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Maurice Emmanuel – Sonatine Number 6 – Yvonne Lefebure, piano – 100th Birthday concert 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Maurice Emmanuel this weekend. The second piece in a series of pieces performed during the 100th birthday celebrations for Emmanuel held in 1962. This Sonatine Number...
L7 – In Concert From Norwich Waterfront, UK – April 25, 1992 – BBC Radio 1 – In concert L7 to end up our week of Riot Grrrl and Riot Grrl/Grunge/Indie bands from the 90s that brought Women to center stage and who pioneered a new course in Pop music....
April 7, 1935 – Grayco Movie Column Of The Air – Week ending April 7, 1935 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 7, 1935. If you thought Hollywood (or the concept of Hollywood) was Mecca in the early days of films, you’d be right. If you thought movies were...
Brand New Heavies – In Concert at The Waterfront, Norwich – 1992 – BBC Radio 1 – In Concert – Brand New Heavies to Funk up your week. Recorded for BBC Radio 1’s In Concert series, live at The Waterfront in Norwich in 1992. A soulful dose of Acid Jazz...
April 5, 1941 – NBC News Of The World -Special Report on Yugoslavia – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 5, 1941 – News of the war in Europe was making the headlines – with both good news and ominous news in equal measure. In a dispatch from Cairo which...
Dexys Midnight Runners – Newcastle – June 6, 1982 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – BBC Radio 1 – Dexys Midnight Runners, an extended excerpt from a concert they recorded in Newcastle on June 6, 1982 for BBC Radio 1’s In Concert Series. As much as the early...
Charles Gounod: Petite Symphonie for Winds – Student Orchestra of the Paris Conservatory – Fernand Oubradous, cond. – 1952 Broadcast performance – ORTF-Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Although far from being overlooked and under appreciated, Charles Gounod is primarily thought of as a composer of Opera and Choral...
Dolly Mixture – In session for Kid Jensen -October 27, 1983 – BBC Radio 1 – Dolly Mixture tonight. American audiences may not know who this band is/was. UK audiences certainly will. Not considered commercially successful or together that long (1978-1984) they have been considered highly influential and were regarded...
In Camera – in session for John Peel – recorded Dec. 9, 1980 – broadcast Dec. 16, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 – In Camera in their first and only session for John Peel, recorded at the BBC on December 9, 1980 and broadcast Dec. 16, 1980. Only together 3...
Galaxie 500 – In Session for John Peel – recorded September 24, 1989 – broadcast October 17, 1989 – BBC Radio 1 – Galaxie 500 to start off the week. An American Indie band who were together a relatively short period of time (1987-1991) but in that few years, put...
