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Testing a Christmas 8 Track Tape on the 1965 Lear Jet 8 Track Stereo Player

[pastdaily]

The Earlies In Session – 2009 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Christmas Edition – The Earlies - In session at The BBC - Dec. 21, 2009 - BBC 6 Music - The Earlies, getting us reasonably into the holiday season. Yes, believe it or not, there are 4 shopping days until Christmas, and despite an avalanche of Christmas Music coming out of every speaker, we've been suspiciously silent until...

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Christmas Sing With Bing – 1956 – Christmas Gallimaufry – A Christmas Sing With Bing - December 24, 1956 - CBS Radio Network - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - Bing Crosby and Christmas - for decades it was an institution. You couldn't have one without the other. And every year, from 1955 up to the 1970s (and beyond, via repeats) the Christmas season became official when the voice...

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You Live In Los Angeles – It’s December 22, 1979 – You’re No Longer A Teenager – New Wave Doesn’t Speak To You – But Dave Hull Does. Past Daily Pop Chronicles – KMPC-Dave Hull 12 midnight - 1:00 am - December 22, 1979 - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - If you happened to be dial-hopping around midnight on December 22nd 1979, one of two things were...

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Curtis Mayfield – Live In London 1990 – Past Daily Soundbooth – Past Daily – Curtis Mayfield - live At Town & Country, London - 1990 - BBC Radio 1 - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - Change of pace for Sunday night - a taste of Soul by way of the legendary Curtis Mayfield. The man who gave us a flood of hits with his group The Impressions, including the iconic People Get Ready...

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October 13: “The Edsel Show” with Crosby and Sinatra airs on this date in 1957

October 13: “The Edsel Show” with Crosby and Sinatra airs on this date in 1957

No car ever received — or likely will ever get again — the introduction that the Edsel did. Henry Ford II was determined to make the Edsel a pillar of the company, and his marketing team used every weapon they had. Ford called the Edsel’s debut “E Day,” and had the windows of the new Edsel dealers covered until the car could be revealed in September 1957. On this date in 1957, Ford took over Ed Sullivan’s time slot on CBS with a live one-hour special: “The Edsel Show,” starring Bing Crosby and featuring Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Rosemary Clooney and Bob Hope.

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[glitteranddoom-pbsfm]

Tonight will be the first ever 'Glitter + Doom' Christmas special! Hope all your wishes come true, and none of your holiday conversations end up as stilted and awkward as Bing & David's in this gem of a clip. Xx