– CBS World News Roundup – April 2, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A day loaded with Politics and arm-twisting, this April 2nd, 1987. Starting with a heavy dose of politics, back-slapping and promises from the Reagan White House in order to stave off an override of Reagan‘s
– Dexy’s Midnight Runners – live in Essen, Germany – April 17, 1983 – WDR – Dexy’s Midnight Runner’s are probably best known for their milestone 80s hit and landmark MTV video Come On Eileen. But that was the tip of the musical iceberg for this band. Guided by the
– March 24, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup + Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 24, 1981 – the situation in Poland between Solidarity and the government took a tempestuous turn. With recent violence in Bydgoszcz where police attacked local union officials, Solidarity leaders met and
– Fun Boy Three – In Session – BBC – January 16, 1983 – BBC Radio 1 – Tonight it’s one of the rare sessions by a short-lived, but very memorable group, Fun Boy Three. Recorded by the BBC in 1983. Sadly, Fun Boy Three only last a little over
– Graham Parker – Live At Hammersmith Odeon – 1982 – BBC Radio 1 – After a number of notable but unsuccessful years fronting The Rumor, Graham Parker quit the band and went solo. It was then his fortunes changed and he achieved the success in the 80s which had
For an hour this morning over to the Hammersmith Odeon for a set by Level 42 from May 31, 1986. It occurred to me there was a flurry of Jazz-Funk bands springing up in the mid-1980s – along with everything else going on at the time. Level 42 had a
– OMD (Orchestra Maneuvers In The Dark) John Peel Sessions – BBC Radio 1 Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark (OMD) were initially lumped into the New Wave genre, but they were up to something else. As Synth-Rock was morphing into New Wave, OMD were laying the groundwork for what would
ABC In concert from Paris – February 14, 1983. ABC were at the forefront of New Wave – largely a reaction to the determined messiness of Punk, New Wave was the polar opposite. Clean, well turned-out, synthesizer-based, somewhat over-produced and perfect for the burgeoning market made possible by MTV in
Vintage Eurythmics this weekend – recorded at The Entertainment Centre in Sydney on February 14, 1987. In case you forgot, Eurythmics videos were almost required viewing during the initial days of MTV. Visually and musically they lent themselves perfectly to the burgeoning scene that would soon envelope America, as Music
– Morrissey -in concert from Santiago Chile – November 4, 2004 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Morrissey to start the week. A concert from Santiago, Chile recorded on November 4, 2004. Widely credited as the seminal figure in the emergence of Brit-pop and the Indie movement of the 1980s,
