18 December 2021

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== Show ==
; Name
;* The Vortex Xmas Box 3
; Station
;* Apple Radio
; DD-MM-YYYY
;* 18-12-2021
; Comments
* Pete's 516th show ~ Includes Late Night Version
== Sessions ==
* Belle & Sebastian (Christmas Peel Session 18/12/02)
* Elton John (Top Gear 25/12/73)
== Tracklisting ==
Jukebox Fury with Mr D (Dave Norrell) 18/12/21
* Johnny Fox - Fireball XL5
The Vortex Xmas Box 3 18/12/21
* Seamus Kennedy - Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake (From the album Goodwill To Men)
* Monty Python - He's Not The Messiah, He's A Very Naughty Boy!
* Paul Di’anno - Another Rock N Roll Christmas (From the album Rock Ya Christmas)
* Alan Freeman - We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Simon Mayo Show 24/12/92)
* The Cathodes feat Dave Townson - In From The Cold
* Seamus Kennedy - The Barley Mow (From the album By Popular Demand, Vol. 2) 3 In A Row
* Seamus Kennedy - The Rattlin' Bog (From the album By Popular Demand, Vol. 1) 3 In A Row
* Seamus Kennedy - The Harem Of The Court Of King Caractacus (From the album By Popular Demand, Vol. 2) 3 In A Row
* Belle & Sebastian - The Twelve Days Of Christmas (Christmas Peel Session 18/12/02) In Session  
* Queen - Thank God It's Christmas (From the album Now, The Christmas Album) It’s Only Rock And Roll
* Pretty Maids feat Ian Gillan - A Merry Jingle (From the album In Santa's Claws) It’s Only Rock And Roll  
* Santa Sabbath - Good King Wenceslas (From the EP Christmas Bloody Christmas) It’s Only Rock And Roll
* Led Zeppelin - Yuletide Zeppelin I  It’s Only Rock And Roll
* Woolworth - Have a Cracking Christmas 1981
* N.U.M.B. (Never Underestimate Musical Belief) feat Sound Of The Sirens, Hannah Johns of The Leylines & The Communicators - Christmas Time 
* Belle & Sebastian - Santa, Bring My Baby Back To Me (Christmas Peel Session 18/12/02) In Session  
Birthday Files https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_18
1958: Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.
1966: Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker.
1973: Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union.
2015: Kellingley Colliery, the last deep coal mine in Great Britain, closes.
Born on this day 
1975: Sia, Australian singer-songwriter
* Sia - Santa's Coming For Us (From the album Everyday Is Christmas)
2001: Billie Eilish, American singer
* Billie Eilish - Bad Guy (From the album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go ?)
Birthday Files https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_25
1066: William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy is crowned king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.
1758: Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.
1914: A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
1991: Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.
Born on 25th December
1907: Cab Calloway, American singer-songwriter and bandleader
* Cab Calloway - Minnie The Moocher (From the album Cab Calloway)
1944: Kenny Everett, British comedian and broadcaster 
* Kenny Everett - White Christmas (From Kenny Everett’s Christmas Show)
1954: Annie Lennox, Scottish singer-songwriter and pianist
* Eurythmics - Winter Wonderland (From the album A Very Special Christmas)
* Coronation Street - Christmas Day with Ena, Minnie & Martha (25/12/61)
* Cliff Richard - 	Little Town The Jean Genie
* Cliff Richard - 	Mistletoe And Wine The Jean Genie  
* Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé -  Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (From the album That Holiday Feeling) Disinterred 33⅓
* Elton John - Daniel/Your Song (Top Gear 25/12/73)  In Session  
* Barron Knights - Never Mind The Presents (From the album The Best Of The Barron Knights (Funny In The Head) ?
* Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show 1975  25/12/75
* Des O’Connor - The Christmas Song (From the album Christmas With Des O’Connor)
* Johnny Mathis - Sleighride (From the album Merry Christmas)
* Jackson Southernaires - Say A Prayer For Christmas (From the album Miracle)
* Monsterpop - Little Drummer Boy
* The Soul Saints Orchestra - Santa's Got A Bag Of Soul Northern Soul
*
MRIB Indie Chart w/e 19th December 1981
* 10	UK Subs - Countdown
* 9	Disorder - Distortion To Deafness EP: More Than Fights
* 8	Captain Sensible - This Is Your Captain Speaking EP: (What D'Ya Give) The Man Who's Gotten Everything?
* 7	Scritti Politti - The Sweetest Girl
* 6	Cabaret Voltaire - Jazz The Glass/Burnt To The Ground
* 5	The Fall - Lie, Dream Of A Casino Soul
* 4	Dead Kennedys - In God We Trust EP: Rawhide
* 3	Damned - Friday The 13th EP: Disco Man
* 2	Toyah - Four More From Toyah EP: Good Morning Universe
* 1	Exploited & Anti-Pasti - Don’t Let ‘em Grind You Down EP: Exploited - Cop Cars
* Anti-Pasti - Another Dead Soldier (Wragby Studio Session Tapes 1980)
* Cellar Door - Merry Xmas Everybody (Anchor Bar, Portstewart 04/12/21)Undercover Of The Night
* Seamus Kennedy - The Pheasant Plucker
Late Night Edition
* Leroy Anderson & His Pops Concert Orchestra - Sleigh Ride
* LadBaby with Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Sausage Rolls For Everyone
* Carpenters - Sleigh Ride
* Moseeqa Band - Arabic Christmas Music
* George Ezra - Come On Home For Christmas (Video Version)
* Larry Groce - Sleigh Ride
* Kenny Everett - 12 Days Of Christmas
* Katina - Don't Stick Stickers On My Paper Knickers
* Bing Crosby - Let's Start The New Year Right
* Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Christmas All Over Again
* Monty Python - I Bet You They Won't Play This Song On The Radio
* Kevin Bloody Wilson - Hey Santa Claus
* Irish Rose - Galway Girl
* Monsterpop - C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S
* Monty Python - Alternate Christmas In Heaven Song
* Irving Kaufman - Oh Susie Behave
* Matt Rogers - Suck On My... (Very Short Edit)
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Available
* https://soundcloud.com/pete-seaton/the-vortex-xmas-box-3-181221-complete
* https://soundcloud.com/pete-seaton/the-vortex-xmas-box-3-181221-late-night-version
* https://www.mixcloud.com/AppleRadio/the-vortex-xmas-box-18122021-presented-by-irish-pete/
* https://www.mixcloud.com/peteseaton/the-vortex-xmas-box-3-181221-complete/
* https://www.mixcloud.com/peteseaton/the-vortex-xmas-box-3-181221/
* https://www.mixcloud.com/peteseaton/the-vortex-xmas-box-3-181221-late-night-version/