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Soft Machine – August 25, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Soft Machine – in session for French TV-Radio (RTL or ORTF), and recorded on August 25, 1968. The first time I saw Soft Machine, they were opening for Jimi Hendrix at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. I...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Syd Arthur – In Concert at Bayou Arts Center, Houston – August 5, 2014 – Syd Arthur Soundboard Following in the legendary footsteps of the Canterbury scene of the 1960s; the scene which gave us Soft Machine,...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Schmitt: La Tragèdie de Salomè – Paris Conservatory Orchestra, Andrè Cluytens, cond. 1950 Besancon Festival – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The music of Florent Schmitt this weekend. A popular figure during the first four decades of the 20th Century,...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – New York Philharmonic Conducted by Eugen Jochum – June 19, 1978 – Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio Player – New York Philharmonic Conducted by Eugen Jochum – June 19, 1978 – Part 2 Another historic concert this...
Become a Patron! As all hopes were pinned on a response to an eleventh hour appeal from Prime Minister Chamberlain to Adolf Hitler, no one was taking any chances. And news for this day was about preparations and calling up reserves for what was sure to become another war. News...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Ray Charles – Live At Montreux – 1997 Good news came from The Montreux Festival the past couple of weeks. One was the release of a veritable treasure trove of past performances, and the other was news the Montreux Jazz Festival archives...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – click Save As to download: Elsa Barraine – Wind Quintet – Wind Quintet of The FNO – 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection One of the leading lights among Women Composers in France after the end of World War 2, Elsa...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Braids – Live at Lido, Berlin – June 28, 2013 – RBB Berlin Shoegaze from Canada tonight, live in Berlin at the “Introducing . . . .” showcase at Lido, recorded June 28th of this year. Braids is originally from Calgary but...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Starting off the weekend with the inimitable Koko Taylor, live in Bordeaux, France on November 15, 1993. The whole thing (or about an hours worth) recorded live from the stage by Radio France. Something that happens on an almost daily...
