Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Hourly News – September 8, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Shades of October 1962, this day in September 35 years ago. A flurry of reports claiming the presence of Soviet troops on Cuban soil brought a wave of paranoia
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Monochrome Set in Session for John Peel – Feb. 14, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 The Monochrome Set tonight. One of my favorite late 70s bands who were very difficult to describe, musically. Best as I could figure, The Monochrome
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup + The World Tonight – August 22, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A busy and controversial day – no less controversial than the abrupt resignation from UN Ambassadorship of Andrew Young, who announced his leaving in
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Au Pairs – in session for John Peel – October 9, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 The Au Pairs were around for only a short time (1978-1983) and made very little dent outside the UK. Even though they were well received
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part 2 More historic concerts this week. From the 1979 Salzburg Festival, a concert featuring the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by the legendary Herbert von Karajan in two works –
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Killing Joke – John Peel Session – April 27, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 Heading briefly back to the 80s tonight for a session from Killing Joke, recorded for the John Peel Program at BBC Radio 1 on April 27, 1981.
The Jam – Live at Fox Warfield – March 15, 1980 ©Terry Hammer Collection Become a Patron! Continuing High-Voltage this week with a concert by The Jam, recorded in concert at the Fox Warfield on March 15th 1980 by the venerable and historically-minded Terry Hammer for KALX at UC Berkeley.
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Earl “Fatha” Hines – in Concert from Stuttgart, Germany – July 15, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Heading into more traditional territory this weekend. Legendary Jazz Piano player Earl “Fatha” Hines in a solo concert from Stuttgart Germany in 1979.
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Jim Hall Trio – Live at The Bourbon Street, Toronto – June 1979 Taking advantage of the relative peace and calm of a holiday weekend by adding a taste of guitar legend Jim Hall to the mix. This one, from a
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – May 2, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection May 2nd in 1979 saw the last full day of campaigning for the Parliamentary elections in Britain. Labour Prime Minister James Callahan and opposition Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher
