiations were dragging on. More talks were scheduled in Washington, but Labor Department Officials indicated that labor and management were



February 14, 1979 – American Embassy In Tehran: A Dry-Run And Rehearsal Of Sorts
February 14, 1979 – CBS News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 14, 1979 – A day where the news had more ominous overtones for the future than it did the present. In the midst of all the chaos surrounding the ouster of the Shah, rebels

Ultravox! In Concert From Boston – 1979 -Past Daily Backstage Weekend
Ultravox! – In Concert at The Paradise, Boston – March 3/4, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Early Ultravox! this weekend – led by singer John Foxx, the frontman and the main driving force behind Ultravox. Foxx left the band in March 1979 to embark on a solo career



Supersister – In Concert 1971,1972 – Past Daily Backstage Weekend
Supersister In Concert – Pik-Inn Baarn, Netherlands February 5, 1971 – Midsummer Pop Festival – July 8, 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Supersister in concert this weekend. If you’re a fan or follower of Progressive Rock, you know exactly who Supersister were and are more than familiar with

The Germs – Live At The Starwood – 1980 – Past Daily Soundbooth – RIP: Lorna Doom (1957-2019)
The Germs – live at The Starwood – December 3, 1980 – Rhino Records 2010 – The Germs to end out an insane week. With the sad news on Thursday of the death of bassist Lorna Doom (aka: Teresa Ryan), I was reminded of how short-lived, but how seismic this