"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– NBC-Blue Network – RCA Magic Key – Minneapolis Symphony, Eugene Ormandy, conductor + Mischa Levitski, piano recital from Chicago – March 1, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Diving into more rare concerts this week. This time it’s…
David Bowie – In Concert with John Peel – June 20,1971 – BBC Radio 1 – David Bowie’s breakthrough album Hunky Dory wouldn’t come out until December, but this concert gives a lot of previews of coming attractions. Big changes…
– Ocean Colour Scene – live at Manchester Apollo – 1998 – BBC Radio 1 – History is jammed with bands who got sidetracked somewhere out of the starting gate and never regained their momentum; crashing and burning and left…
This is a repost from 2013, in case you missed it the first time: Unknown Mortal Orchestra have been a surprise hit at some of the recent Festivals in Europe this year (London Calling 2013), they were enthusiastically greeted at…
– Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Live In London – 1973 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – A familiar name from the British Invasion days of the mid-60s, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band was a distinct about-face from Pop and…
Genesis – Live at Paris Theatre, London – November 3, 1972 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert. Hot on the heels of Led Zeppelin came Rock from a completely different place. Labeled “Progressive” or Progrock, Bands like Genesis, and their…
Bob Dylan – live on Skip Weshner’s Accent On Sound Program – Feb. 1963 – WNCN-FM, New York – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something rare but no doubt something fans, purists and completists have. An excerpt of a session…
– Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band – Live at My Fathers Place – November 18, 1978 – WLIR-FM – There was a time you couldn’t mention Frank Zappa without mentioning Captain Beefheart somewhere in the same sentence. After a…
Never assume everything that’s ever been discovered, played, listened to or released by an artist has been done already. There are always things lurking around in warehouses, basements, libraries, private collections, garage sales. It’s all out there. Sometimes it’s overlooked…
Aix-en-Provence Festival 1959 – The Belgian National Radio Orchestra, Igor Markevitch, Cond. – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another historic concert this week. From the 1959 Aix-en-Provence Festival, The Belgian National Radio Orchestra led by the legendary Igor Markevitch in music…