– NPR: National Town Meeting – The Future Of The Family 1974 – December 8, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – One of the offshoots to the Generation Gap of the 1960s was the changing family structure of the 1970s. Marriage was down, co-habitation was up. Single parent households
Roxy Music this morning. Live in Paris, recorded on November 27, 1974 and broadcast over French Radio sometime after. One of those bands which helped define the 70s, and created an indelible impression on the future of Rock music, Roxy Music, fronted by the inimitable Bryan Ferry, whose suave demeanor
Aztec Camera – in Concert from Madrid – September 9, 1984 – Radio Nacional España – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Aztec Camera, fronted by the inimitable Roddy Frame, whose razor-sharp songwriting skills added a whole new dimension to the New Wave scene in the early 1980s. The Glasgow-based band
Blood, Sweat & Tears (featuring Al Kooper), live at The Psychedelic Supermarket, Boston – recorded on February 23, 1968. Jim Fielder Interviews the members of the band – Backstage – Feb. 23, 1968 For those of you who became familiar with Blood, Sweat & Tears as a sort of soft-pop/quasi-mainstream
– Steely Dan – live at The Sopwith Camel — Glendale, Calif. – March 9, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Steely Dan this morning – one of the rare early concerts, recorded live at The Sopwith Camel in Glendale on March 9, 1974. This was from the tour promoting
– January 13, 1994 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 13, 1994 – the jury in the infamous Menendez Brothers murder trial couldn’t make a decision this day. The jury, which deliberated for days as to whether or not Erik, along with
– Tom Waits, in concert at The Beacon Theater, New York – November 5, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Over to the Beacon Theater, New York in 1979 for a concert by Tom Waits. I haven’t run any Tom Waits in a while – no good reason. But a
– First Tuesday: Domestic Spying – How Much Do They Know About You? – Dec. 1, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection It probably shouldn’t come as a surprise to many that our preoccupation with Domestic spying has been with us for a very long time. In 1970 it was
– January 10, 1950 – KCBS – This Is San Francisco – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 10, 1950 – if you were living in San Francisco, this day in 1950 fell on a Tuesday. It was a typical day – mostly uneventful. It was raining (as usual), it
A dive back to 1961 for a concert by Ray Charles, recorded live at Palais des Sport in Paris by the venerable ORTF. For those of you who may not already know, Ray Charles has been regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was
