Talking Heads, live in Rome – 1980 – RAI Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This morning it’s a classic concert from Talking Heads. Recorded live in Rome by Italian TV/Radio network RAI in 1980. Talking Heads were one of those bands who had the good fortune to score
T-Bone Walker and B.B. King – Monterey Jazz Festival – September 16, 1967 – Voice Of America – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another rarity this morning – T-Bone Walker and B.B. King together on stage at the 1967 Monterey Jazz Festival, recorded for posterity by The Voice Of America
The Cars to jumpstart Monday, recorded during a concert at The Universal Amphitheater promoting their then-new release Candy-O on September 4, 1979. By 1979, Punk was morphing into Post-Punk and transitioning into New Wave and was rapidly jumping into the mainstream in the U.S. The Cars were one of the
– Mink DeVille – Live at Pinkpop 1982 – May 31, 1982 – VPRO/3VOOR12 Radio – The inimitable and sadly missed Mink (Willy) DeVille this morning. In concert at the 1982 Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands, recorded by the venerable VPRO Radio Network on May 31, 1982. DeVille was a
Sly & The Family Stone – live at Harlem Cultural Festival – June 29, 1969 – Sly & The Family Stone were the staple in just about every diet of anyone who went to the Fillmore in San Francisco or the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles from 1967-1969. They
Depeche Mode – In Concert at The Hammersmith Apollo, London – October 6, 1983 – BBC Radio 1 – In Concert Series – BBC Radio – Depeche Mode in concert this morning. With origins beginning in 1977, they were highly influenced by The Cure and later, Ultravox, and Depeche Mode,
– The Go Go’s Live At Emerald City, Cherry Hill New Jersey – Aug.31, 1981 WMMR-FM – Philadelphia – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Celebrating Monday with a slice of Americana in the form of The Go Go’s, live in concert at Emerald City on August 31, 1981. The Go Gos
– Catherine Wheel – live at Peabody’s Down Under – WMMS-FM – Dec. 12, 1993 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Catherine Wheel in concert this morning. Forgive the repetition if you’ve heard this from me before, but Catherine Wheel were one of the game-changer bands for me in the
JD Souther – Live At The Troubadour – August 4, 1978 – Soundbooth tape – Having heard the news just moments ago of the passing of JD Souther, I thought I would re-post this concert, which originally ran in 2015, as a tribute and memory of a profound and much
– Steve Winwood – In concert at Manchester Opera House – 1997 – BBC 6 Music – Perennial favorites this weekend. Steve Winwood has been one of the cornerstones of Rock since he first appeared as frontman for The Spencer Davis Group and later as founder of Traffic. In those
