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Again Again – in session for John Peel – Broadcast January 24, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – If you can, great – if you can’t, we understand: Become a Patron! Again Again in session – their first and only session for John Peel – recorded on December 20, 1978...
999 Live at Old Waldorf, San Francisco – April 4, 1979 – KALX-FM, UC Berkeley – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Your subscriptions and support are working wonders: Become a Patron! 999 Live at Old Waldorf in San Francisco – recorded and broadcast live on KALX-FM, the campus radio station...
The Damned – in session for John Peel – Recorded November 30, 1976 – Broadcast December 10 – BBC Radio 1 – Become a Patron! The Damned to end the week. Their first session for John Peel, recorded on November 30, 1976 and aired on December 10th. If memory serves,...
The Deadbeats – Live At The Masque, Hollywood – 1977 Patrons get freebies galore: Become a Patron! Ending up our tour of the L.A.Punk/post-Punk/Experimental scene of the 1970s and 1980s with a set by The Deadbeats, in a performance at The Masque in Hollywood in 1977. David Brown has a...
Saccharine Trust – In Session at KPFK-FM – August 17, 1985 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Continuing our listening session to L.A. bands of the 70s and 80’s. Saccharine Trust, in session at KPFK-FM on August 17, 1985. Saccharine Trust formed in 1980 by singer Jack...
The Dictators live in session – WCMF-FM, Rochester New York – September 26, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – And for as little as a buck a month you can download all the audio you can stuff on your hard drive for FREE! Just become a Patron: Become a...
Chelsea In Concert – Paris Theatre, London – In Concert series – September 29, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 Subscribers get perks: Become a Patron! Chelsea in concert tonight – recorded live at The Paris Theatre in London for the In Concert series by BBC Radio 1 on September 29,...
X- In Concert at My Father’s Place – -WLIR-Radio, November 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Special perks for Subscribers! Become a Patron! X in concert this weekend, recorded in November 1983 by WLIR Radio. X are just as much an L.A. institution as Pinks, or Musso & Frank’s...
Bad Brains – Live At Against Tones Festival – Paradiso Theatre, Amsterdam – May 28, 1987 – VPRO – Netherlands – Looking around for something that echoed the current state of affairs, I could find no better example than to run a concert given by Washington D.C.’s own Bad Brains...
The Clash – Live At The Palladium – September 21, 1979 – Radio Broadcast – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Clash to end the week. The legendary New York Palladium concert, the one in which the cover photo for London Calling was taken. Yeah, that one. Remember? London Calling...
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