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It was Decemeber 21st 1989 and I was between jobs and it was a cold winter day. I decided to attempt a recording of the " Captain Ken Shelton's Big Top 10 Countdown" which was a regular feature on WBCN in those days. Charles Laquardera had Misougatch and Captain Ken had the countdown and Mark Parenteau had a 3 the comedy at 5:00. It was a great station and the lineup was solid.

I had my 90 minute tape ready to go and was lucky enough to turn the radio on at around 11:30 as the countdown started early much to my surprise. I hit my record button and the rest is history. It has songs that aren't heard much these days and some that we're jusr on the cusp of hitting the Christmas music scene. Here's the list:

20: The Stools- (BCN' garage band) Santa's Attitude.

19: Keith Richards- Run Run Rudolph. 

18: Elton John- Step Into Christmas.

17: Bodines- Chistmas Time.

16: Kate Bush- December Will Be Here.

15: Band Aid- Do They Know It's Christmas?.

14: Bob And Doug- 12 Days Of Christmas.

13: Bing and Bowie-  Little Drummer Boy/ Peace On Earth.

12: Eagles- Please Come Home For Christmas.

11: Elmo and Patsy- Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer.

10: Jethro Tull- Christmas Song.

9: Billy Squire- ( I didn't write the title).

8: Pretenders- 2000 Miles.

7: John Lennon- War Is Over.

6: U2- Christmas Baby Please Come Home.

5: Greg Lake- ( I didn't write the title)

3: Springsteen- Santa Clause Is Coming To Town.

2: Kinks- Father Christmas.

AND #1

Waitresses- Christmas Wrapping.

I missed a song when I re-recorded the tape in 1996 but the song is on the tape I just didn't write it on the song list. The recording is raw and pure right off the Radio and I had to time the tape flip so I wouldn't miss any songs. It has a lot of Captain Kens insights on the songs and is a very cool look back to a different time for BCN'.

 Now for my Dilemma:

Where can I have this tape converted onto a CD? I'm afraid to put it into my tape player as I don't want to risk ruining this treasure of my Christmas collection. Does anyone know where this can be converted? Are there any BCN' fans that remember this era of the stations history? I was 25 and it was a great time for Boston Rock.

The Fools April Fools shows at the Channel we're awesome.

Any help on my dilemma would be greatly appreciated.