The Wedding Present – In Session for John Peel – March 3, 1987 – BBC Radio 1 – A session from The Wedding Present tonight. Their third for John Peel at the BBC. Peel was a big supporter of the band early on, well before they were signed to a
Style Council – Live At Gold Digger’s – 1984 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Style Council tonight. In concert from Gold Digger’s in 1984 and preserved for posterity by the ever-venerable BBC Radio 1’s In Concert series. When The Jam called it quits and went their separate ways,
A typical day during the Reagan Years – beginning with Soviet officials said today Kremlin leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev’s proposal for a separate U.S.-Soviet accord on ridding Europe of mediumrange nuclear missiles was aimed at ending the arms talk deadlock in Geneva. At a news conference to discuss Gorbachev’s weekend
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February 26, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 26, 1988 – Characterized as a turbulent 18 hours in Panama, figurehead President Eric Arturo del Valle stunned the country by firing General Manuel Noriega who was his political godfather. The ploy didn’t work, as
Busy news day around Capitol Hill, this February 25, 1987 Starting off with Michael K. Deaver, the former White House deputy chief of staff and a close friend of President Reagan, has been warned that he must plead guilty to criminal charges c or face indictment by a federal grand
A dose of 80s Spanish Synth-Pop for lunch this Tuesday. Mecano in concert at Paulau Sant Jordi in Barcelona on October 1, 1991 and recorded by RNE in Madrid. Mecano was formed in 1981 and active until 1992. Mecano became one of the most successful Spanish pop bands of all time.
The Darling Buds – In Session for John Peel – September 21, 1987 – BBC Radio 1 – The Darling Buds tonight. Something catchy and simple tonight. The Darling Buds formed in Caerleon near Newport, South Wales, in 1986 by 19-year-old Andrea Lewis Jarvis. Their debut single, “If I Said”,
February 23, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 23, 1987 – A milestone day – at the time immersed in Jewish-Russian dissidents and the ongoing Iran-Contra investigation – but also reflecting on the loss of two Popular Culture giants.
