
Category: BBC


Rich Kids In Session – 1977 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Rich Kids in session for John Peel – October 31, 1977 – Broadcast – November 7, 1977 – BBC Radio 1 – Rich Kids – another short-lived band from the Punk/Post-Punk/New Wave period. Rich Kids sported former Sex Pistol founding member Glen Matlock, and future Ultravox front man Midge Ure

The Strokes – Live In London – 2005 – Past Daily Soundbooth
The Strokes – Live at ULU, London Nov. 29, 2005 – BBC 6 Music In Concert – BBC 6 Music The Strokes for Hump Day. Recorded live at ULU in London in 2005, coinciding with the release of First Impressions Of Earth, which came out in January of 2006.

Yes, Let’s – In Concert – 1985 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Yes, Let’s – in concert at Paris Theatre – 1985 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – Yes, Let’s in concert to start the week. Don’t feel badly if they ring no bells with you. With only one single released and a rumored album (produced

Babes In Toyland – Live At Reading Festival 1995 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Festival Edition
Babes In Toyland – In Concert At Reading Festival 1995 – August 27, 1995 – BBC Radio 1 – Riot Grrrrls Week continues – although Babes In Toyland would take big umbrage to that – since they have been more closely associated with the Grunge movement than with Riot Grrrls

Sleater-Kinney In Concert – 2015 – Past Daily Soundbooth – Festival Edition
Sleater-Kinney – BBC 6 Music Festival, Newcastle – 2015 – BBC 6 Music – Sleater-Kinney to start the new week. Formed in early 1994 in Olympia, Washington, by Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein. The group’s name is derived from Sleater Kinney Road, in Lacey, Washington; where signs for Interstate 5


National Pastime In Concert – 1984 – Past Daily Soundbooth
National Pastime – In Concert from BBC’s Paris Theatre – December 5, 1984 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – National Pastime to kick off the week. Admittedly, I wasn’t familiar with this band, but they were very much in a familiar genre of the mid-1980s; a heavy emphasis on

The Siddeleys In Session – 1988 – Past Daily Soundbooth
The Siddeleys – In session for John Peel – Sept. 13, 1988 – broadcast Sept. 26, 1988 – The Siddeleys for a Saturday Night/Sunday Morning. Together a very short period of time (1986-1989) – expectations, fan base, good reviews – all the pluses. So what happened? Maybe reading an excerpt

The Beloved In Session – 1985 -Past Daily Soundbooth
The Beloved – In Session for John Peel – recorded October 13, 1985 – Broadcast October 24, 1985 – BBC Radio 1 – The Beloved, from an early incarnation of the band, recorded for John Peel on October 13, 1985 and broadcast on October 24th. The Beloved are an English