This Heat – In Session for John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – Recorded October 26, 1977 – Broadcast November 17,1977 – BBC Radio 1 – Special thanks to reader/listener Ed Cruwys for reminding me of some of the bands who were overlooked, and underappreciated during the late 70s/early 80s
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and have a listen to the original and complete newscast for this day in history.
Click on the link at the Past Daily website and have a listen to the first and only session by this Experimental/New Wave/Post-Punk band from 1980
News for this day in 1980. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and give a listen to the original newscast for March 7, 1980
February 28, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup -The World Tonight – Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 28, 1980 – 1980 seemed to have been The Year Of The Hostage, by the looks of the first few months. No sooner were we getting used to the
News for this day in 1980 – the New Hampshire Primaries – click on the link at Past Daily and listen to the original newscast from that day.
Fiat Lux – In session BBC Radio 1 – March 1984 – BBC Radio 1 – Fiat Lux tonight. Never heard of them? Well . . .they were together for only three years. They released one mini-album and 7 singles and had the distinction of their sax and keyboards player,
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the complete first session of this short-lived Indie band from the 80s.
Freur – In Concert from London – 1985 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert series – Freur in concert tonight. Virtually unknown in the U.S., aside from “Doot Doot” which had been used in Vanilla Sky, Valley Girls, a second season episode of Gossip Girl, the last episode of Glory
Boston Symphony – Seiji Ozawa with Jessye Norman – Edith Wiens, Sopranos – The Philharmonia Chorus – Mahler: Symphony No. 2 – August 28, 1984 – BBC Proms Another historic concert this week. This time it’s the Boston Symphony at their first-ever Proms in London, performing the massive Resurrection Symphony
