Why I Do This

I was lucky enough to be a teenager through the eighties and I was mad on music, big hair, bad make-up and all that went with being a teenager of the times. All these years later I still have the big hair but now it is "touched" with grey and the bad make-up is gone but the tunes still play loudly in my head and even louder if they grace my radio, tv or mp3player. I will gladly admit to being a"mainstream" fan for the most part but I do have the odd liking for some of the less "played to death" bands of the time. What started all this was a drawer full of slowly decaying cassettes and a fear of losing the music that is on them. So I began to recreate them onto CD and I am loving it and finding some fantastic albums along the way.

I would like to re-dedicate this site to my late husband, he lost his long battle with cancer in 2011, he was a huge 80's fan, possibly even more so than myself. So for you my love.

Download Links

Updated 15th May 2020



Hi All, I am slowly revamping the blog. You won't find any download links on this site but I am only too happy to of supplied the tracklistings to assist you in remembering those long lost gems .Thanks Meggsy



Saturday, May 16, 2020

H'its Hot! 84/85

Hits Hot 84/85

 H'its Hot! 84/85

SIDE A
 01 SHE BOP - CYNDI LAUPER 
 02 LUCKY STAR - MADONNA 
 03 THE WAR SONG - CULTURE CLUB 
 04 I WON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME - NIK KERSHAW 
 05 MADAM BUTTERFLY ( UN BEL DI VEDREMO) - MALCOLM McLAREN 
 06 BURN FOR YOU - INXS 
 THE LUCKY ONE - LAURA BRANIGAN 
 08 FLAME TREES - COLD CHISEL 
 09 SMALL TOWN BOY - BRONSKI BEAT
SIDE B
 01 BETWEEN THE EYES - THE ANGELS 
 02 WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT - TWISTED SISTER 
 03 THE WARRIOR - SCANDAL (featuring Patty Smyth) 
 04 DANCING IN BERLIN - BERLIN 
05 LOVE RESURRECTION - ALISON MOYET 
06 YOU'RE THE BEST THING - THE STYLE COUNCIL 
 07 PASSENGERS - ELTON JOHN 
 08 CARELESS WHISPER - GEORGE MICHAEL
 09 LOCOMOTION - OMD

The Breakers '83


The Breakers '83


 Side 1:
 01 Beat It - Michael Jackson 
 02 Der Kommissar - After The Fire 
 03 I'm Still Standing - Elton John 
 04 Buffalo Gals - Malcolm Mclaren 
 05 Wham Rap - Wham! 
 06 Little Red Corvette - Prince 
 07 Black And White - Inxs 
 08 Overkill - Men At Work 
 09 Street Cafe - Icehouse 

 Side 2:
 10 Solitaire - Laura Branigan 
 11 The Walls Came Down - The Call 
 12 Stand Back - Stevie Nicks 
 13 Let's Go To Bed - The Cure 
 14 Mad World - Tears For Fears 
 15 Speak Like A Child - The Style Council 
 16 Candy Girl - New Edition 
 17 It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls 
 18 Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler




 1985 On Fire 

 01 Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You
 02 Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Shunshine
 03 Go West - We Close Our Eyes
 04 Pointer Sisters - Baby Come And Get It
 05 Machinations - My Hearts On Fire
 06 Simple Minds - Don't you forget about me
 07 Uncanny X-Men - 50 Years
 08 Chins Crisis - Black Man Ray
 09 Paul Hardcastle - 19
 10 Do Re Mi - Man Overboard
 11 Australian Crawl - Two Can Play
 12 DeBarge - Rhythm Of The Night
 13 Mary Jane Girls - In My House
 14 Beargarden - I Write The News
 15 Kids In The Kitchen - Somethig That You Said
 16 Billy Ocean - Suddenly
 17 The Commodores - Nightshift
 18 Ashford & Simpson - Solid

Hit Pix '88 Volume II


Hit Pix '88 Volume II 

 Tracklisting:
 01 Big Pig - Breakaway 
 02 OMD - Dreaming 
 03 Black - Wonderful Life 
 04 Sinead O'Conner - Mandinka 
 05 Chantoozies, The - Wanna Be Up
 06 Paul Kelly And The Coloured Girls - Don't Stand So Close To The Window 
 07 Rockmelons -  What's It Gonna Be 
 08 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind 
 09 Beatmasters Featuring Cookie Crew,- The  Rok Da House
 10 Natalie Cole - Pink Cadillac 
 11 Richard Marx - Endless Summer Nights 
 12 Paul Carrack - One Good Reason 
 13 Icehouse - Nothing Too Serious 
 14 Venetians - Bitter Tears 
 15 Aswad - Don't Turn Around 
 16 Church, The - Under The Milky Way   
 17 Choirboys - Struggle Town 
 18 Jimmy Barnes - I'm Still On Your Side 

Hits Awesome! '86


Hits Awesome! '86

 01 Wa Wa Nee - Simulation
 02 Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait
 03 Bronski Beat - C'mon C'mon
 04 Big Country - Look Away
 05 Boom Crash Opera - Great Wall
 06 Eurythmics - When Tomorrow Comes
 07 Charlie Sexton - Impressed
 08 Doctor & The Medics - Spirit In The Sky
 09 The Blow Monkeys, -  Digging Your Scene
 10 Matt Moffitt - Miss This Tonight
 11 Howard Jones - No One Is To Blame
 12 Simply Red - Holding Back The Years
 13 George Michael - A Different Corner
 14 Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All
 15 The Moody Blues - Your Wildest Dreams
 16 Cliff Richard - Living Doll


Label: CBS Records Australia 
Catalog#: AWE 1 
Format: Vinyl, LP

Country: Australia
Released: 1986
Genre: Pop 

Style: Vocal 

Friday, May 15, 2020

Crunchie (1980)



I was lucky enough to snag a copy of this little gem from Ebay.

 Crunchie 1980
 01 John Stewart - Gold 
 02 Jon English - Hot Town 
 03 Voyager - Halfway Hotel 
 04 Peaches & Herb - Reunited 
 05 Graham Gouldman - Sunburn 
 06 Dire Straits - Water of Love 
 07 Thom Pace - Maybe 
 08 Alicia Bridges - I Love the Nightlife 
 09 Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive 
 10 Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing 
 11 Elton John - Part Time Love 
 12 The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap 
 13 Max Merritt - Dirty Work 
 14 Paul Evans - Hello, This Is Joannie 
 15 Eric Clapton - Promises 
 16 Jon English - Six Ribbons


Saturday, July 7, 2012

One Off Reader Request

Along with the obvious collection of Various Artists cassettes I have many many Artist's Own cassttes and I would love to share them also but I am still trying to rip cassettes. This week though I received an email from David, one reader who like myself is a Models fan and well the result of that email is tonight's post.  Models 1986 Album "Media",

Media [1986]


01 - Evolution
02 - Let's Kiss
03 - Hold On
04 - Beast O Mine
05 - Shootin' Train
06 - Build It Up
07 - Bitter Years
08 - Sky Went Grey
09 - I Had A Premonition
10 - Ghostworld 

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Facebook Page Up And Running



After much debate with myself I have decided to give a Facebook page for this blog a go. I'm thinking it might be a better way of contact than email as many of you may of noticed, I'm pretty crappy at responding to emails so drop on by and say Gidday here

Monday, May 7, 2012

Its Been A While

Hi All,
Long time no post. With a heavy heart I'd like to share with you that 10 days after my last post on July 21st 2009 my then fiance was diagnoised with terminal cancer. In the following two years he fought very hard but he lost his battle in May 2011. He was a mad keen 70's and 80's music lover and loved belting out the songs we both loved at any chance. I have been broken and lost without him but I have found comfort in one of the things we both loved, music.
I have found my way back to the little blog that I started many years ago. Time to get back to it. After sifting through way too many unread emails I have been working at repying so if you get an odd email a few years late, its just me. 

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Alive And Well And Living In Boxes.

Yes I am still alive, flat out packing house at the moment, trying to buy a new one and sell two others at the same time. So not much time apart from work and this thing I think they call sleep.
So wanted to "POP" in and say Gidday and to pass on a huge thanks to Mad Danno for his fierce defense of our little blog, the guy is a real gent in my eyes.
So bye bye to Aus Pop Mix, oh and thanks so much for actually sending me links to STUFF THAT WAS MINE OR DAN'S TO BEGIN WITH YOU TWAT. Not my most lady like moment guys and to you I apologise but that kind of behaviour shits me to tears.
Subject and his blog now closed!!!!

So as they say..... stay tuned, have found some goodies as I have been packing that I am dying to share.