The American Jazz Quartet – Live at Jazz Festival Saalfelden – August 29, 1986 – ORF-Austria Radio – A serious summit meeting this weekend. A concert given during the 1986 Saalfden Jazz Festival in Austria on August 29th of that year and broadcast by ORF-Radio in Vienna. Consisting of; Don
Albert Collins and The Icebreakers – live at Chestnut Cabaret – December 12, 1986 – Band Soundboard recording – Albert Collins for a Blast of the Blues this weekend. Recorded in concert at Chestnut Cabaret in Philadelphia on December 12, 1986. Albert Collins was an inspiration to a generation of
The Remaynes – in session for Andy Kershaw – December 12, 1985 – BBC Radio 1 – The Remaynes in session tonight. Recorded for Andy Kershaw at BBC Radio 1 on December 12, 1985. Psychedelia was undergoing something of a renaissance in the 1980s. In America it was the Paisely
– Trashcan Sinatras – Live at KDHX – Aug.8, 2009 – One of my all-time favorite bands, Trashcan Sinatras have been around for a good-long time and show no signs of wear, strain or boredom. They have always been a consistently good and engaging musical unit, with some of the
– Joni Mitchell – Live In London – June 16, 1983 – BBC Radio 1 – What a week it’s been. One of those week’s where tuning out is not only a necessity, it’s practically a requirement. I ran across this concert from Joni Mitchell, recorded by the venerable BBC
BBC Radio 1 – In Concert with Wang Chung – February 4, 1984 – BBC Radio 1 Starting the week with a concert by 80’s perennials Wang Chung, recorded by BBC Radio 1 as part of their Sight and Sound Series (the video ran simultaneously and the stereo sound was
A busy day, this January 20th. While pre-Inaugural balls were going on in one part of Washington for the upcoming swearing-in of Ronald Reagan, negotiations were reaching a fevered pitch in the final hours of the Carter White House. And while the Inauguration was getting ready to take place, it
– CBS World News Roundup – December 30, 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Only a year earlier, on December 30, 1985, President Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev exchanged warm New Years greetings and hopes for continued progress for both countries. December 30, 1986 it was a different
A crackdown in Poland highlighted the news on this December 22nd in 1981. The Solidarity Movement, which was gaining momentum was abruptly halted when General Wojciech Jaruzelski declared martial law and cited a threatened intervention by Soviet forces to seize control of the country. But on this day in 1981,
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