"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Tears For Fears – In Concert – Public Hall, Cleveland, Ohio – February 12, 1990 – Tears For Fears in concert from Cleveland, recorded on February 12, 1990. Tears for Fears formed in Bath, England in 1981 by Roland…
– Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames – Live at Camden Theatre – March 19, 1964 – BBC Light Programme – Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames to start off the week. Fans of the 60’s British invasion era will…
– The Kinks – in session for Top Gear – 1967 – BBC Radio 1 – The Kinks – variously described as either overlooked and underrated or one of the most influential bands that ever came out of Britain in…
The Jam – Live at The 100 Club – 1977 Some early Jam for a Monday night. One of the earlier recorded concerts, done as part of a Special broadcast to the U.S., live from the 100 Club in London,…
– Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Live In London – 1973 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – A familiar name from the British Invasion days of the mid-60s, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band was a distinct about-face from Pop and…
– Them w/Van Morrison – Live In Paris – October 19, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Them tonight – maybe a slight distraction or an antidote. Van Morrison, lead singer of Them before he went solo and on…
– Radio London – June 25, 1965 – Stuart Busby/United DJs Collection – You have a Pen-Pal. Her name is Fern. Fern Lives in London. You were assigned Fern by your Social Studies Teacher when the semester started. You were…
– The Searchers In Session – Sveriges Radio – 1967 – Become a Patron! One of the groups spearheading the British Invasion of the early 1960’s was The Searchers. They were often mentioned in the same breath as The Beatles,…
KHJ – The Gary Mack Show – The Real Don Steele Show – August 10, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection August 1966 – if you were a teenager, and you lived in L.A. you either had the summer off…
Something interesting happened around the time of the British Invasion in the early 1960s’; teenagers in America were suddenly discovered to be a massive consumer market. Not that there hasn’t always been a goodly chunk of the population hovering under…