. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC – Music News For the Week beginning April 7, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection I guess rather than tell you about the world of Rock during the first week of April 1977, just listen to
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Patti Smith Group – Live At The Cellar Door, Washington D.C. – 1976 The inimitable Patti Smith this weekend – during the formative and explosive years of the New York Punk movement. Few could be considered as iconic during this
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup + Newsbreak + 9:00 am News – October 31, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Starting off the day with a tragedy, this October 31st in 1979. Beginning with news of a Western Airlines DC-10 from Los
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Lou Reed – Live at Konserthuset – Stockholm, Sweden – May 14, 1974 – Sveriges Radio With the sad news earlier today of the passing of music icon Lou Reed, the blogosphere and airwaves are filled with tributes and reflections on
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Average White Band, live at The Paris Theatre, London – October 13, 1973 – BBC Radio One – In Concert Series At the time, it didn’t occur to anyone that The Average White Band would be as hugely popular as one
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – October 21, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this October 21st in 1978 had much to do with the continuing, on-again-off-again-stop-and-start Egyptian-Israeli Peace Talks going on at Camp David. Hitting snags on a seemingly
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Gong In Session (Number 3) – May 29, 1973 – John Peel Program – BBC Radio 1 Earlier this week I ran a session by Gong alumnus Steve Hillage, recorded in 1976, after Hillage had left Gong. Tonight it’s a Gong
– Kayak in Concert at Midsummerpop Festival – July 7, 1973 – VPRO Archives – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! The history of Pop music is no stranger to the legions of bands considered ignored, overlooked, underrated or just dismissed. A series of bad breaks, a lackluster
Click on the link here for Audio Player: National Press Club – Ali Bhutto: Pakistan In A Changing World – Sept. 19, 1973 – NPR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection On this day in 1973, former President (1971-1973) and now Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto came to Washington, primarily to
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Yusef Lateef Quartet – Live at Montreux 1970 – Radio Suisse Romande – Espace 2 Over to Montreux this week for a 1970 concert featuring the great Yusef Latteef Quartet, with Barry Harris on piano, Bob Cunningham on bass and Al
