June 12, 1981 – CBS World News Roundup + Newsbreak + Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 12, 1981 – America‘s Great National Pastime took a vacation this day. With talks between Players and Team Owners breaking down one last time, a strike was called and the
June 8, 1982 – CBS World News Roundup + Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 8, 1982 – Busy news day in 1982. President Reagan addresses Parliament during this second trip to the UK. With Cold War issues, and Britain in the midst of the Falkland Islands
Loop – In session for John Peel – June 14, 1988 – Broadcast June 27, 1988 – BBC Radio 1 – Loop tonight. An homage to drone and trance-rock, Loop began life in 1986. Formed by Robert Hampson (vocals, guitar) his girlfriend Becky “Bex” Stewart on drums and James Endeacott
The Frames – in session for John Peel – February 24, 1981 – Broadcast March 2, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – The Frames tonight – a band who only released one single and had two other songs issued as part of a compilation album. The Frames were a four-piece
June 1, 1980 – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 1, 1980 – since it was a Sunday it was a light news day, this first of June 37 years ago. Civil Rights leader and President of the Urban League, Vernon Jordan was reported in
May 31, 1987 – ABC World News This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 31, 1987 – the last day of a perplexing month in 1987, and the last haywire week of May, 30 years ago. A week you needed a scorecard and interpreter to figure out. Starting
The Swell Maps – In session for John Peel – March 18, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 – The Swell Maps tonight. A band that got started in 1972, yet really didn’t gel until 1977. They had been influenced by the likes of T. Rex and Krautrock and were, by
The Undertones – In Concert from The Paris Theatre – April 19, 1980 – John Peel – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – The Undertones tonight. From a concert given at The Paris Theatre in April 19, 1980 mc’d by John Peel and recorded by BBC Radio 1 for their
Parálisis Permanente – Live at RTVE Studios – Broadcast June 7, 1983 (Tribute) – RTVE Spain – Heading over to Madrid to end the week for a set by the tragically short-lived Spanish Punk/Darkwave/Post-Punk band Parálisis Permanente, by way of the RTVE program La Edad de Oro, as broadcast on
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Sir Georg Solti – The Chicago Symphony – In Concert – May 21, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another historic concert this week. This time featuring legends Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Sir Georg Solti, who leads the Chicago Symphony in music of Duparc
