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With the very sad and shocking news of the passing of Neil Innes, co-founder of the legendary Bonzo Dog Band, as well as being considered an honorary member of Monty Python as well as the brains behind The Rutles along with countless other collaborations, 2019 is going down as one...
Alms for indigent historians?Become a Patron! December 30, 1999 – lots going on, the day before the last day of 1999. Terrorists on the loose were generating a goodly amount of panic among law enforcement and causing many to consider curtailing New Years Eve festivities out of fear Ahmen Ressem...
Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders – NME Poll Winners Concert 1965 – April 11, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It would be nice . . .Become a Patron! Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders, live at the 1965 NME Poll Winners and recorded on April 11, 1965. From the...
Serge Koussevitsky – Boston Symphony – December 30, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Serge Koussevitsky leads the Boston Symphony in an abbreviated concert, first broadcast by the NBC Blue Network (soon to become ABC) on December 30, 1944. This was part of a series produced...
Illinois Jacquet Quintet – Live at The Bombay Jazz Festival, Mumbai India – March 27, 1994 – Festival Soundboard – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Your support is critical to keeping this site up and alive: Become a Patron! The legendary Illinois Jacquet this weekend, along with his quintet, featuring...
Magazine – Live in Berlin – October 30, 1980 – WDR – Berlin – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Magazine live in Berlin this weekend. Recorded on October 30, 1980 by German radio-TV network WDR. Singer and founding member Howard Devoto formed Magazine in Manchester, shortly after...
Laura Nyro – NET: Critique – January 1, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Laura Nyro in performance and interview, taken from the NET program Critique and broadcast on January 1, 1969. Born Laura Nigro, (October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) she was an American...
KMPC – Geoff Edwards Show – December 7, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Not to bug you, but . . .Become a Patron! December 1979 – You still haven’t gotten over 1969 – but here you are, ten years later and you have another decade to get used...
999 Live at Old Waldorf, San Francisco – April 4, 1979 – KALX-FM, UC Berkeley – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Your subscriptions and support are working wonders: Become a Patron! 999 Live at Old Waldorf in San Francisco – recorded and broadcast live on KALX-FM, the campus radio station...
Easy as saying “yes” and with none of the guilt: Become a Patron! December 27,1994 – An uneasy day in the world. With the holding of a U.S. pilot, his helicopter downed over North Korea, a diplomatic game of Chess was underway. North Korea upped the ante by proving photos...
