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.

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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 1986. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1986. Show all posts

Saturday, May 16, 2020

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 

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 

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

All The Hits (1986)


All The Hits 1986

 01 The Cars - Tonight She Comes
 02 Bronski Beat - Hit That Perfect Beat
 03 Elton John - Wrap Her Up
 04 A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines On Tv
 05 Thompson Twins - King For A Day
 06 The Cure - Close To Me
 07 Pete Townsend - Face The Face
 08 Mr Mister - Broken Wing
 09 Starship - We Built This City
 10 Eurythmics - It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
 11 Dire Straits - Walk Of Life
 12 Clarence Clemmons And Jackson Browne - You're A Friend Of Mine
 13 Fine Young Cannibals - Blue
 14 Eurogliders - Can't Wait To See You
 15 Jennifer Rush - Power Of Love
 16 Dionne Warwick - That's What Friends Are For

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Just Hits 85-86

Just Hits 85 - 86

Side 1
01 Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
02 Johnny Come Home - Fine Young Cannibals
03 In Between Days - The Cure
04 Head Over Heels When You Call Me - The Style Council
05 Life In A Northern Town - The Dream Academy
06 Endless Road - Time Bandits
07 The City Of Soul - Eurogliders

Side 2
08 ( Billy ) Don't You Lose My Number - Phil Collins
09 Dress You Up - Madonna
10 Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer
11 Frankie - Sister Sledge
12 Date With Destiny - Mental As Anything
13 Life In One Day - Howard Jones
14 All You Zombies - Hooters
15 Cherish - Kool And The Gang
***Many Thanks To Mad Danno For This Album***

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

1986 Way To Go


1986 Way to Go
Side 1:
01 When The Going Gets Tough The Tough Get Going - Billy Ocean
02 Love An Adventure - Pseudo Echo
03 West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
04 So Much For Love - Venetians
05 Sex And Fame - Jump Incorporated
06 Absolute Beginners - David Bowie
07 Say I'm Your No1 - Princess
08 I Do What I Do - John Taylor
09 Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
Side 2:
10 Chain Reaction - Diana Ross
11 Don't Look Down - Go West
12 Sanctify Yourself - Simple Minds
13 Baby, You're So Strange - Icehouse
14 "Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer
15 Death Defying - Hoodoo Gurus
16 Talk To Me - Stevie Nicks
17 Say Goodbye - Hunters And Collectors
18 Ride The Night Away - Jimmy Barnes

From Wikipedia
1986 Way to Go - Compilation album by various artists Released 1986 - Genre Pop - Label Festival/EMI 1986 Way To Go was a various artists "hits" collection album released in Australia in 1986 on the Festival/EMI record Label (Cat No RML-50008) The album spent 3 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts in 1986

Sunday, April 6, 2008

1986 Out Now


1986 Out Now.
01 Queen - One Vision
02 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
03 Ub40 + Chrissie Hynde - I Got You Babe
04 Jimmy Barnes - I'd Die To Be With You Tonight
05 Midge Ure - If I Was
06 Divinyls - Pleasure And Pain
07 Kids In The Kitchen - Current Stand
08 Hoodoo Gurus - Like Wow
09 Real Life - Face To Face
10 Arcadia - Election Day
11 Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking
12 Thompson Twins - Don't Mess With Dr. Dream
13 Pseudo Echo - Don't Go
14 Models - Cold Fever
15 Eurythmics + Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves
16 Tina Turner - One Of The Living
17 Heart - What About Love
18 Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69
My album Pick is track #14 Models Cold Fever.
You can watch it here on youtube.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

1986 Just For Kicks


1986 Just for Kicks

Side 1:
01 Princes of the Universe - Queen
02 Who Made Who - AC/DC
03 Hyperactive - Robert Palmer
04 Mean To Me - Crowded House
05 Left Of Centre - Suzanne Vega
06 Before Too Long - Paul Kelly
07 God Thank You Woman - Culture Club
08 If Somebody Loves You - Venetians
09 Manic Monday - The Bangles

Side 2:
10 Touch Me - Samantha Fox
11 Let's Go All The Way - Sly Fox
12 Do You Wanna Be - I'm Talking
13 Shell Shock - New Order
14 Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
15 What Have You Done For Me Lately? - Janet Jackson
16 I Wanna Be A Cowboy - Boys Don't Cry
17 If You Leave - OMD
18 There'll Be Sad Songs - Billy Ocean

From Wikipedia
1986 Just for Kicks - Compilation album by various artists
Released 1986 - Genre Pop - Label Festival/EMI
1986 Just For Kicks was a various artists "hits" collection album released in Australia in 1986 on the Festival/EMI record Label (Cat No. HPP-261108). The album spent 4 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts in 1986.