– Squeeze – In Concert At Hammersmith Odeon – October 14, 1985 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – Hard to imagine, this concert took place 40 years ago. But Squeeze were one of those bands, whose talents owed no small debt to the timeless writing abilities of Chris
Siouxsie and the Banshees, in session tonight for John Peel from February 6, 1978. One of the highlights of the Punk era who quickly transformed into a Post-Punk experimental/free-form aggregation, there really wasn’t a band around quite like Siouxsie and The Banshees, and frankly, I don’t see how there could
New Years Eve 1957: Times Square. 1957, like every other year, a celebration and a mass of people, converging on Times Square in New York City – waiting for the ball to drop and usher in 1958. Another year and another shot at happiness. With 750,000 people cheering, throwing confetti
– Blondie – New Years Eve, Glasgow – Dec. 31, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Blondie. Rocking out New Years eve in Glasgow, 1979 and recorded by the ever-present BBC Radio 1 for their In Concert series. For those of you who aren’t planning on braving the
– Jimmy Carter Press Conference – September 29, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In his 16th Press Conference, given September 29, 1977, President Carter reiterates and elaborates some points on his Energy bill, which was being dissected in the Senate, as well as some key issues in Foreign
– 1990 – ABC World News This Year – December 30, 1990 – ABC Radio – 1990. A year loaded with contrasts, intrigues and question marks. And all of it came up for review, this December 30th, 1990. The year started on a hopeful note, but somewhere in the middle,
An hour’s worth of John Peel tonight – from his nightly program Nightride on BBC Radio 1 on July 24, 1968. Every so often you get embroiled in a conversation over the state of Popular Music and that rapidly becoming obsolete medium of Radio. That there is no more Top-40
[/caption] – NBC – Chicago University Of The Air -Should A United States Army Enforce The Partition of Palestine? – Feb. 22, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the Partition of Palestine began to unfold and as the violence increased, a question was raised as to whether the U.S.
– Ride – In Concert at Les Inrocks Festival – La Cigale, Paris – October 18, 1991 – Radio France International – When I first heard Ride, by way of their debut ep release in 1990, I had the unmistakeable feeling the 90s were going to be a pretty extraordinary
Queen – Live At Golders Green – October 20, 1973 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Queen in concert at The Hippodrome, Golders Green, recorded on October 20, 1973 by BBC Radio 1 for their weekly In-Concert series. Queen came along at a time when seemingly everything in Rock
