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4 By The Baronets – The Vee-Jay Sessions 1965 – Past Daily Weekend Soundbooth: Lost Album Edition

– 4 by The Baronets – from the Unissued Vee-Jay album – Recorded March 13, 1965 – The well-known and very popular Quebec vocal group Les Baronets (featuring future Celine Dion husband Renè Angèlil) were looking to expand their…

gordonskene
November 1, 2015
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The Merseybeats – Live At The 1964 NME Poll Winners Concert – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition

– The Merseybeats – Live At The 1964 NME Poll Winners Concert – April 26, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ending up a week of 60s with a concert featuring (among many others) The Merseybeats, who were among…

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October 25, 2015

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The Rolling Stones In Session 1965 – Nights At The Roundtable: Session Edition

– The Rolling Stones – In session At The BBC – August 20, 1965 – BBC Radio 1 – From a documentary about Rock at the BBC in the 60s comes this session from the Rolling Stones. The last one…

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October 22, 2015

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The Pretty Things In Session – 1967 – Nights At The Roundtable: Session Edition

– The Pretty Things – In Session at The BBC – November 27, 1967 – BBC Radio 1 – It’s often been said that, had it not been for fate and Art School, it may have been The Pretty Things,…

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October 21, 2015

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Talking With Steve Marriott – 1965 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

– Pop Profile: Steve Marriott – BBC Transcription Service 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Anybody who was ever a fan of Small Faces and Humble Pie know the driving force behind both of those bands was Steve Marriott.…

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October 3, 2015

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The Yardbirds In Session 1965 – Past Daily Soundbooth

One of the legendary bands of the original British Invasion of the early 1960s. The Yardbirds were one of the most influential bands to come along, and certainly one of the bands providing the groundwork for some of the most…

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September 26, 2015

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Blur In Session 1990 – Nights At The Roundtable: Session Edition

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Blur In Session – Top Of The Pops – John Peel – 1990 – BBC Radio 1 Continuing 90s week with one of the bands who made…

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February 11, 2015

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The Moody Blues – In Session At The Saturday Club 1965 – Nights At The Roundtable: Session Edition

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – The Moody Blues – Go Now – BBC Saturday Club – April 1965 – BBC Radio 1 Sadly, only one track has survived (so far) from The…

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January 3, 2015
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The Yardbirds In Session – 1966 – Nights At The Roundtable: Session Edition

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – The Yardbirds – In Session at The BBC – Feb-May, 1966 – BBC Radio 1 You’d be hard pressed to name a band which had as many…

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December 30, 2014

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Buzzcocks – Live At Temple Beautiful -1979 – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Buzzcocks – Live At Temple Beautiful – Dec. 15, 1979 – KALX – Hammer Archives Another in a series of miraculous recordings made surprisingly well under completely…

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November 8, 2014

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