24 February 2024

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== Show ==
; Name
;* The Vortex
; Station
;* Apple Radio
; DD-MM-YYYY
;* 24-02-2024
; Comments
* Pete's 1089th show ~ Saturday 7pm to 10pm. ~
== Sessions ==
* Faces (In Concert 24/02/73)
== Tracklisting ==
* Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper)
The Vortex 24/02/24
* Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows (From the album Revolver)
* Beach Boys - God Only Knows (From the album Pet Sounds)
* The Simple Truth - These Are The Days Of Our Lives
* Pink Floyd - Absolutely Curtains (From the album Obscured By Clouds) 
* The Faces - Angel (In Concert 24/02/73) In Session
* Capercaillie - Waiting For The Wheel To Turn (From  the album Delirium)
* The Fall - How I Wrote 'Elastic Man’/City Hobgoblins (7” on Rough Trade RT 048)
* Released July 1980 reached No.2 in Aug 1980 in the indie charts  I Love My Label
* Agnetha Fältskog - En Sång Om Sorg Och Glädje (Single from the album Agnetha Fältskog's Bästa) Abba D'Abba Doo  A Song About Sorrow And Joy
* Agnetha Fältskog - Vi Har Hunnit Fram Till Refrängen (Single from the album Agnetha Fältskog's Bästa) Abba D'Abba Doo We've made it to the chorus
* Agnetha Fältskog - Gulleplutt (2024 Radio Edit) Sweetheart
* Beatles - Good Morning Good Morning/Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)/A Day In The Life (From the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)  3 In A Row
* Beatles - I’m So Tired (From the album The Beatles White Album) 3 In A Row
* Beatles - Think For Yourself (From the album Rubber Soul) 3 In A Row
* Jamo Thomas & His Party Brothers Orchestra - Snake Hip Mama (From the album I Spy (For the FBI))   Northern Soul 
* AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch (From the album Flick Of The Switch) Disinterred 33⅓
* Queen - Hammer To Fall (From the album The Works) It’s Only Rock And Roll
* Deep Purple - The Surprising (From the album In finite) It’s Only Rock And Roll
* Ozzy Osbourne - Can You Hear Them ? (From the album Down To Earth) It’s Only Rock And Roll
* Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - That’s The Way (From the album No Quarter) It’s Only Rock And Roll
* David Bowie - Stay (From the album Station To Station)
* Marc Bolan - Mustang Ford (From the album The Beginning Of Doves)
* Faces - Three Button Hand Me Down (In Concert 24/02/73) In Session
Birthday Files: 24th February https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_24
1809: London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving its owner, Irish writer and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan, destitute
1854: A Penny Red with perforations becomes the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.
1875: The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
1876 – The stage première of Peer Gynt, a play by Henrik Ibsen with incidental music by Edvard Grieg, takes place in Christiania (Oslo), Norway.
1920: Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
1981: Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer announce their engagement.
1991: Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
2022: Days after recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin orders a full scale invasion of Ukraine.
Born on this day
1922: Tommy Edwards, American R&B singer-songwriter
* Tommy Edwards - Its All In The Game
1940: Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter
* Gene Pitney - Looking Through The Eyes Of Love
1972: Billie Joe Armstrong, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer with Green Day
1948: Dennis Waterman, English actor
* Dennis Waterman with The Dennis Waterman Band - I Could Be So Good For You
1950: George Thorogood, American musician
* George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Move It On Over
1954: Plastic Bertrand, (Born Roger François Jouret) Belgian singer-songwriter and producer
* Plastic Bertrand - Téléphone À Téléphone Mon Bijou 
* Cliff Richard & The Shadows - I’m Willing To Learn (From the album Me And My Shadows) The Jean Genie
* Faces - Memphis Tennessee (In Concert 24/02/73) In Session
Top 10 Albums w/e 25th February 1995
* 10 Portishead - Dummy: Mysterons
* 9 M People - Bizarre Fruit: Sugar Town
* 8 Simple Minds - Good News From The Next World: Night Music
* 7 Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band - Greatest Hits: Old Time Rock & Roll
* Reynolds Girls - I’d Rather Jsck (Clip)
* 6 Belly - King: Red
* 5 Sleeper - Smart: Bedhead
* 4 The Beautiful South - Carry On Up The Charts:The Best Of: I’ll Sail This Ship Alone
* 3 Jimmy Nail - Crocodile Shoes: Angel
* 2 Free The Spirit - Pan Pipe Moods: From A Distance
* 1 Céline Dion - The Colour Of My Love: Lovin’ Proof
* The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love (From the album Huge Hits 2004) Compilation Corner 
MRIB Indie Chart w/e 25th February 1984
* 10 Cocteau Twins - Sunburst And Snowblind EP
* 9	Skeletal Family - She Cries Alone
* 8	Indians In Moscow - Miranda
* 7	Smiths - Hand In Glove
* 6	Hagar The Womb - Word Of The Womb EP: Idolization
* 5	This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren
* 4	Smiths - This Charming Man
* 3	23 Skidoo - Coup (In The Palace)
* 2	March Violets - Snake Dance
* 1	Smiths - What Difference Does It Make ?
* Cellar Door - Galway Girl Undercover Of The Night
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Available
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