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Peter, Paul and Mary, Odetta – Bud & Travis- Folk Night At The Bowl – August 2, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Help us preserve history: Become a Patron! Since running The Kingston Trio concert last night, I’ve had several requests for other Folk concerts from this period...
Duke Ellington Octet – Live At San Remo Jazz Festival – March 22, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Duke Ellington this weekend. Live at The San Remo Jazz Festival in 1964. With his Octet, featuring Rolf Ericson, trumpet – Lawrence Brown, trombone – Johnny Hodges, alto sax –...
Nat Simons – Live at Conciertos de Radio 3 – RNE, Madrid – April 3, 2018 – RNE Radio 3 Madrid – New lights on the horizon to end the week. Nat Simons (Natalia Garcia Poza) is a Singer-songwriter from Madrid. You wouldn’t know that if I didn’t tell you,...
Five Thirty – in session for Mark Goodier – March 31, 1991 – BBC Radio 1 – Five Thirty to start the week. Another in that seemingly endless series of bands that came and went in a flash, left an album or two and a handful of singles – stuck...
KHJ – The Real Don Steele – circa Feb. 22, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – If you were growing up in L.A. in the 1960s, one of the great rituals of listening to Top-40 radio was being the first kid on your block to hear the latest single...
– Top Of The Pops – December 1, 1967 – BBC Transcription Service – Another Top Of The Pops to end the weekend. This one features Amen Corner, The Alan Price Set, The Who, The Tremeloes, Traffic and The Settlers – hosted by Brian Matthew and all live performances...
KXOK – Nick Charles – July 29, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Summer School. You don’t hear about it that much any more, but in 1966 it was a ritual if you were still in School. Taking Summer school held the possibility that you might graduate a semester...
The High – in session at Granada Studios – July 18, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The High were one of the go-to bands during my discovery of Madchester in 1989-1990. Along with Stone Roses and The Charlatans, they really epitomized this distinctive sound and, for me, kicked...
Agustin Lara – Noche Criolla Palmera – Rosa – Musart Records M-952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Two sides by the legendary Mexican composer/pianist Agustin Lara. Originally issued on a 78 rpm disc in the 1950s these sides were also part of a 10″ album issued by the...
Dave Brubeck Quartet – Live at Juan les Pines Festival, Antibes – July 22, 1967 – Radio France – Dave Brubeck Quartet this weekend. The quartet that formed a first impression of Modern Jazz on a lot of non-Jazz people in the formative period of the mid-late 1950s. And their...
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