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Cesar Franck – Sonata for Violin and Piano – Jean-Pierre Wallez, Violin – Catherine Silie, Piano – ORTF Broadcast 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Familiar works performed by prominent French artists on their way up. In this broadcast recital, the artists in question are Jean-Pierre Wallez and pianist...
Curve – In Session for John Peel – March 10, 1991 – BBC Radio 1 – Curve to start off the week. In session for John Peel, their first on March 10, 1991. An electronica/shoe-gaze/Dream-Pop/alternative duo consisting of Toni Halliday and Dean Garcia. After several false starts, as a band...
Pauline Murray – in session for John Peel – March 19, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 – Former lead singer for the Punk band Penetration, Pauline Murray launched a solo career when Penetration called it quits in 1979. This session, her first and only one for John Peel, comes around...
An Emotional Fish – in concert from Manchester 1990 – BBC Radio 1 – An Emotional Fish tonight, recorded in concert from Manchester in 1990 by the BBC. Together since 1988, An Emotional Fish were signed to U2’s revamped Mother Records, and this concert comes during the time of their...
Strangelove – In session for John Peel – June 30, 1992 – Broadcast July 17, 1992 – BBC Radio 1 – Starting the week off with a perennial favorite, Strangelove – in their first session for John Peel, recorded on June 30, 1992 and first broadcast on July 17, 1992....
The Bodines in session – October 30, 1985 – session for Janice Long Program – BBC Radio 1 – The Bodines tonight, from a session they did for Janice Long at BBC Radio 1 on October 30, 1985. Together for only 5 years, they became one of the best...
The Colourfield – in session for Janice Long – June 23, 1985 – BBC Radio 1 – The Colourfield, to end the first full week of a new year. The third incarnation of the musical journey of lead-singer Terry Hall. First, as a member of The Specials; a high-voltage New...
Carmel – In Session for Kid Jensen – July 28, 1983 – BBC Radio 1 – Carmel tonight. The name may not ring a lot of bells on this side of the Atlantic (which is a shame), but a band still going strong today, over 30 years since they first...
A Formal Sigh – in session for John Peel – September 5, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – A Formal Sigh tonight. I don’t think we’ll ever run out of bands who were criminally overlooked and shamefully underrated during their time together. A Formal Sigh is a case in point....
REM – in concert from Glastonbury 2003 – June 27, 2003 – BBC Radio 1 – REM to end the week, and ahead of the New Year. Apropos in some ways, especially the set-closer; It’s The End Of The World (As We Know It). Somehow, sums the whole thing up....
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