On This Day My Musical History Part 9

I have been revisiting this set of posts, most of which were written 5 years ago and I am really pleased with them. Their mix of political, social, cultural and personal history is really good, though I say so myself! As I went through them, tidying up the odd thing, I realised that I hadn’t bought the music together under one roof as it were! So, I have put together a Spotify playlist for myself and anyone who might be interested. It’s well over 100 tracks and when I add the Christmas tracks to the end it might be nearer to 150!! If you read, and enjoy, the 9th entry, you can find the rest in the section Musical History. Happy reading. Here’s the playlist.

New broom, the same mess to sweep up Despite the wave of optimism that greeted the election of the Conservative party under Margaret Thatcher the previous year, it turned out to be a very grim year for the UK economy. Inflation reached almost 20% by the end of the year whilst unemployment was rising inexorably […]

My Musical History Part 9