Long before Masterpiece Theatre – Alistair Cooke was looking at the world for the BBC. Alistair Cooke, reporting from London, this December 9, 1936 – the occasion was a rapid succession of reports regarding the impending marriage between King Edward VIII and the abdication of the King in order to
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Model/Actriz – increasing the voltage; one seat at a time. Model/Actriz in session at Maida Vale for New Music Fix at BBC 6 Music, recorded on November 19th. Since it is Friday night and since it is the end of the week and since it no doubt has been a
(Top) Tom Stoppard – (Bottom) Tim Roth (r) – Gary Oldman (l) – 1990 Film Adaptation. With the sad news of the passing of playwright Tom Stoppard, one more vestige in the creative revolution that pretty much started in the 1950s and flourished in the 1960s is gone. From a
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
November 28, 1997 – BBC World Service: Newshour – BBC World Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 28, 1997 – No end of drama, this November 28th. Starting with rioting taking place in Pakistan. As former President Nawaz Sharif was getting ready to stand trial, mobs broke through
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain – Putting a positive spin on deadly business. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declaring himself fully fit, broadcast address stated that in 12 weeks of war had showed that the Allies were bound to win,” and it was only a question of how long it would
Modern Jazz Quartet with Laurindo Almeida – a gathering of the highest kind. The Modern Jazz Quartet with Laurindo Almeida at the BBC in 1964. This one has been around for years and anyone who is an MJQ or Almeida fan has at least one copy in their library. But
Moby Grape to end the working week – recorded for John Peel (but not entirely used by him) on February 4, 1969. As rumor had it, John Peel wasn’t impressed with Moby Grape at all, complaining they had a sort of “take it or leave it” approach to the session
Gang Of Four – Live At Indian Summer 2006 – BBC 6 music – September 3, 2006 – BBC 6 Music – Gang of Four to toss us, kicking and screaming into Friday Jr. Arguably, one of the most influential and important bands of the Post-Punk movement of the late
