– The Beatles – Live At Palais Des Sports – Afternoon (first) show – June 20, 1965 – RFI Since there’s been so much written of late about The Beatles and the whole era which became known as The British Invasion, I thought I would take a listen to
Much as most people like to think of Michael Nesmith as one of The Monkees, they are doing themselves a big disfavor by failing to realize Nesmith has been a wildly talented writer, producer and solo artist for a number of years, and the Monkees only constituted a small part
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– Elvis Presley – Live At the Las Vegas Hilton – August 3, 1969 – The further we get away from the 1950s, when Elvis Presley was new and we had never heard anybody like him before the harder it is to picture the era and the people and the
The Cars to jumpstart Monday, recorded during a concert at The Universal Amphitheater promoting their then-new release Candy-O on September 4, 1979. By 1979, Punk was morphing into Post-Punk and transitioning into New Wave and was rapidly jumping into the mainstream in the U.S. The Cars were one of the
Sadly, I didn’t get to work with Roy Orbison until near the end of his career. It was during the resurgence in his popularity around the time of David Lynch‘s Blue Velvet and the duet he did with KD Lang that reminded me what an incredible talent he was and
– Altered Images – In Concert – Oct. 17, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – Altered Images to kick off the new week. Short-lived by most band’s standards, they attracted a lot of attention from the get-go. A boost from John Peel was a big plus. A budding acting career
Coffee works wonders too: – David Bowie – Live in Tokyo – May 16, 1990 – NHK-FM, Tokyo – Something familiar to end the week. David Bowie, live in concert from Tokyo, recorded on May 16, 1990 featuring Bowie along with an all-star lineup including Adrian Belew. A lot of
Consider subscribing: Become a Patron! – The Specials – live at The Amsterdam Paradiso – January 21, 1980 – VPRO/3VOOR12 Netherlands – The Specials – live at the legendary Paradiso in Amsterdam this week. From a concert recorded by the venerable VPRO on January 21, 1980. Since it’s Wednesday and
Double espresso would work quite well: – The Sweet – Live At Masonic Auditorium, Detroit – Feb. 27, 1976 – Band soundboard – Of the bands which evolved during the Glam-Rock period of the early 1970s, none probably epitomized it more than The Sweet. Initially began as something of a
