
June 25, 1987 – Passing Of The Great One – Jackie Gleason Dies At Age 71.
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Marvin Gaye Live at Montreux – July 17, 1980 Doing some classic concerts this weekend, starting off with the legendary Marvin Gaye in concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 17, 1980 via Swiss Radio. There really isn’t much to add that hasn’t been written in volumes about the

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Alabama Shakes – live At Down The Rabbit Hole 2015 – July 27, 2015 – VPRO/3VOOR12 – Netherlands Alabama Shakes tonight – recorded at Down The Rabbit Hole on July 27, 2015 for Netherlands Radio. Alabama Shakes formed in Athens, Alabama, in 2009. The band maintained a consistent lineup of

Ending up the week, a look at Two-Tone bands with a slight cheat tonight. Fun Boy Three, consisting of Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding were initially founding members of The Specials, but left in 1981. When they did, they left Ska/Rocksteady behind for the most part, and moved

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”21312″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”May 19, 1980 – CBS News Special Report- Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] CBS Special Report – Miami Riots – May 19, 1980 On May 19, 1980 the city of Miami was entering its third day of racially-charged violence. The cause was, and continues to

New York Philharmonic – Aaron Copland, guest Conductor – June 18, 1980 – Part 1 New York Philharmonic – Klaus Tennstedt, guest Conductor – June 18, 1980 – Part 2 Something historic this week. The New York Philharmonic in concert from 1980, featuring Aaron Copland and Klaus Tennstedt, guest conductors.

The Bangles – In Concert at Syria Mosque – Pittsburgh – December 13, 1986 I have particularly fond memories of working with The Bangles, which is probably why I enjoyed this concert so much. I remember doing the video for Manic Monday just before Christmas in 1985 and how we

The Stars Of Heaven – In session for Dave Fanning – RTÈ Radio – 1988 – The band once described as “the Irish answer to The Byrds, Gram Parsons and The Velvet Underground all rolled into one”, The Stars Of Heaven were a highly regarded band, featured prominently on Ireland’s

Although they were together for a comparatively short period of time (1978-1984), and really had only one hit, The Waitresses were one of those early 80s bands which had a lot more going for them than they were credited for. Their one hit, which actually didn’t do anything the first