– Hookfoot – In Concert – Paris Theatre – January 12, 1974 – BBC In Concert – BBC Radio 1 – A band which may seem on the surface unfamiliar, but actually was an early-on backup band for none other than Elton John. Hookfoot predates the acknowledged Elton John band
– The Pretty Things – In Session at The BBC – November 27, 1967 – BBC Radio 1 – It’s often been said that, had it not been for fate and Art School, it may have been The Pretty Things, instead of the Rolling Stones, as the Greatest Rock n’
– James Taylor – In Concert at The Jabberwocky, Syracuse New York – February 6, 1970 – WAER-FM – An end-of-week change of pace. Early James Taylor this morning. Right at the time of the release of his second album, Sweet Baby James, and the avalanche of critical and audience
– ABC Radio: Voices In The Headlines – week ending November 14, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A harbinger of things to come? Maybe. But at the time, the week ending this November 14th in 1965 was no small feat no matter how you looked at it. Starting
– Todd Rundgren’s Utopia – Live at Oxford Polytechnic – 1977 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Todd Rundgren’s Utopia this morning. In a concert recorded by the venerable BBC Radio 1 for their In Concert series in 1977 live at Oxford Polytechnic. Todd Rundgren has been a staple
– NBC Blue Network – News Of The World – November 13, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Depending on where you were getting your news from on this November 13th in 1941 was how the world, and the war, was going. If you were in Britain, the heat
– Tom Waits – Live At Post Hall, Bremen Germany – April 26, 1977 – Nordwestradio, Germany – Tom Waits this morning. A classic concert from Germany, recorded in 1977 by Radio Bremen. Waits during this early period (I ran a Troubadour show from 1975 here a few years ago)
– The Morning Report fro WXYZ-Detroit – November 12, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A lot of local news, via WXYZ in Detroit, in this November 12th in 1964. Beginning with news of the ongoing newspaper Strike at The Detroit News, the layoffs at Ford and a threatened
– The Cure – Live At Glastonbury – June 21, 1986 – BBC Radio 1 – Mid-80s Cure this morning. From their standout performance at the 1986 Glastonbury Festival, recorded by the venerable BBC Radio 1 on June 21, 1986. By 1986, The Cure were becoming household names throughout the
– Bud Powell – live at The Blue Note, Geneva, Switzerland – Feb.1, 1962 – RTS – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Over to Switzerland this weekend for a performance at The Blue Note in Geneva from February 1, 1962. One of the leading figures in the development of Bebop,
