"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Sleeper – live at Glastonbury 1995 – recorded June 23, 1995 – BBC Radio 1 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sleeper this week. Recorded live at Glastonbury, on June 23rd 1995 by the ever present BBC Radio 1 an broadcast live. The band’s debut album release Smart was certified...
December 28, 1997 – BBC World Service – Newshour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 28, 1997 – Busy day as 1997 rapidly comes to a close. Bird Flu was sweeping Hong Kong and the culprit was found to be its Poultry population. So the authorities ordered the mass...
Blancmange – In Concert – Paradiso, Amsterdam – April 9, 1983 – VPRO, Netherlands – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Blancmange in Concert this Christmas night, to help aid digestion and get you ready for leftovers tomorrow. Recorded live at the Paradiso in Amsterdam on Apri 9, 1983 by the...
The Real People – a group which may not ring a lot of bells, unless you had your ears to the ground at the time and knew something was up. Although not from Manchester (they were from Liverpool), they probably did a lot to bring Madchester to fruition, if for...
Style Council tonight. In concert from Gold Digger’s in 1984 and preserved for posterity by the ever-venerable BBC Radio 1’s In Concert series. When The Jam called it quits and went their separate ways, there was always a question as to what Paul Weller would be doing, what new direction...
Elton John live at Hammersmith Odeon – Christmas 1973. Maybe no sign of Jingle Bells anywhere, but the festive spirit is alive and well and Elton, even with a cold, gives a brilliant performance. 1973 was huge for Elton John. I remember the buzz and almost non-stop playing of Goodbye...
Blur – In session for Mark Goodier – 1992 – BBC Radio 1 – Blur to end the week on a high note. In session for Mark Goodier at BBC Radio 1 in 1992. Blur formed in London in 1988, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon,...
BBC World Service News + From Our Own Correspondent – December 16, 2001 – BBC World Service Seems like another lifetime ago, but on this December 16th in 2001 we were just getting our feet wet in what was to become the mess, the gift that keeps on giving, the...
The Tourists for a Monday night – Live At The Paris Theatre, London – June 23, 1979 – BBC Radio 1. The Tourists had a reasonable following in the U.S., but nothing compared to the success when Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart left to form The Eurythmics. Guitarists Peet Coombes...
The Brilliant Corners – in session for Janice Long – BBC Radio 1 – January 13, 1985 – BBC Radio 1 – The Brilliant Corners in session tonight – recorded on January 13, 1985 for the Janice Long program at BBC Radio 1. The group was formed in 1983, taking...
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