15 April 2023

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## Show

Name
* The Vortex

Station
* Apple Radio

DD-MM-YYYY
* 15-04-2023

Comments
* Pete's 876th show ~ Saturday 7pm to 10pm,

## Sessions

* Strawberry Switchblade (Peel Session 05/10/82)
* Strawberry Switchblade (Peel Session 15/04/85)

## Tracklisting

***The Vortex 15/04/23***

* 10cc - Speed Kills *(From the album 10cc)*
* Barry White - It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me *(From the album Barry White Sings For Someone You Love)*
* Heart - Barracuda *(From the album Little Queen)*
* Wings - Crossroads *(From the album Venus And Mars)*
* Asia - Heat Of The Moment *(From the album American Heartbeat) **One From The Old Vortex Shows***
* Radio Tunisia 15/05/90 (Snatch)
* Pink Floyd - The Narrow Way (Parts 1 to 3) *(From the album Ummagumma)*
* Strawberry Switchblade - Secrets (Peel Session 05/10/82) ***In Session***
* Kleenex - You  / Ü *(7” on Rough Trade RT 014) 1979  **I Love My Label***
* 10cc - One-Two-Five *(From the album Look Hear ?) **3 In A Row***
* 10cc - Overdraft In Overdrive *(From the album Ten Out Of 10) **3 In A Row***
* 10cc - Americana Panorama *(From the album Windows In The Jungle)* ***3 In A Row***
* Dixie Dregs - Take It Off The Top *(From the album What If)*
* Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night *(From the album Chameleon) **Northern Soul***
* AC/DC - Love Hungry Man *(From the album Highway To Hell) **Disinterred 33⅓***
* Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody*(From the album Greatest Hits) **It’s Only Rock And Roll***
* Deep Purple - Haunted (*From the album Bananas) **It’s Only Rock And Roll***
* Ozzy Osbourne - Devil's Daughter (Holy War) *(From the album No Rest For The Wicked)* ***It’s Only Rock And Roll***
* Robert Plant - White, Clean and Neat *(From the album Now And Zen)* ***It’s Only Rock And Roll***
* Strawberry Switchblade - Cut With The Cake Knife (Peel Session 15/04/85) ***In Session***
* David Bowie - Rosalyn *(From the album Pin Ups)*
* T.Rex - Country Honey *(From the album Tanx)*

***Birthday Files: 15th April** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April\_15*

1865: President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth.  Three hours later, Vice President Andrew Johnson is sworn in as President

1892: The General Electric Company is formed.

1896: Closing ceremony of the Games of the 1st Olympiad in Athens, Greece.

1912: The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive.

1923: Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.

1941: In the Belfast Blitz, two hundred bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing around one thousand people.

1945: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.

1955: The first McDonald's restaurant opened in Illinois. USA

1984: Tommy Cooper dies on stage.

1989: Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi-final, resulting in the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans.

2019: The cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in France is seriously damaged by a large fire.

***Born on this day***

1937: Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

* Bob Luman - Let’s Think About Living

1944: Dave Edmunds, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

* Dave Edmunds - Girl’s talk
* Cliff Richard & The Drifters - Driftin’ *(From the album Cliff) **The Jean Genie***

**Top 10 Albums  w/e 21st April 1973**

* **10**  T. Rex - Tanx: Born To Boogie
* **9**  Gilbert O’Sullivan - Back To Front: Clair
* **8** Elton John - Don’t Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player: Elderberry Wine
* **7**  Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon: Money
* **6**  Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies: Unfinished Sweet
* **5**  Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure: Beauty Queen
* **4**  Various Artists - 20 Flash Back Greats Of The Sixties: Coasters - Yakety Yak
* **3**  Faces - Ooh-La-La: Cindy Incidentally
* **2**  Various Artists - 40 Fantastic Hits From The 50s And 60s: Reparata & The Delrons - Captain Of Your Ship
* **1** Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy: The Ocean
* Ash - Goldfinger *(From the album New Hits 96)* ***Compilation Corner***

**MRIB Indie Chart w/e 16th April 1983**

* **10***Danse Society - Somewhere/Hide*
* **9** *Blood & Roses - Love Under Will*
* **8** Go Betweens - Cattle And Cane
* **7** Cocteau Twins - Peppermint Pig (7" Version)
* **6** Serious Drinking - Hangover
* **5** *Mezzoforte - Garden Party*
* **4** *Shriekback - Lined up*
* **3** *Sisters Of Mercy - Anaconda*
* **2** Damned - White Rabbit
* **1** New Order - Blue Monday (7” Version)
* Cellar Door - Highway To Hell/Immigrant Song/Teenage Kicks (The Quays, Portrush 19/01/19)***Undercover Of The Night***

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**Available**

* https://soundcloud.com/pete-seaton/the-vortex-193-150423-complete
* https://www.mixcloud.com/AppleRadio/the-vortex-15042023-presented-by-irish-pete/