Classix Neauveaux – live at Paris Theatre in London – 1982 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Classix Neauveaux to end the week. A name which may not ring a lot of bells even with fans of the New Romantic period of the 1980s, but a band which could claim
The Deep River Boys – In Session for Lang-Worth Transcription Service -circa 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something different to end the weekend; a series of radio recordings made by The Deep River Boys for the Lang-Worth Transcription Company, circa 1939. The Deep River Boys left a legacy
Spandau Ballet in concert from Madrid this week – Recorded by Radio Nacional España on July 12, 1981. Spandau Ballet formed in Islington, London, in 1979. Emerging from new wave, they became one of the most successful groups of the New Romantic era of British pop, and were influenced
KUSC – Air-Bag with Jay Cee – September 13, 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – College Radio – it’s slick, highly produced with considerable thought going into focus groups marketing and raising money. That’s the way it is now. But in the 1950s and 1960s College Radio was background
Level 42 – In Concert at Wembley Arena – January 12, 1989 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Level 42 tonight. Staying in the 80s at least for part of the week. Level 42 formed on the Isle of Wight in 1979. They had a number of UK and
KEWB, San Francisco – Gene Price Show – December 19, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ever since Rock n’ Roll took American youth by storm in the 1950s, it has been an acknowledged fact that probably the majority of teenagers had visions of playing in a band. A
Guadalcanal Diary – Live at The Catalyst, Santa Cruz – February 3, 1988 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Guadalcanal Diary in concert this week. A band closely associated with the hotbed of musical activity taking place around Athens and Marietta Georgia in the 1980s – they scored big points
KYA-AM – San Francisco – March 31, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1969 was a year rife with deception – you know – you were there. People from everywhere were moving into your town in droves. They heard stories, they read newspapers – they saw those reports on
