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James Cotton Blues Band – live at Fillmore Auditorium – November 25, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the sad news today that James Cotton, another icon, another legend in Music passed away today, 2017 is shaping up to being about as bad as 2016 was. James Cotton...
KMPC – Dick Whittinghill Show – July 30, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Midway through the last year of the 70s. July 30, 1979. Smog is bad. Traffic is bad. Buses are never on time. Things just seem a little off – you can’t really describe it –...
Can – In Concert from Poitiers, France – June 3, 1976 – Can this weekend; a perennial favorite and one of the bands that took the 70s to new and interesting places, in a decade fairly overflowing with new ideas. Whose influence has been felt and acknowledged for decades after....
Nick Drake, in his only appearance for John Peel at the BBC, recorded on August 5, 1969. It would be safe to say that the music of Nick Drake has only grown in popularity over the years since his far-too-early death. When he first appeared on the scene he was...
The last hour of Top-40 KFWB – March 10, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection There you are – March 10, 1968 – anywhere between the ages of 14 and 24. KFWB, the radio station you have come to rely on for all your musical discoveries is going off the...
New Order – Live at Glastonbury 1981 – BBC Radio 1 New Order, who pioneered the mash-up of Post-Punk and Electronica, created a new genre and influenced the direction of that new music for the better part of the 80s. They were a critically acclaimed band, even though much...
Blondie – New Years Eve, Glasgow – Dec. 31, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Blondie. Rocking out New Years eve in Glasgow, 1979 and recorded by the ever-present BBC Radio 1 for their In Concert series. For those of you who aren’t planning on braving the weather...
– Tower Of Power – Live At Calderone Hall, Hempstead New York – April 11, 1975 – WLIR-FM – The legendary Tower Of Power this weekend. Recorded live at Calderone Hall by WLIR-FM in New York, Spring of 1975. With a string of hits to their credit, Tower Of Power...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – The Eagles – Live at Paris Theatre – March 20, 1973 – BBC Radio 1 Sight & Sound Concert Probably one of the most successful bands of the 1970s and the most successful of the West Coast...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – The Charlatans – Live At King George’s Hall, Blackburn – 1990 – BBC Radio 1 If you’ve been visiting this website for the past few years, you’ll know by now The Charlatans are one of my favorite...
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