Something different this weekend – a rare appearance from the pre-PBS NET series Soul! hosted by Poet/Author Nikki Giovanni and featuring The Delfonics in a live set, as re-broadcast on April 21, 1972 (it originally aired on January 5th). Live Soul sessions, or even concerts by prominent Soul acts are
Another installment of Teenage life in the 1960s and the L.A. Radio that was inseparable along with it. Tonight it’s BMR and KFWB and Monday night, October 2, 1967. The news was strange – San Francisco just had the Death of Hippy march in the Haight earlier – the new
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”54525″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 29, 1975 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] January 29, 1975 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 29, 1975 – News for this day had much to do with President Ford’s Clemency program for Draft
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[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”6701″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 28, 1994 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Even though one of the deadliest earthquakes to hit Southern California occurred on January 17th of 1994, the earth was still shaking some 11 days later, with some 70 considerable aftershocks
While I was sifting through a box of unmarked tapes a few weeks ago, I came across this 1978 session from Punk pioneers 999, recorded for John Peel at The BBC in November 1, 1978. 999 formed in London in December 1976. From the period of 1976 to 1985, the
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”6669″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 25, 1979 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] With no end in sight and protests continuing and becoming more violent, the situation in Iran on this day in 1979 was anything but resolved. The Pro and Anti-Shah factions were
Lush – probably one of the most influential bands of the Shoegaze era, happily (and with much relief) reunited in 2016 and were gigging and going on tour. They hit Coachella in April, and their much anticipated concert tour was sold out in cities, not only throughout Europe, but also
Skip Weshner’s Accent On Sound – Live From The Renaissance Club – KRHM-FM -Dec. 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Always a reminder floating around of just how active L.A.’s club scene was in the 1950s. One example comes by way of a weekly broadcast from KRHM-FM (later to become
The Bluetones – in concert at Newcastle Mayfair – May 10,1998 – BBC Radio In Concert series – 90s favorites The Bluetones tonight. A band which remained somewhat unnoticed in the States, despite one U.S. tour early on in their careers, coinciding with the release of their debut album Expecting
