"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Tom Jones, headlining this week’s Top Of The Pops via BBC Radio. Originally broadcast on August 25, 1967. Also appearing were The Bee Gees, The Shadows, The Breakaways and newcomer Samantha Jones. For those of you not familiar with the radio version of Top Of The Pops, it was pretty...
The Flaming Lips – live at Phoenix Festival 1996 – BBC 6 Music – The Flaming Lips this weekend, enthusiastically deemed by Q Magazine as one of “the 50 bands you need to see before you die”. And they say that without one scintilla of bullshit. The Flaming Lips...
Ash – In Concert at Reading 1996 – August 25, 1996 – John Peel Program – BBC Radio 1 – Ash, in concert at Reading Festival 1996 and recorded for John Peel on August 25, 1996 by the venerable BBC Radio 1. Ash have been around since 1992. The Alternative...
Louis Jordan – live at Zardi’s Jazzland, Hollywood – July 15, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, live at Zardi’s Jazzland on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood and recorded for posterity by the venerable NBC Radio on July 15, 1956 for the All-Star Parade...
Heading the in the direction of ending up the week with another dose of the late 70s. This time by way of former glam outfit Jet, reformed and re-tooled as the New Wave band Radio Stars, in concert and recorded by the ever-handy BBC Radio 1 for their In Concert...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Travis – Live at Glastonbury 2009 – BBC 6 Music One of the early influential bands in the Brit-Pop movement, Travis have had a long and celebrated career. Starting in 1990, the Glasgow quartet have been cited as paving the way...
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