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Pale Saints – in session for John Peel – recorded July 23, 1989 – broadcast August 17 – BBC Radio 1 – Become a Patron! Pale Saints for the middle of the week. I remember hearing Pale Saints around the same time I heard Lush, by way of their initial...
Blossoms – live at BBC 6 Music Festival, Bristol – Feb. 11, 2016 – BBC 6 Music – Become a Patron! An extended excerpt of a concert by Blossoms during the 2016 BBC 6 Music Festival in Bristol tonight. Blossoms are an English indie pop band from Stockport, Greater Manchester....
KYA – San Francisco – Tom Campbell – February 22, 1969 – Rob Frankel Collection – Suddenly it hits you – you’ve missed out on everything. Never went to a single love-in. Never went to The Fillmore or The Avalon or The Matrix. Missed all the bands. You went to...
The High – in concert from Paris – 1990 – Radio France International – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The High this weekend. Maybe not a household name here in the U.S. during the 90s, but in their native UK they personified the movement that was known as Madchester. The...
The Stone Roses – In Concert From Leicester – Recorded December 7, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection –Stone Roses – Leicester – 1995 The Stone Roses for a Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. One of the pioneering bands of the Madchester scene of the late 1980s/early 1990’s. Their music and spirit...
Inspiral Carpets – in Session for John Peel – August 1, 1988 – BBC Radio 1 – Inspiral Carpets tonight. Their debut session for John Peel – recorded on July 17, 1988 and broadcast August 1st. nspiral Carpets were formed in Oldham (UK) in 1983. The band’s most successful lineup...
The Telescopes – in session for John Peel – May 16, 1989 – BBC Radio 1 – The Telescopes to start the week. One of those bands who heralded the coming state of the 90s and the whole re-evaluation of what music was coming from and where it was heading....
Sp¡n – in session for John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – December 28, 1991 – BBC Radio 1 – Sp¡n were together a relatively short period of time (1989-1993). Originally known as The Go Hole, they formed in 1987 and eventually morphed into Sp¡n two years later and became...
Inspiral Carpets – in session for John Peel – June 5, 1990 – BBC Radio 1 – Inspiral Carpets tonight. From a session recorded for John Peel by BBC Radio 1 on June 5, 1990. Inspiral Carpets, even though they began life as a quasi Punk/Garage band, became heavily involved...