– Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Live At Town & Country – 1991 – BBC6 Music – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 70s,80s and 90s favorite Robyn Hitchcock this morning – in concert with former Soft Boys members The Egyptians, live at Town & Country and recorded for posterity
– Pharrell Williams – Live at Pinkpop 2015 – June 14, 2015 – VPRO/3VOOR12 – The Netherlands – A nod to Pop this morning, and one of its most successful practitioners in recent years, Pharrell Williams. Pharrell Williams is probably one of the most visible and known figures in the
– Discussion Regarding Broadcasting And The First Amendment – Jan. 30, 1973 – National Public Radio – Gordon Sound Sound Collection Coming during the time of the Supreme Court case known as The Seven Filthy Words, the issue of TV censorship in the area of news, the testing of boundaries
– July 8, 1948 – News Of The World – Palestine Crisis and more – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1948 had much to do with the crisis in Palestine, which had now blown up into full-scale war. UN mediators were scrambling for negotiations to
Pink Floyd In Session For Top Gear – December 19, 1967 – John Peel – BBC Radio 1 It’s hard to convey, some 57 years later, just how much of a revelation it was, listening to Pink Floyd for the first time. In 1967 they were bending ears and blowing
– Press Conference featuring Dimitri Shostakovich, Tikhon Khrenikov and Dimitri Kabalevsky – Philadelphia – November 6, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As part of the Cold War thaw, the Cultural Exchange Program was an idea brought about to bring understanding of all aspects of Soviet life to America
If there was anyone in danger of being overexposed on radio in the late 70s/early 80s, it had to have been Joe Jackson. You couldn’t walk past a radio playing anywhere and not hear any one of the virtual avalanche of hits Jackson generated during that period of time. Jackson
– Senator Everett Dirksen on Issues and Answers – July 5, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Heading into the Republican Convention of 1964, this day 50 years ago American media was taken up with the subject of who would run against Lyndon Johnson from the Republican Party. The
The Yardbirds – In Session at The BBC – Feb-May, 1966 – BBC Radio 1 – You’d be hard pressed to name a band which had as many legendary guitarists passing through its ranks as this one. Okay, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. But The Yardbirds boasted Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and
– The Open Mind – interview with Upton Sinclair – May 2, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If Upton Sinclair were alive today it would be hard to say what his fate would be. At the turn of the 20th century, he was one of the most outspoken
