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Become a Patron! September 12, 1962 – A busy day for the Space program as President Kennedy toured a number of missile and spacecraft installations involved in getting a man on the Moon by the end of the decade and concluding with a memorable address at Rice University. First meeting...
Pavement – In Concert at Maida Vale – John Peel’s 60 Birthday Bash – August 31, 1999 – BBC Radio 1 – Pavement in concert tonight. Closing out the festivities for John Peel’s 60th birthday party at the Maida Vale studios and broadcast live on August 31, 1999 over BBC...
Los Angeles Philharmonic. Lawrence Foster, conductor – Pierre Amoyal, violin – Nathaniel Rosen, cello – Mona Golabek, piano – George Shirley, Tenor – Yvette Mimieux, Narrator – Pacifica Singers, Paul Vorwerk, conductor – Hollywood Bowl – August 13, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something historic, long-lost and never-before-heard...
Keef Hartley (Big) Band In Concert – John Peel’s Sunday Concert – November 22, 1970 – BBC Radio 1 – Keef Hartley in concert this week. An artist and a band who would have become household names had their manager not insisted on being paid upfront to be filmed or...
September 10, 2001 – In retrospect, a day almost stunning in its normalcy and lack of drama – a day so much like so many others that it came and went and barely anyone noticed. A day with business as usual – a day where the lead story was a...
Mick Abrahams’ Wommett – In Concert For John Peel – November 15, 1970 – BBC Radio 1 – Become a Patron! Mick Abrahams’ Wommett, in a rare almost unknown concert from John Peel’s Sunday Program on November 15, 1970 from BBC Radio 1. The thing about Rock History, especially those...
Become a Patron! Senator Henry “Scoop”Jackson was one of the most powerful and successful Senators in U.S. history – serving from 1952 until his death (while in office) in 1983. The elements that made Jackson the most successful vote-getter in the history of the state did not work as well...
Become a Patron! September 9, 1973 – the end of a busy week and a look back at the events of that week. Congress was returning from its August recess with a full plate on its hands, including a bad report card from President Nixon. High on that list was...
Ars Nova – Sunshine & Shadows – Atlantic Records – SD 8221 – Atlantic Records – 1969 – Become a Patron! I guess you could call the New York based Classical/Jazz/Psych/Art-Rock band Ars Nova something of a blip on Rock’s radar screen. A very short lived band that went through...
Joaquin Turina – Piano Trio Number 2 op. 76 – The Halifax Trio – circa 1962 – CBC radio performance – Music of Joaquin Turina this week. His Second Piano Trio played in this broadcast recording by the Halifax Trio of Canada (the same ones who did the Violet Archer...
