"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
One of the things that’s often overlooked, when it comes to the History of Rock n’ Roll is how some musical genres, though highly influential, didn’t transform the landscape instantly. And that very often the ripple effect didn’t take place…
Jimi Hendrix, The Alan Price Set, The Move, Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera, The Kinks – Top Of The Pops – December 29, 1967 – BBC Transcription Service – Ending up the week with a completely classic show for a lot…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Dando Shaft in session on Top Of The Pops – circa August, 1970 – BBC Radio 1 Admittedly, Dando Shaft were a band most people on this side of the Atlantic…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – B.B. Blunder in Session for Top Of The Pops – 1970 – BBC Radio 1 As promised a few days ago after running Blossom Toes, here is the next logical step…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Temples – Prisms Temples have been getting an amazing amount of good word-of-mouth the past few months. They are eagerly anticipated during the batch of upcoming Festivals this Spring and Summer. They…
A Little goes a long way: Become a Patron! Continuing the perennial favorites tonight with a session recorded by The Kinks for the BBC’s Top Of The Pops program in December, 1964. Always one of the more adventuresome and original…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: 1968-September – Family You absolutely could never mistake the voice of Family’s Roger Chapman for anyone else. No other singer sounded anything like him. The American press wasn’t all that keen on…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: T. Rex In Session – 1970 Probably one of the more eclectic entries in the Encyclopedia of Glam, Marc Bolan and T. Rex. Begun in the late 1960’s as a quasi-hippie/folk duo…