Hunters & Collectors – Live at The Jump Club, Melbourne – July 1981 – Band soundboard – Hunters & Collectors this week. One of the more adventuresome bands coming out of Australian in the 1980s. A band whose influences upfront were Can and German producer Conny Plank, they captured a
The Byrds – In Concert at The Avalon Ballroom – November 2, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Byrds this weekend. In a concert recorded at The Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco on November 2, 1968. By this time there was a new incarnation – only Jim
Catherine Wheel – live at Bowery Ballroom, New York City – April 14, 2000 – Band Soundboard – Catherine Wheel this weekend. A band one-half responsible for renewing my faith in music. And I mean that with total sincerity. The first time I saw Catherine Wheel was during, I believe
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings – Live In Paris – RTL Radio – July 3, 2012 In a year that has fairly overflowed with loss, add one more unique and priceless voice to that number. Sharon Jones, the charismatic Soul singer and powerhouse died on Friday, succumbing to her battle
Blur in concert this weekend – recorded at the Canguro Club in Colombano Italy by RAI on November 4, 1993. This concert hits right around the time they broke worldwide – 1993 was a good year for Blur, and for music in general. If you got past everything coming out
Joe Jackson – live in Denver, Colorado – May 6, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Joe Jackson, one of the early practitioners of New Wave, flooding American airwaves that summer of 1979. Hot on the heels of releasing his debut album, Look Sharp!, Jackson embarked on a tour
My Bloody Valentine, in concert at Le Truc in Lyon, France – March 21, 1989. Admittedly, not for all tastes this weekend. My Bloody Valentine (I posted a session from them earlier this year), have been one of the pioneering bands in the Shoegaze movement of the late 1980s. They
The Clash – in concert at Rettel Festival in France – recorded on June 14, 1980. As something of a direct contrast in genres, between my post last night by Hanoi Rocks in 1984 and today’s post of The Clash, in concert at the Rettel Festival in 1980 – you
Leon Russell and the Shelter People during their whirlwind European tour of 1971. This stopover was in Stockholm and recorded by the venerable Sveriges Radio on November 26th of that year. Even before his milestone solo career and the Mad Dogs & Englishmen phase, Leon Russell was a very much
Stiv Bators – Live at Jay’s Longhorn – Minneapolis – March 19, 1980 – Club soundboard – Taking a look at the U.S. version of the Punk invasion with a 1980 concert by Stiv Bators, former frontman of The Dead Boys, during his solo period, after the demise of his
