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Embrace – live at Glastonbury Other Stage – June 26, 1998 – BBC Radio 1 – Embrace in concert tonight. Embrace formed in Bailiff Bridge, West Yorkshire, England, in 1990. The band began in a small outbuilding at the bottom of a garden in Bailiff Bridge in 1990. McNamara brothers,...
Cast – Glastonbury – 1997 – recorded live June 28, 1997 – BBC Radio 1 – Cast recorded live during the 1997 Glastonbury festival by the venerable BBC Radio 1 on June 28th, 1997. Cast was formed in Liverpool in 1992 by John Power (vocals, guitar) and Peter Wilkinson (backing...
Blur – In Concert At Glastonbury – June 26, 1994 – BBC Radio 1 – Become a Patron! Blur at Glastonbury 1994 to kick off the weekend. A landmark concert from a watershed year for the festival. Considered one of their best concert appearances, Blur were riding the crest of...
The Bluetones – in concert at Bizarre Festival ’98 – Recorded by WDR – August 21, 1998 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ain’t askin’ for much, just askin’:Become a Patron! The Bluetones to end the week. In concert at the 1998 Bizarre Festival in Köln, Germany -August 21, 1998...
Peter, Paul and Mary, Odetta – Bud & Travis- Folk Night At The Bowl – August 2, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Help us preserve history: Become a Patron! Since running The Kingston Trio concert last night, I’ve had several requests for other Folk concerts from this period...
Beady Eye – In Concert at Brixton Academy – April 3, 2011 – XFM Radio Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Beady Eye in concert this weekend. Reminded and remiss that I haven’t posted any Liam Gallagher, while posting lots of Noel Gallagher (via High Flying Birds), I decided...
Blur – In session for Mark Goodier – BBC Radio 1 – Recorded April 11, 1992 – broadcast: May 5 – BBC Radio 1 – Blur in session to start the week. Recorded for the Mark Goodier show at BBC Radio 1 on April 11, 1992 and broadcast on May...
Cast In Concert – 1996 – BBC Radio In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – Cast in Concert tonight. One of the bands considered highly influential in the Brit-Pop movement during the early 90s. Cast formed in Liverpool in 1992 by John Power (vocals, guitar) and Peter Wilkinson (backing...
Bis – In Concert at Leeds Metropolitan University – Leeds Sound City ’96 – John Peel – April 12, 1996 – BBC Radio 1 Bis in concert to end the week. Recorded at Leeds Metropolitan University during Leeds Sound City ’96 on April 12, 1996 and emceed by none other...
Sleeper – In concert from Brixton Academy – June 7, 1996 – BBC Radio 1 In concert – Sleeper to end the weekend. The last concert from the UK portion of their 1996 tour, recorded for posterity by the BBC for Radio 1’s In concert series on June 7, 1996....
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