– Bruce Springsteen – Live At The Bottom Line – August 15, 1975 – WNEW-FM Broadcast – Subscribe: Become a Patron! Early Bruce Springsteen this Wednesday morning. Before achieving legend status, icon and cornerstone of American Rock n’ Roll, the jury was still out on Bruce Springsteen. Touted by some
– 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
This has not been a good week for music. With the news earlier today of Robbie Robertson’s passing, social media has been filled with tributes, memories and recollections of one of the key figures in Rock of the later 60s. And since I ran this post some 10 years ago,
– She Wants Revenge – Live At Rock am Ring, Mendig Germany – 2006 – WDR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – She Wants Revenge was one of those bands I first heard via MySpace many years ago, didn’t know who they were, but couldn’t stop listening. And when they
Bob Dylan – live on Skip Weshner’s Accent On Sound Program – Feb. 1963 – WNCN-FM, New York – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Something rare but no doubt something fans, purists and completists have. An excerpt of a session Bob Dylan did for the weekly broadcast Skip Weshner’s Accent
– Them w/Van Morrison – Live In Paris – October 19, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Them tonight – maybe a slight distraction or an antidote. Van Morrison, lead singer of Them before he went solo and on to a decades long career (still going strong) and part
– Francoise Hardy – Radio Performance from l’Olympia – August 1, 1965 – ORTF, Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The only problem with the British Invasion of the mid-1960s was that it overshadowed just about everything else that going on musically in the world. In the early 1960s,
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After devoting too many posts the past year on tributes for musicians who have passed away, it’s an absolute pleasure to post something of a celebration tonight. Hard to imagine, but Bob Dylan turns 80 today, May 24th. Not to belabor the point, but it really doesn’t seem that long
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
