"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Five Thirty – Live at The Marquee Club – 1991 – Capital Radio, London – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Five Thirty in a rare concert appearance, at the Marquee Club in London in 1991 and broadcast over Capital Radio. Based in north London, England, this briefly active trio consisted...
Frampton’s Camel – live at The Paris Theatre, London – Recorded for BBC Radio 1’s In Concert Series – August 23, 1972 – BBC Radio 1 – Peter Frampton this weekend. Just prior to his sensational breakout album, in concert at The BBC’s Paris Theatre in London and recorded for...
WOR-AM/FM – Moonlight Savings Time With Willie Bryant – September 5, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – So. Was there top-40 radio in 1947? No. Was there Rock n’ roll? No. Were there Disc Jockey’s? Yes. . .kind of. Listening to radio (if you still are and not streaming)...
James – in concert from Heaton Park – Recorded September 12, 1999 BBC Radio 1 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – James in concert this Friday night (slipping into Saturday morning). Recorded live at Heaton Park in Manchester on September 12, 1999 by BBC Radio 1 for In Concert. James...
Midlake – live at Glastonbury Festival 2010 – June 26, 2010 BBC6 Music – Some Stateside Indie by way of Midlake in concert at Glastonbury 2010 – recorded and broadcast by BBC 6 Music on June 26, 2010. Midlake was formed in 1999 by a group of jazz students at...
BBC 6 Music Festival – Day 3 – February 14, 2016 – BBC 6 Music – A snippet from Day 3 of the 2016 BBC Music Festival in Bristol, broadcast live on February 14, 2016. It occurred to me that Summer 2020 is almost over and there . been no...
The Beta Band – live in Paris – The Black Sessions – June 10, 2004 – Radio France International – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Beta Band in session/concert tonight – recorded live in Paris for The Black Sessions on June 10, 2004 by Radio France International. A puzzle...
August 24, 1974 – KHJ-AM – Machine Gun Kelly – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Where did Summer go? It’s like that every year. June happens – finals, grades, clean out the locker. Head to the beach – road trips, blank spots – Friday turns into Monday and then Friday...
Getting the Fear were an English band of the 1980s. Its members were Barry (Jepson), Buzz (David Burrows), Aki Nawaz (Haq Quershi), and Bee (Paul Hampshire). The band was formed largely of former members of Southern Death Cult, with the exception of the singer Bee who replaced Ian Astbury on...
KMET – Bob Coburn – November 18, 1978 – Mike Devich Collection – The ritual of getting your first job – whether you were heading into your first semester of Junior High (or Middle School, if you’re so inclined) or your first semester of high school, there was something about...
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