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Not With Candy And Flowers – April 8, 2004

Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC – The World Today – April 8, 2004 – BBC World Service Ten years ago today, the stark reality that our involvement in Iraq wasn’t going to be met with…

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April 8, 2014

1990s, BBC, Capitol Hill, Civil Rights, Cold War, Day in history, Foreign Policy, Japan, Middle East, Past Daily, Pollution, Post-Punk, Radio, The Fourth Estate, The Press, U.S. Intervention, Vintage Recordings, Week In History, World News

The Breakaway Republic Epidemic – April 3, 1990

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – April 3, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Four months into the new decade – the last one of the 20th Century and the world was…

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April 3, 2014

BBC, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Shoegaze, Social Commentary, Society, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, World Stage

Mogwai – Live In Glasgow 2014 – Nights At The Roundtable: Mini-Concert Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Mogwai – Live In Glasgow – Jan. 20, 2014 – BBC Scotland Giving retro a rest for the remainder of the weekend. Mogwai have made an indelible impression on the Rave…

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March 29, 2014

1990s, BBC, Civil Rights, Civil War, Commentators, Day in history, Foreign Policy, History, Israel, Middle East, Past Daily, Popular Culture, Presidents, Radio, Social Commentary, Society, Tabloid Journalism, Tabloid newspapers, Terrorism, The Fourth Estate, The Press, U.S. Intervention, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings, War, War Crimes, Week In History, World News

Mad Cow – Mad World – March 28, 1996

Click on the link here for Audio Player – PRI/BBC – The World – March 28, 1996 – WGBH, Boston Further evidence there are no dull days in history, no matter when – March 28th in 1996 was overflowing with…

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March 28, 2014

1980's, BBC, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, World Stage

Blow Monkeys In Concert-1985 – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Blow Monkeys – In Concert from Lea’s Cliff Hall – 1985 – BBC In Concert – BBC Radio 1 Quintessential 80s tonight with a concert by Blow Monkeys, recorded for the…

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March 21, 2014

1960's, 1970's, BBC, Blues, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Popular Culture, Radio, Rock n' Roll, Roots Rock, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings, Vocal Groups, World Stage

Medicine Head – In Concert – 1973 – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Medicine Head – In Concert – October 6, 1973 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series Taking a detour tonight into lesser-known/neglected/overlooked bands of the early 1970s. Medicine Head were initially…

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March 13, 2014

1980's, BBC, Festivals, Jazz, Music Festival, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Pop Music, Popular Culture, Radio, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings, World Stage

Working Week – Live At Glastonbury 1985 – Nights At The Roundtable: Mini-Concert Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Working Week – In Concert At Glastonbury – 1985 – BBC Radio Just when it was thought the 80s couldn’t get any more diverse, up pops a new hybrid – Jazz-Pop-Funk-Dance.…

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March 6, 2014

1979, 1980's, BBC, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Popular Culture, Radio, Radio Sessions, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings

Bauhaus – In Session – 1982 – Nights At The Roundtable: Session Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Bauhaus – In session at The BBC – March 13, 1982 – BBC6 Music Diving into a band some might find hard to place, but who were influential and very popular…

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March 5, 2014

1980's, 1981, BBC, Brit-Pop, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Pop Music, Popular Culture, Radio, Radio Sessions, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vintage Recordings, Vocal Groups

Fun Boy Three – In Session – 1983 – Nights At The Roundtable: Session Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Fun Boy Three – In Session – BBC – 1983 – BBC 6 Music Tonight it’s one of the rare sessions by a short-lived, but very memorable group, Fun Boy Three.…

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March 1, 2014

1990s, BBC, Indie, London, Nights At The Roundtable, Past Daily, Popular Culture, Psychedelia, Radio, Social Commentary, Society, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, Vintage Recordings, World Stage

The Charlatans – In Concert 1990 – Nights At The Roundtable: Mini-Concert Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Charlatans in concert – 1990 – BBC 6 Music Tonight it’s one of the bands that renewed my faith in music. The Charlatans (or Charlatans UK, if you were getting…

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February 28, 2014

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