19 August 2023

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## Show

Name
* The Vortex

Station
* Apple Radio

DD-MM-YYYY
* 19-08-2023

Comments
* Pete's 968th show ~ Saturday 7pm to 10pm. I sounded awful tonight. Started with a connection problem from the start (as corrected in the master copy)

## Sessions

* Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (Peel Session 06/12/79)

## Tracklisting

***The Vortex 19/08/23***

* Warren Mitchell - My Old Gal Salome *(From the film Stand Up Virgin Soldiers) (Clean Edit)*
* Tavares - Don’t Take Away The Music (Hands Off The Music Mix) *(From the album Don't Take Away The Music (The Remix Project))*
* Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother *(From the album Atom Heart Mother)*
* Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - I And I Reality (Peel Session 06/12/79) ***In Session***
* The Monochrome Set - The Monochrome Set / Mr. Bizarro (7” on Rough Trade RT 028) 1979***I Love My Label***
* Warren Mitchell - My Grandfather's Clock *(From the album Alf Garnett's Music Hall) **3 In A Row***
* Warren Mitchell - If It Wasn't For The 'Ouses In Between *(From the album Alf Garnett's Music Hall)* ***3 In A Row***
* Warren Mitchell - With A Little Bit Of Luck *(From the 1987 Soundtrack My Fair Lady)* ***3 In A Row***
* Chuck Wood - Seven Days Too Long *(From the album All Nighter (A Taste Of Northern Soul)) **Northern Soul***
* AC/DC - Let's Get It Up *(From the album For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)) **Disinterred 33⅓***
* Queen - Seven Seas Of Rhye *(From the album Greatest Hits) **It’s Only Rock And Roll***
* Deep Purple - Don't Let Go (*From the album Rapture Of The Deep) **It’s Only Rock And Roll***
* Ozzy Osbourne - Road To Nowhere *(From the album No More Tears)* ***It’s Only Rock And Roll***
* Robert Plant - Down To The Sea *(From the album Fate Of Nations)* ***It’s Only Rock And Roll***
* David Bowie - Candidate *(From the album Diamond Dogs)*
* T.Rex - Teenage Dream *(From the album Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow)*

***Birthday Files: 19th August** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August\_19*

1561: Mary, Queen of Scots, aged 18, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.

1612: The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in British history.

1745: Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie The Young Pretender) raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45”.

1759: Battle of Lagos: Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.

1839: The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world”.

1934: The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.

1934: The German referendum of 1934 approves Adolf Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.

1940: First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.

1960: Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.

1964: Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, is launched. Two months later, it would enable live coverage of the 1964 Summer Olympics.

1987: Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.

1989: Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

1991: Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The August Coup begins when Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine.

***Born on this day***

1939: Ginger Baker, English drummer and songwriter

* Cream - I Feel Free

1940: Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter

* Johnny Nash - There Are More Questions Than Answers

1951: John Deacon, English bass player and songwriter

* Queen - One Dump, One Turd, Two Tits, John Deacon / One Vision (Extended)
* Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Pointed Toe Shoes *(From the album Cliff Sings) **The Jean Genie***
* Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Was Ist Eine Welle (Peel Session 06/12/79) ***In Session***

**All Time Top 10 Stiff Records Singles**

* **10** Devo - Be Stiff
* **9**  Madness - Embarrassment
* **8** Kirsty MacColl - They Don't Know
* **7**  Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives
* **6**  Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World
* **5**  Lene Lovich - Bird Song
* **4**  The Pogues - Sally McLennane
* **3**  Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
* **2**  The Damned - New Rose
* **1**  Ian Dury & The Blockheads - What A Waste
* Blondie - Maria *(From the album New Hits 99)* ***Compilation Corner***
* Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Violence (Peel Session 06/12/79) ***In Session***

**MRIB Indie Chart w/e 20th August 1983**

* **10** *T.Rex - Think Zinc*
* **9** Strawberry Switchblade - Trees And Flowers
* **8** *Crass - Sheep Farming In The Falklands*
* **7** Varukers - Die For Your Government
* **6** APB - One Day
* **5** *Tom Robinson - War Baby*
* **4** New Order - Blue Monday (12”)
* **3** *Death Cult - Brothers Grimm*
* **2** *Crass - Who Dunnit ? (Explicit)*
* **1** Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
* Cellar Door - Folsom Prison Blues/Crazy Little Thing Called Love/You Do Something To Me (Red Sails 2019 26/07/19) ***Undercover Of The Night***

***Apple Radio @ Morgans Bar Weston-super-Mare 19/08/23***

* Madness - One Step Beyond

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**Available**

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