Ultravox to get the Monday lunch hour up and rolling – recorded at Jaap Edenhal in Amsterdam on June 16, 1981 by VPRO. The earlier incarnation of Ultravox, with John Foxx as frontman, was a harder edge, more experimental group. With production by the German electronics wiz Conny Plank they
The Outcasts – Punk was alive and well in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland Punk outfit The Outcasts in session for John Peel tonight – recorded May 13, 1981 at The BBC. The Outcasts formed in early 1977, with a line-up of Blair Hamilton (vocals), Colin “Getty” Getgood (lead guitar) and
Hot in the grips of Election ’88, this October 6th in 1988. The morning after the only vice-Presidential debate of the campaign had many talking about the now-famous exchange between Democratic candidate Lloyd Bentsen and Republican candidate Dan Quayle over Quayle’s qualifications to assume the Presidency in lieu of the
The Jesus And Mary Chain – In Session For John Peel – October 23, 1984 – BBC Radio 1 – The Jesus And Mary Chain tonight, in their first session for John Peel, recorded on October 23, 1984 and broadcast on the 31st. A band variously described as The New
It’s Immaterial – in Concert at The Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool – March 15, 1983 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – It’s Immaterial – one of those bands which became an integral part of the burgeoning Indie/Techno scene in the early 1980s. It’s Immaterial got started in 1980; had
– CBS World News Roundup – October 1, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this first day of October in 1985 was hopeful, vengeful and sad. The hopeful part came in the form of the upcoming Summit talks in Geneva between Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev and President
– CBS World News Roundup – September 30, 1986 – Gordon Skene – Historic news this September 30th in 1986. It was announced, that Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev and President Reagan would be meeting at Reykjavik Iceland for the first of what was hoped would be several summits aimed at
One of those days – you’ve had a bunch of them – don’t know what it’s about; life that is. Feel like it’s one big out-of-body experience. Eleventh grade is an eternity – snails move faster. You would like to go to sleep, like for the next six months. Everybody’s
You hate mimes. Ever since Junior high when it was a class assignment to be a mime for a day. You had to slap on white greasepaint that you had an allergic reaction to. Your skin turned the color of a tomato for a month and you broke out in
– Special Report: Hurricane Gilbert – News On The Hour – CBS Radio – September 16, 1988 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another nail biting day in history – this September 16th in 1988. With Hurricane Gilbert spinning towards the Texas coast, it was already leaving a trail of
