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The Waitresses – Live at Perkins Palace, Pasadena – February 27, 1982 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Not to bug you or anything, but . . .Become a Patron! The Waitresses to end the week. Live from Perkins Palace in Pasadena – recorded on February 27, 1982. If there...
Marquis de Sade – live at le Palladium, Geneva – March 11, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – For the price of a ho-hum Latte:Become a Patron! Short-lived French Post-Punk/New-Wave band Marquis de Sade in session tonight. Recorded at Le Palladium in Geneva on March 11, 1981 presumably for...
Modern Eon – in session for John Peel – January 28, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 A little goes a long way: Become a Patron! Modern Eon to end out the week. In session for John Peel at BBC Radio 1 – recorded on January 28, 1981 and broadcast on...
Martha And The Muffins – Live At Spize, New York – May 3, 1983 – WLIR-FM – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Patrons get perks for being Patrons: Become a Patron! Canadian New Wave/Art Pop band Martha And The Muffins, live at Spize in Farmingdale, New York on May 3, 1983...
Psychedelic Furs – Live at Hammersmith Odeon – May 29, 1984 – BBC Radio 1 – In Concert – Psychedelic Furs to end the working week. Recorded by the BBC for Radio 1’s In Concert series (as well as transcription Service), on May 28, 1984 – this concert comes right...
Joe Jackson – In Concert – February 9, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – Become a Patron! Joe Jackson to start off the week. He’s gone through so many changes during his four decades (and still going strong) that it’s hard to keep track at times. Suffice...
Two People – in concert from The Paris Theatre – 1985 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – Two People in concert tonight. Sadly, a band together for only three years (1984-1987) but right in the middle of the Liverpool New Wave contingent and who have conjured sentiments of...
Flesh For Lulu – In Session for John Peel – recorded August 21,1982 – Broadcast September 6 -BBC Radio – Flesh For Lulu, in their only session for John Peel, recorded on August 21, 1982 and broadcast on September 6th. Flesh for Lulu formed in Brixton, London and were active...
Howard Devoto – in session for John Peel – August 1, 1983 – aired, August 8 – BBC Radio 1 – Howard Devoto in session for John Peel tonight. To me, one of the pivotal figures in the shaping of Punk into Post-Punk and carving out a unique place somewhere...
The Adventures – In Concert from the BBC Paris Theatre -1988 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – The Adventures in concert to start off the week. The Adventures were a Northern Irish rock band, formed in Belfast in 1984. The band later moved to London where they signed...
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