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



Showing posts with label 1983. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1983. Show all posts

Saturday, May 16, 2020

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



Thursday, October 9, 2008

Thru The Roof '83




Thru The Roof 83

01 Pat Wilson - Bop Girl
02 Dragon - Rain
03 Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
04 UB40 - Red Red Wine
05 Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat
06 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow
07 Sharon O'Neill - Maxine
08 Malcolm McLaren - Double Dutch
09 Michael Sembello - Maniac
10 Billy Joel - Tell Her About It
11 Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
12 KC & The Sunshine Band - Give It Up
13 Cold Chisel - No Sense
14 Elton John - Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
15 John English - Some People (Have All The Fun)
16 Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money
17 Blues Brothers, The & Ray Charles - Shake A Tail Feather
18 Austen Tayshus - Australiana
From Wikipedia
Thru The Roof '83 was a various artists "hits" collection album released in Australia in 1983 on the CBS record Label (Cat No. ROOF 1). The album spent 5 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts in Dec. 1983 / Jan. 1984.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Women Of Rock


Women Of Rock

Side 1
01 Melissa Manchester - You Should Hear
02 Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
03 Toni Basil - Mickey
04 Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot
05 Bananarama - Shy Boy
06 Sheena Easton - Modern Girl
07 The Waitressess - I Know What Boys Like
08 Motels - Total Control
09 Blondie - Rapture
10 Renee Geyer - Say I Love You
Side 2
11 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N' Roll
12 Frida - I Know There's Something Going On
13 Lene Lovich - Lucky Number
14 Kim Wilde - Kids In America
15 Missing Persons - Words
16 Eurogliders - Without You
17 Jo Kennedy - Body And Soul
18 Judy Tzuke - Stay With Me Till Dawn
19 Kate Bush - Babooshka
20 Suzi Quatro - Rock Hard

Many thanks to Mad Danno for insert

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Hitwave '83





HITWAVE 83

01 Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
02 Clash - Rock The Casbah
03 Wham - Young Guns
04 Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon
05 Bananarama - Shy Boy
06 Simple Minds - Glittering Prize
07 Olivia Newton-John - Heart Attack
08 Men At Work - Dr Heckyll & Mr Jive
09 Monte Video & The Cassettes- Shoop Shoop Diddy Wop
10 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
11 Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong
12 Eddy Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance
13 Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
14 Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker
15 Fat Larry's Band - Zoom
16 Captain Sensible - Wot
17 Billy Joel - Allentown
18 Deniece Williams - It's Gonna Take A Miracle

GRAB IT HERE

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Go For It '83


Go for It '83
Side 1
01 Living on the Ceiling - Blancmange
02 Hey little Girl - Icehouse
03 Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs
04 Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? - Culture Club
05 Zoom - Fat Larry's Band
06 The Traveller - Big Red
07 Jackie Wilson Said - Dexy's Midnight Runners
08 Stand Up - The Angels
09 Peek-a-Boo - Devo
Side 2
10 Gloria - Laura Branigan
11 Down the Line - Mi-Sex
12 Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel
13 Don't Change - INXS
14 Back on the Chain Gang - The Pretenders
15 Twisting by the Pool - Dire Straits
16 Close Again - Mental as Anything
17 Africa - Toto
18 Truly - Lionel Richie

Many thanks to Rod for the replacement cover

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Maiden Australia [1983]

Maiden Australia [1983]
01 Split Enz - Next Exit
02 The Expression - Nothing Changes
03 Mental As Anything - Close Again
04 Skyhooks - Women in Uniform
05 The Runners - Endlessly
06 Renée Geyer - Say I Love You
07 Jo Jo Zep - Taxi Mary
08 Wendy & The Rocketts - Security
09 Machinations - Pressure Sway
10 DD Smash - Outlook For Thursday
11 Sunnyboys - Show Me Some Discipline
12 Hunters & Collectors - Lumps of Lead

Try it out

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Raiders Of The Pop Charts (1983 -Double Cassette)


My Pick for this double release has to be on Volume 1, track 8 Sharon O'Neill's Maybe.

 1983 Raiders Of The Pop Charts 

 Tracklisting:
 Vol1
 A1 Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
 A2 Toto Coelo - Dracula's Tango
 A3 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
 A4 Avion - I Need You
 A5 Toto - Rosanna
 A6 Loverboy - Working For The Weekend
 A7 Elton John - Blue Eyes
 A8 Sharon O'Neill - Maybe
 A9 Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now?
 B1 Yazoo - Don't Go
 B2 Cheap Trick - If You Want My Love
 B3 Allniters - Hold On
 B4 Bertie Higgins - Key Largo
 B5 Shakin' Stevens - Oh Julie
 B6 Adam And The Ants - Goody Two Shoes
 B7 Boys Town Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off You
 B8 Dr. Hook - Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk
 Tracklisting:
 Vol2
 C1 Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
 C2 Tommy Tutone - 867-5309Jenny
 C3 Roxy Music - Avalon
 C4 The Jam - Town Called Malice
 C5 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
 C6 Christopher Atkins - How Can I Live Without Her
 C7 Grand Masterflash - The Message
 C8 The Angels  - Stand Up
 D1 Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'till You Get Enough
 D2 The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed
 D3 The Quick - The Rhythm Of The Jungle
 D4 Trio - Da Da Da I Don't Love You
 D5 Mark Holden - Who Do You Love
 D6 Frida - I Know There's Something Going On
 D7 Sylvester - Do Ya Wanna Funk
 D8 Dan Fogelberg - Missing You
 D9 Tina Cross - Losing Your Touch


Label: K-Tel International (Aust.) Ltd. 
 Catalog#: NA 651 
 Format: 2 x Audio Cassette, Limited Edition, Compilation.

 Country: Australia
 Released: 1983
 Genre: Electronic, Pop, Rock 
 Style: Soft Rock, Pop Rock, Synth-pop 
 Notes: Limited Collectors Edition

Sunday, March 16, 2008

1983 The Hot Ones

Not an album I really liked that much at the time of it's release apart from the gravel laiden voice of Christina Amphlett who is just amazing.



1983 The Hot Ones

Side 1:
01 White Wedding - Billy Idol
02 Don't Pay The Ferryman - Chris De Burgh
03 I Eat Canniballs - Toto Coelo
04 Shoop Shoop Diddy Wop Cumma Cumma Wang Dang - Monte Video And The Cassettes
05 The Clapping Song - The Belle Stars
06 Our House - Madness
07 She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
08 The Message - Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five
09 Science Fiction - Divinyls
10 Hooked On Hooks - Skyhooks
Side 2:
11 Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
12 Heartbreaker - Dionne Warwick
13 Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
14 I Could Be So Good For You - Dennis Waterman
15 The Other Guy - Little River Band
16 Steppin Out - Joe Jackson
17 Its Raining Again - Supertramp
18 Ain't No Pleasing You - Chas And Dave
19 Wot - Captain Sensible
20 Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Boys Town Gang

From Wikipedia: 
1983 The Hot Ones - Compilation album by various artists
Released 1983 - Genre Pop - Label Festival Records "1983 The Hot Ones" was a various artists "hits" collection album released in Australia in 1983 on the Festival record Label. The album spent 4 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts in 1983.

1983 Summer Breaks

This release was so loved by me that I stretched the poor tape to the point that it actually snapped. Luckily for me I was able to replace it when I happened upon a clearance bin in K-Mart I still had the insert from the original and as you can see the original price sticker is still there. A whole $10.99 which in 1983 was a lot of doing after school jobs.


SIDE 1:
1 THE SAFETY DANCE....Men Without Hats
2 I HEAR MOTION.....The Models
3 PUTTIN ON THE RITZ....Taco
4 RECKLESS.....Australian Crawl
5 MONTEGO BAY.....The Allniters
6 SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER.....The Motels
7 WORDS.....F R David
8 MAKING LOVE OUT OF NOTHING AT ALL.....Air Supply
9 LOVE BLONDE.....Kim Wilde
SIDE 2:
1 I.O.U.......Freeze
2 SHE'S SEXY AND 17.....Stray Cats
3 WHO'S THAT GIRL?.....Eurythmics
4 JUST GOT LUCKY......JoBoxers
5 TONIGHT I CELEBRATE MY LOVE......Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack
6 SOLDIER OF FORTUNE....John Paul Young
7 MADE MY DAY.....Tim Finn
8 LIFE GETS BETTER......Graham Parker
9 NOBODY'S DIARY.....Yazoo

From Wikipedia
1983 ... Summer Breaks - Compilation album by various artists
Released 1983 - Genre Pop - Label EMI
1983 ... Summer Breaks was a various artists "hits" collection album released in Australia in 1983 on EMI (Catalogue No. GIVE 2009). The album spent 3 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts in 1983.