Buzzcocks – in session for John Peel – May 28, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – Buzzcocks tonight. One of the cornerstone bands of Punk, who went on to influence a number of other genres, including Indie and the Manchester Scene. Getting started in 1976 with singer-songwriter/guitarist Pete Shelley and
November 18, 1992 – CBS World News Roundup– Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 18, 1992 – Today was a day about transitions. President-elect Clinton was on his way from Little Rock, Arkansas to Washington to meet President Bush for the first time after winning the election. The meeting was
R.E.M. this afternoon – a classic concert, the last one from their Monster Tour on November 21, 1995. R.E.M. have dropped off the radar for the most part, these past few years. Since the band broke up in 2011, there’s not much in the way of news about the members
Gary Burton Quartet – Live In Utrecht – Dec. 30, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Gary Burton Quartet this weekend. Trying to inject some calm (or at least sanity) into the weekend, adding a generous dollop of mellow and simmering with a side of serene. Forgive the food
You remember. She didn’t dislike you. But she didn’t like you either. Most people in their right minds would look at you two and think you were her little brother. She was half a head taller than you – she was two years older than you – she came from
The Verve – in session for Mark Radcliffe – BBC Radio 1 – Dec. 7, 1993 – BBC Radio 1 – The Verve tonight. One of the pivotal bands of the 90s in a session for BBC Radio 1’s Mark Radcliffe and recorded on December 7, 1993. Their uniqueness and
Kid Galahad – Live At Minehead March 16, 2003 – The Furze – Live in Glasgow – Oct. 27, 2007 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Not a double bill tonight, but the same band in two venues at two different times. I first discovered Kid Galahad many years ago
In 1973 we were overloading and shorting out. By todays standards, the stress, the feeling of being overwhelmed, the anxiety, the day to day hassle of life in 1973 would be comparative bliss. 1973; fifty-two years ago, we were at a breaking point – particularly America. We were constantly bombarded
– NBC Radio – Launch of Gemini 12 – November 11, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Gemini 12 was the last of the Gemini space flights and the 18th manned American spaceflight since the X-15 spaceflights until Apollo 7 made its debut almost 2 years later. Its objective
John Sebastian – Cambridge Folk Festival 1981 Since the archives is fairly bulging with posts we’ve done 10-15 years ago, I thought it might be a good idea to stop having them collect dust and reissue some of them in case you missed them the first time. So this one
