Black Sabbath – recorded August 31, 1970 – Montreux Jazz Festival – RTS-FM Black Sabbath for Saturday Brunch, recorded at the 1970 Montreux Jazz Festival by RTS-FM in Geneva. Rarities this week – early Black Sabbath, still considered by many at the time to be Hard Rock but soon to
Simple Minds -a staple of the 80s. Simple Minds for Lunch today – recorded July 3, 1983 at Nijmegen in The Netherlands and broadcast by VPRO. From their website: New Gold Dream was the fifth studio album by Simple Minds. The album was released in 1982 and was a turning
The B-52’s in concert for lunch today – recorded on November 17, 1979 at The Amsterdam Paradiso by VPRO in The Netherlands. In the midst of all the seriousness and high-octane rage the mid-70s signaled, the 70s also gave us a healthy dose of quirk, parody and downright goofiness. Thinking
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Nobody Weird Like Us”. Red Hot Chili Peppers live in Tokyo for Weekend Brunch – recorded on January 26, 1990 at the Club Citta Kawasaki. It occurred to me that in the twelve years Past Daily has been around, we’ve never run a RHCP concert
Blind Faith – in concert at Hyde Park – June 7, 1969. Blind Faith were considered by many at the time to be the world’s first Supergroup – it would be a term used to distraction over the years ever since. It was also the world’s shortest lived Supergroup; last
Björk – sublime eccentricity. Björk in concert at Glastonbury 2007 – recorded June 22. 200 Björk this evening – in concert from the legendary Glastonbury festival at Worthy Farm and recorded for posterity by BBC 6 Music. Björk is a soprano, with a range spanning from E3 to D6. Her singing voice has been described as both
Neil Diamond in concert for The BBC – recorded on June 21, 1971 – BBC Radio 1 Starting the week on a quieter than usual note – thinking a dose of calm might be a good companion for lunch. Neil Diamond was one of those artists in the 60s who
George Harrison – first tour since 1966 and a rotten cold. George Harrison this weekend – recorded November 12, 1974 at The Fabulous Forum by KMET-FM in Los Angeles. A welcome and much anticipated tour, sadly made difficult with George battling a rotten cold. Even at the beginning of this
The Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer – Put Prog on notice that mayhem was involved. Opting for a kinetic lunch this Friday. A concert from the Nassau Coliseum on February 9, 1978 by none other than Emerson, Lake and Palmer. If there was a band that was going to
Peter Gabriel – the end of one era, the beginning of another. Peter Gabriel in the Lunchroom today – recorded by L.A. Radio station KMET-FM on April 10, 1977 at The Roxy in West Hollywood. Somewhat ironic, in a way – only a few years earlier The Roxy played host
