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Blur – In Concert from Cologne, Germany- August 22, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Blur this weekend – with a concert broadcast from Cologne, Germany and recorded on August 22, 1991 – at The Blue Shell. According to their Wikipedia page: Childhood friends Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon...
Sleeper – Black Session – March 8, 1994 – RFI – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sleeper for the middle of the week/pre-Thanksgiving festivities. Sleeper was one of the more successful bands of the “Britpop” era. Begun when singer Louise Wener met guitarist Jon Stewart at a Political Philosophy class...
Flop – live at CBGB – August 12, 1993 – In Session for VPRO, Netherlands -February 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Flop to end the week. One of the most criminally underrated and overlooked bands of the Seattle scene in the 1990s. Together for only 5 years, but...
Walter Klien, Piano – New York Philharmonic – Erich Leinsdorf, guest Cond. January 23, 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week. This time, it’s the New York Philharmonic guest conducted by Erich Leinsdorf and featuring pianist Walter Klien in a January 1986 broadcast which marked...
Suede – In Session For Bernard Lenoir – The Black Session – RFI – Jan. 28, 1993 – Radio France International – Suede to get us over Hump Day. In session for Bernard Lenoir, or better known as The Black Sessions for Radio France International on January 28, 1993. 1993...
Howard Hanson – Centennial Ode – Soloists and The Eastman-Rochester Philharmonic – Howard Hanson, cond. – June 5,1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Howard Hanson tonight. The dean of what became known as Modern American Music from roughly the 1930s to the late 1950s. Founder of...
– Blur – In concert at The Zenith, Paris – Dec. 20, 2015 – Radio France Le Mouv – Blur in concert tonight – recorded this past Sunday at The Zenith in Paris to a sold-out house. After taking a few years off, Blur got back together and have, not...
– Blur – Live in Hong Kong – August 23, 2015 – Perennial favorites Blur this weekend. Live in Hong Kong and recorded on August 23rd this year. The audience is a little slow to react, but it’s a great concert anyway – and they can do no wrong (IMHO)....
– The Good, The Bad & The Queen – live at St. Denis – 2007 – RFI/Le Mouv – Never really intended to be a band, but a concept album calling itself The Good, The Bad & The Queen, the side-project of Blur‘s Damon Albarn became an unexpected and substantial...
– Death Cab For Cutie – Live At Glastonbury 2015 – June 28, 2015 – BBC 6 Music Back to Glasto for a set by American favorites Death Cab For Cutie – recorded by BBC 6 Music on June 28th. With some 8 albums under their belt, Death Cab For...
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