Sly & The Family Stone – live at Pinknik Kasteel, Groenveveld, Baarn – Netherlands – September 10, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Tribute to Sly Stone, who left us earlier today at 82 and a reminder just how influential Sylvester Stone was. Sly & The Family Stone tonight.
– Jacco Gardner – In Concert At Rock en Seine – August 28, 2015 – Starting off Thursday with a set from Jacco Gardner at Rock en Seine in France, part of the lineup for the first day of that Festival. Gardner is no stranger to these pages. I am
The Wonder Stuff – In concert at G-Mex, Manchester – 1991 – BBC 6 Music – The Wonder Stuff this Hump Day morning. A band who were a huge success almost from the get-go. Starting in 1986, the band which originally consisted of Miles Hunt, vocals and guitar, Malcolm Treece
– Chicago – In Concert at Tanglewood – July 21, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A blast of Americana during one of their earlier incarnations this morning, playing a concert at the famed Music Shed at Tanglewood – Summer home of the Boston Symphony, but turning the proceedings
– NBC Radio – Gordon Cooper: Man In Space – May 16, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the Space Race gathered steam in the early 1960s, the excitement over each launch of a manned-space craft kept building momentum. The latest launch was Faith 7, piloted by Major
– Arthur Lee and Love – Live At Roskilde Festival 2002 – June 26, 2002 – DR-P3, Copenhagen – Arthur Lee and Love, in concert at the legendary Roskilde Festival, Denmark in June of 2002. Precious little exists in the way of live recordings featuring Arthur Lee and Love. From
– Tower Of Power – Live At Calderone Hall, Hempstead New York – April 11, 1975 – WLIR-FM – The legendary Tower Of Power this morning. Recorded live at Calderone Hall by WLIR-FM in New York, Spring of 1975. With a string of hits to their credit, Tower Of Power
The Fall – in concert at Tut’s, Chicago – July 16, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – When the sad news was announced regarding the death of leader/front man/writer/iconoclast Mark E. Smith of The Fall, tributes have been pouring in from all over the world. Clearly, Mark E. Smith
– Johnny Mathis With Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass – September 11, 1965 – Hollywood Bowl – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since it was learned earlier this week that Johnny Mathis is retiring from the stage after 70 years of performing, it seems only fitting to run a concert he
– Graham Parker – Live At Hammersmith Odeon – 1982 – BBC Radio 1 – After a number of notable but unsuccessful years fronting The Rumor, Graham Parker quit the band and went solo. It was then his fortunes changed and he achieved the success in the 80s which had
