17 December 2022

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== Show ==
; Name
;* The Vortex Xmas Box IV
; Station
;* Apple Radio
; DD-MM-YYYY
;* 17-12-2022
; Comments
* Pete's 786th show ~ Saturday 7pm to 10pm,
== Sessions ==
* Elton John (Top Gear 25/12/73)
* Sandie Shaw (Simon Mayo's Big Holy Christmas 24/12/94)
* Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Top Gear 17/12/67)
* Alan Freeman (Simon Mayo Show 24/12/92)
== Tracklisting ==
The Vortex Xmas Box IV 17/12/22
* Neapolitan Trio - Silent Night, Holy Night (1925 Christmas 78 RPM)  One From The Old Vortex Shows
* Sheena Easton - It's Christmas (All Over the World) (From the soundtrack Santa Claus The Movie)
* Nicola Harris - Christmas Everywhere
* Björk - Jólakötturinn (Yule Cat) (From the album Hvít Er Borg Og Bær)
* Genesis - Snowbound (From the album And Then There Were Three)
* Camel - Flight Of The Snow Goose (From the album The Snow Goose)
* Pink Floyd - The Merry Xmas Song (Edit) (One-off joke performance for BBC radio, 1975) (From the album Rarities "The Tree Full Of Secrets”)
* Elton John - Christmas Medley: Rudolf The Red-Nose Reindeer/White Christmas/Jingle Bells (Top Gear 25/12/73) In Session 
* Palma Violets - Last Christmas On Planet Earth (Rough Trade RTRADS788) Love My Label
* The Fall - No Xmas For John Quays (Live) (From the album Totale’s Turns (It's Now Or Never) I Love My Label
* Candies - Tsubasa つばさ (Wings) 19th single
* Agnetha & Linda - Bjällerklang (From the album Nu Tändas Tusen Juleljus) 3 In A Row
* Agnetha & Linda - Nu Tändas Tusen Juleljus (From the album Nu Tändas Tusen Juleljus) 3 In A Row
* Agnetha & Christian feat Michael B. Tretow - Smurferifabriken (From the album Kom Följ Med I Vår Karusell) 3 In A Row 
* AC/DC - Mistress For Christmas (From the album The Razors Edge) Disinterred 33⅓ 
* Queen - A Winter's Tale (From the album Made In Heaven) It’s Only Rock And Roll
* Deep Purple - Hallelujah (From the album The Deep Purple Singles A's & B’s) It’s Only Rock And Roll
* Santa Sabbath - Frosty The Snowman/Children Of The Sleigh (From the album Children of the Sleigh)
* Ozzy Osbourne - Holy For Tonight (From the album Ordinary Man) It’s Only Rock And Roll
* Robert Plant & Alison Kraus - The Light Of Christmas Day (From the Love The Coopers Soundtrack)  It’s Only Rock And Roll
* Sandie Shaw - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (Simon Mayo's Big Holy Christmas 24/12/94) In Session
* Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band -  The Craig Torso Christmas Show (Top Gear 17/12/67) In Session
* David Bowie & Bing Crosby - Peace On Earth-Little Drummer Boy (From the album The Singles 1969 To 1993) 
* T.Rex - Christmas Jingle (Stuart Henry 25/06/70 / Xmas Riff / Christmas Bop
Birthday Files: 17th December https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_17
1865: First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.
1892: First issue of Vogue is published.
1903: The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
1938: Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
1989: The Simpsons premieres on television with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
Born on this day 
1941: Dave Dee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - The Legend Of Xanadu 
Birthday Files: 24th December https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_24
1777: Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
1818: The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria
1914: World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
Born on 24th December
1924: Lee Dorsey, American singer-songwriter
* Lee Dorsey - Working In The Coalmine  
1945: Lemmy Kilminster, English hard rock singer-songwriter and bass player with Motörhead and Hawkwind.
* Lemmy Kilmister with Billy Gibbons & Dave Grohl - Run Rudolph Run
* Cliff Richard - Heart Of Christmas (From the album Cliff At Christmas) The Jean Genie
* Elton John feat backing vocals of John Peel, John Walters & Teddy Warrick - Daniel/Your Song (Top Gear 25/12/73) In Session
* Alan Freeman - We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Simon Mayo Show 24/12/92)
* Cellar Door - Jingle Bell Rock ("Maddens" Anchor Complex, Portstewart 10/12/22)
* Harrisen Larner-Main - Fairytale Of New York
* Elmo & Patsy - Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer (From the album Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer) 
This Weeks Xmas Indie Singles w/e 23rd December 2022
(not the actual chart as published but just the christmas tracks in the whole Top 50 plus the current No.1)
* 10 Gene Autry - Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)
* 9	Sidemen - This Or That (Clean)
* 8	øneheart x reidenshi - Snowfall
* 7	Frank Sinatra - Jingle Bells
* 6	Dolly Parton & Michael Bublé - Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas
* 5	Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas
* 4	East 17 - Stay Another Day
* 3	Sidemen feat JME - Christmas Drillings
* 2	Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody	
* 1 	Raye feat 070 Shake - Escapism
* Cellar Door - Merry Xmas Everybody ("Maddens" Anchor Complex, Portstewart 11/12/22) Undercover Of The Night
* Christmas Bells of Kiev Pechersk Caves Monastery (Dedicated to all who have perished in Ukraine in 2022)
File Ends
Available
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* https://www.mixcloud.com/AppleRadio/the-vortex-xmas-box-17122022-presented-by-irish-pete/
* https://www.mixcloud.com/peteseaton/the-vortex-xmas-box-iv-171222/
* https://www.mixcloud.com/peteseaton/the-vortex-xmas-box-iv-171222-complete/