– Keeping Up With The Joneses – April 15, 1959 – KNX-Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – Hard to imagine now, but in 1959 Los Angeles was in danger of becoming an overcrowded city, like so many cities around the country. With some 49,000 people settling in the
– Buddy De Franco Quartet w/Sonny Clark – live in Cologne, Germany – Jan. 22, 1954 – Cool collaborations this week, with Buddy De Franco’s Quartet featuring the legendary Sonny Clark on Piano. The concert was recorded in Cologne, Germany on January 22, 1954. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Buddy
– Newsfront – September 16, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A season of raging discontent, this September 16th in 1970. Anti-War protests on college campuses were spreading everywhere, even to seemingly quiet placid ones. The eruptions which turned deadly in the Spring were returning with renewed force –
WNCN-FM – Murray Perahia In Recital – March 21, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something special and historic this week – a broadcast-only recital by legendary pianist Murray Perahia, given in the studios of long-defunct New York Fine Arts station WNCN on March 21, 1983. A relaxed setting,
Lush – Live At Coachella – April 23, 2016 – One of the most anticipated reunions of the year, Lush finally made it to the West Coast and Coachella 2016. Despite an inordinate amount of hassles with work visas and our bungling, which forced cancellations of concerts up and down
A messy week, this one ending on September 12th in 1949, with violence, racism, red scare, politics and birthdays tossed in for good measure. Starting with President Truman stumping on behalf of candidates running in the 1949 Mid-Term elections. Truman decried repeated Republican charges of Socialism while pressing for Farm
Kevin Ayers – in session for John Peel – February 10, 1970 – BBC Radio 1 – Kevin Ayers tonight. One of the most influential figures of the Canterbury movement – a founding member of the seminal Soft Machine and a brilliant legacy as a solo artist later on. Kevin
– Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra – Live at Veteran’s Memorial, San Francisco – 1950 – Gerald Wilson, one of the most dynamic and original forces in Jazz from the mid-century on. I ran across this never-before-released live concert by Gerald Wilson and his orchestra, during a critical but not
– Deep Purple – In Concert – July 6, 1974 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – Deep Purple in concert from 1974 tonight with Deep Purple, a band who once took credit for the claim to be the “Loudest Band In The World”. Well, a lot of bands
– Mazzy Star – In session for MTV, Europe – November 1, 1993 – Mazzy Star in session tonight – an early one done for MTV in Europe on November 1, 1993. It features one of my favorite versions of Ghost Highway, which this version was included in a Capitol
