From their beginnings in the late 1960s as Halfnelson, to a name change, direction change and a long career embracing and anticipating a veritable plethora of styles, the brothers Ron and Russell Mael as Sparks, have come to embody all that is quirky, arcane, acerbic and unpredictable about Pop Music.
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KWST-FM 106 – Raechel Donahue – Dusty Street – November 18, 1980 – Rob Frankel Collection – November 18, 1980 – A week away from Thanksgiving – L.A. is in the midst of burning down this year. Like clockwork, the Santa Ana winds start to blow and L.A. obliges by
Ending up the week with a 1983 concert from Tears For Fears. Recorded by the BBC right around the time of the release of their debut album, The Hurting. They were enormously popular right from the start. Their debut album went platinum – a pattern that would be duplicated, and
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Al Stewart – in concert at the 1989 Cambridge Folk Festival – July 30, 1989 – BBC Radio 1 – Al Stewart in concert tonight. One of the key players in the Folk Music revival of the 1960s, Stewart has achieved a long and enduring career as a singer-songwriter, whose
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”17951″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”November 10, 1989 – News reports – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] On November 10th 1989, the world looked on with amazement at what started off as a set of half-measure reforms quickly blossomed into a movement and a wave of protest
No particular theme to the Roundtable posts this week. Just running through the library, finding things I haven’t played in a while. I’ve always been a fan of The Smiths. Listening to them reminds me of reading a good book – you can read it several times and find new
Most people recall Dexys Midnight Runners as the band who gave us Come On Eileen, one of the big pop hits that defined the 1980s. But they were a lot more than a one hit band (they had another big hit, Geno, which was big in the UK and not
