. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – L.A. Phil. Giulini-Popp – Nov, 6, 1981 – Part 1 . . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – L.A. Phil. Giulini-Popp – Nov. 6, 1981 – Part 2 More historic performances this
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Hall & Oates – Live At My Father’s Place – December 7, 1979 – WLIR-FM Late 70s/early 80s tonight. With MTV rapidly invading most living rooms in America by this time, the onslaught of video-perfect bands went
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – October 29, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection October 29, 1981 – a day where Baseball and Politics had more than a few things in common. After much 11th hour arm-twisting, President Reagan managed to get
Click on the link here for Audio Player – New Order – In Session for John Peel – May 14, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 Influential 80s tonight. New Order, rising up from the ashes of Joy Division, following the tragic suicide of lead singer/co-founder Ian Curtis, the remaining members
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio: Spectrum – December 16, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In what was a landmark decision by the Virginia Supreme Court, the cause of equal rights for all won a victory in 1981. The question over whether or not
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Cabaret Voltaire – In Session for John Peel – June 25, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 One of the more important, influential, yet largely overlooked groups of the early 1980s was Cabaret Voltaire. Taking a separate cue from Punk/Post-Punk/New Wave/New Romantic
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Cure in session for John Peel – Session #4 – January 7, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 In their 37 years of its existence, the only thing that has remained constant with The Cure is lead singer/writer/guitarist/founding member Robert Smith.
Click on the link here for Audio Player – XTC In Concert At Hammersmith Palais – February 7, 1981 – BBC In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 You can’t have a week of 80s music without including a concert by XTC. They pretty much defined the decade (at least
Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for December 19, 1981 Despite crackdowns and declared Martial Law, the situation in Poland was, if anything intensifying on this December 19th in 1981. Despite “Official” radio reports to the contrary, strikes were spreading throughout Poland and Solidarity leader Lech Walesa was
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Danse society – Peel Session – 1981 Diving into some Post-Punk tonight by way of The Danse Society, recorded for John Peel at BBC Radio 1 on November 21, 1981. After Punk came a catch-all sub-genre known as Post-Punk. More experimental
