Marianne Faithfull – in concert from Circus Krone, Munich – November 15, 2014 – Radio Bayern 2 With the sad news today, hearing of the passing of Marianne Faithfull, the music world lost another legend and a connection to our past has been taken away, one more time. The Marianne
– Blancmange – In concert for BBC Sight & Sound – March 31, 1984 – BBC Radio 1 – Blancmange, this morning. Since it’s been an insane week, I thought I would toss a concert by Blancmange into the mix. Although probably not all that well known in the U.S.
My Bloody Valentine – live in Lyon, France – March 21, 1989 – Radio France, International – My Bloody Valentine this morning in a concert from Lyon, France, recorded by the venerable Radio France International on March 21, 1989. Don’t know about you, but I was taken aback, the first
80’s Americana this morning. The venerable Huey Lewis & The News, in concert in San Francisco at The Kabuki Theater in 1984. This concert coincides with their tour for the newly released and wildly popular Sports album and the audience is suitably happy. As much as they tried to fit
– January 20, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 20, 1987 – a day of rounding up suspects and the breaking of a promise. The suspects in question were believed to be members of a Kurdish separatist group PKK, thought to be the
Aztec Camera – in Concert from Madrid – September 9, 1984 – Radio Nacional España – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Aztec Camera, fronted by the inimitable Roddy Frame, whose razor-sharp songwriting skills added a whole new dimension to the New Wave scene in the early 1980s. The Glasgow-based band
Another historic concert this week, featuring the legendary Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha, in performance with The Minnesota Orchestra, conducted by Edo de Waart. The concert was recorded live on November 29, 1986. Here’s what’s on the player: 1. Vaughan-Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis 2. Beethoven: Piano
Simple Minds – In Concert – Hammersmith Odeon, May 15, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Simple Minds in concert this morning. Probably one of the most successful bands during the 80s, certainly brought about by being an almost permanent fixture on MTV during the halcyon days of that
– Squeeze – In Concert At Hammersmith Odeon – October 14, 1985 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – Hard to imagine, this concert took place 40 years ago. But Squeeze were one of those bands, whose talents owed no small debt to the timeless writing abilities of Chris
– News for January 3, 1983 – This January 3rd in 1983 saw the opening day of the 98th Congress. Speculation and swearing in pretty much filled up the days news, but everything was guaranteed to settle down once President Reagan gave the State of The Union later in the
