You’re pissed. That morning you were pissed at the War – by the end of the day you were pissed at being under arrest and dragged off to jail. Parents were going to kill you – crowning achievement to world war 3 at your house. Dad was a Marine –
– Procol Harum – In Session – BBC 1967 – More familiar territory tonight. Procol Harum is no stranger to these pages, but the session recordings haven’t gotten around much and they did several for the BBC between 1967 and 1970. Tonight it’s from their first group of BBC sessions,
Prophetic and disturbing words from UN Secretary General U Thant, who gave that assessment on the escalating war in Vietnam, this April 8th in 1967, joining a growing swell of voices opposing our further involvement in what was deemed a costly and pointless war. Of course, mainstream media wasn’t going
World War Three. It broke out somewhere around October. It goes back to June. You decided you wanted to grow your hair. A lot of good reasons; all the cool people had long hair – you didn’t want to look like everybody else – girls liked guys with long hair.
Back to the vault this week for something historic by way of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from the 1960s. Guest conducted by the great Hans Swarowsky and featuring legendary Pianist Claudio Arrau in a concert of music by Brahms, Alban Berg and Zoltan Kodaly. This previously unheard, never-broadcast and long-thought-lost
– NBC – News On The Hour – for March 13, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Cold War climate was getting stirred up, this March 13th in 1961. News that West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt left a meeting with President Kennedy saying there would be no trouble
Deep down you’re scared shitless. Had the plan you would take the year off and “discover America” – college would wait. Well, maybe not. They were waiting for you – General Hershey and everybody at the Westwood Draftboard. They wanted you. Maybe not you in particular – they wanted warm
On a day where crises were popping up seemingly everywhere, the focus on this February 7th in 1964 was the flare-up of bad relations with Cuba and threats by the Castro regime against our military base at Guantanamo. The flap began over the seizing of four Cuban fishing trawlers off
Something special this morning. The legendary Curtis Mayfield in Concert at The Marcus Garvey Centre in London, recorded by the BBC in June of 1984. As a powerful force in the world of Music, Mayfield was a catalyst in the raising of social consciousness in the 1960s and 70s. Beyond
– Procol Harum in Session – raw session tracks – 1974 – BBC Radio 1 – I was watching an excellent BBC Documentary on the birth and life of the Progressive Rock Movement in Britain from 1966-2004. And even though it could be disputed, Procol Harum lead singer Gary Brooker
