Be-Bop Deluxe In Session – 1978 – Past Daily Soundbooth
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Frankie Goes To Hollywood In Session – 1983 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – in Session for John Peel – December 3, 1983 – BBC Radio 1 – Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Further evidence the 80s were all over the place musically, They began life as a New Wave band from Liverpool in 1980, after emerging from the Punk
Curve In Session – 1991 – Past Daily Soundbooth
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
Waiting For The King’s Speech – Dec. 9, 1936 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room
December 9, 1936 – BBC/NBC – Alistair Cooke and Bulletins from London – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ironically, it was this day (December 11) eighty years ago, that King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne to marry Wallace Simpson, an American divorcée and a “commoner”. The move was
Leonard Cohen In Session – 1968 – (RIP: Leonard Cohen – 1934-2016) Past Daily Tribute Edition
Leonard Cohen – In Session for John Peel – BBC Radio 1 – July 9, 1968 – BBC Radio 1 – With the incredibly sad news earlier this evening, of the passing of legend and icon Leonard Cohen, it gives further evidence 2016 has been a terrible year for loss.
The Stranglers – In Session 1977 – Past Daily Soundbooth
The Stranglers – In session for John Peel – March 7, 1977 – BBC Radio 1 – The Stranglers tonight. Their first session for John Peel, recorded on March 7, 1977 at The BBC. With a career spanning four decades, The Stranglers are one of the longest surviving and continuously
Doves – In Concert 2002 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Doves – In concert from Rock City, Nottingham – 2002 – BBC In Concert Series – Doves to end the week. The popular Alt/Indie band who got started in 1991 as a school dance band known as Sub Sub and graduated to more serious endeavors as Doves in 1998, have
Roger Waters – Radio City Music Hall – 1985 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Roger Waters – in concert at the Radio City Music Hall, New York – 1985 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Roger Waters tonight. In answer to several requests from readers for some later Floyd/Roger Waters concerts/sessions, I ran across this one, recorded in 1985, during his North American
East Of Eden – In Session 1970 – Past Daily Soundbooth
East of Eden, in session for Top Gear with John Peel – April 6, 1970. East of Eden tonight. A band most people on this side of the Atlantic hadn’t heard of. I don’t even recall them being played via underground FM in the early 70s. They did score one
The Slits – In Session 1977 – Past Daily Soundbooth
The Slits – in session for John Peel – September 19,1977 – BBC Radio 1 – The Slits tonight. Their first session for John Peel, from September 1977. Had there not been The Slits, would there not have been a Riot Grrrl Movement in the 1990s? It makes you wonder.