"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– The Merseybeats – Live At The 1964 NME Poll Winners Concert – April 26, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ending up a week of 60s with a concert featuring (among many others) The Merseybeats, who were among…
– Pop Profile: Steve Marriott – BBC Transcription Service 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Anybody who was ever a fan of Small Faces and Humble Pie know the driving force behind both of those bands was Steve Marriott.…
One of the legendary bands of the original British Invasion of the early 1960s. The Yardbirds were one of the most influential bands to come along, and certainly one of the bands providing the groundwork for some of the most…
– CBS Radio – Chuck Cabot And His Orchestra – live from The Rice Hotel, Houston Texas – April 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As a distinct contrast between my Lennie Tristano post earlier today, I ran across…
Part 1: Part 2: Editors Note: When I first posted this concert in 2015 I was unaware of its original length. As was pointed out to me by several readers, there was an entire second part missing. Sure enough –…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Bob Crane Show – Guest: Vincent Price – Sydney Omar – KNX-Los Angeles – April 14, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Talk radio in the…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Amen,Amen,Amen – The Swan Silvertones – Archives Alive/Rock Beat Records – 2015 Without question, one of the greatest Gospel groups from those halcyon years of the 1950s…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Matching Mole – Live At Paris Theatre, London – July 27, 1972 – BBC Radio 1 Right after his departure from the landmark band Soft Machine, drummer…
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – Conversation “What Is The Jukebox Saying? – Feb. 15, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. It’s hard to imagine that, 60 years ago, Rock…
14 days left and we are still in nail-biting mode. I know a lot of people procrastinate, wait until the last minute or two to make the lifesaving pledge, but in the meantime it’s downright scary. Scary because all this…