It’s February 1956 – You’re A Teenager – You Love Elvis – Not Everybody Does.
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Category: Youth
Traffic In Session – 1967 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Session Edition
– Traffic – in Session for John Peel – October 1, 1967 – BBC Radio 1 – Traffic came along during a time when music was in full blown revolution. Those of us who remembered The Spencer Davis Group wondered what this new group would sound like. We got glimpses
Congress: The Youthquake – January 16, 1975
– NBC Nightly News – January 16, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this day in 1975, something was happening in Congress that hadn’t happened in living memory; rank and file Democrats voted to oust some of the most powerful members of the house and seriously challenge others.
It’s January 1980 – You Live In L.A. – You Just Left Your Twenties – You Have Issues
KMPC – Gary Owens – January 26, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – You live in L.A. and it’s January; the first month of a new year and a new decade. You have also left your twenties, and the only thing more precarious than Eight-oh is turning Three-oh. Hangovers
Style Council – In Session 1983 – Past Daily Soundbooth
The Style Council – in session at The BBC – May 5, 1983 – BBC Radio 1 – The Style Council tonight. Their first session for the BBC (not John Peel, it appears). Fresh from the Mod trenches with The Jam, Paul Weller took a decided turn for the overtly
It’s Thanksgiving 1970 – You Don’t Live In L.A. Anymore – It’s your First Holiday Away From Home – You May Never Go Back.
KYA-AM – Bwana Johnny – November 26, 1970 (Thanksgiving Day) – Rob Frankel Collection – You graduated high school and went away to college – it’s your first time having a holiday away from home. Thanksgiving was never very high on your list of memorable moments growing up anyway. Your
PJ Harvey In Session – John Peel’s 60th – 1998 – Past Daily Soundbooth
The inimitable PJ Harvey tonight. In session for John Peel on the occasion of his 60th birthday and recorded on Sept 23, 1998 for BBC Radio 1. In January 1991, following her departure from Automatic Dlamini, Harvey formed her own band with former bandmates Rob Ellis and Ian Oliver. Harvey
The Moody Blues – In Session 1967 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– The Moody Blues – In Session – April-November 1967 Top Of The Pops – BBC Radio 1 – Certainly not the first band to make use of the Mellotron, they were one of the first to take it with them on the road which, as anyone who has worked
Split Enz – Live At Pinkpop 1980 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– Split Enz – Live At Pinkpop 1980 – VPRO, Netherlands – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – By the time 1980 rolled around, Split Enz, who had pioneered the art of wonderful music mixed with a bizarre stage presence, were letting the music speak for itself on stage. And
Jefferson Airplane – Live At Winterland – 1967 – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition
– Jefferson Airplane – Live At Winterland – October 3, 1967 – KSAN-FM – Familiar historic territory tonight. A concert by Jefferson Airplane – on home turf in San Francisco, at the Winterland and recorded for KSAN-FM on October 3, 1967. Jefferson Airplane were a legendary band from a legendary