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

H'its Huge '84

H'its Huge '84
Side 1:
01 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!
02 Miss Me Blind - Culture Club
03 Sad Songs (Say So Much) - Elton John
04 What is Love - Howard Jones
05 I Send a Message - INXS
06 Breakin'.There's No Stopping Us - Ollie & Jerry
07 Breakdance - Irene Cara
08 Holiday - Madonna
09 No More Words - Berlin

Side 2:
1 Big Girls - Electric Pandas
2 Taking the Town - Icehouse
3 Cry - Dragon
4 Wouldn't It Be Good - Nik Kershaw
5 Oh Sherrie - Steve Perry
6 Heaven (Must Be There) - Eurogliders
7 Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung
8 I've Been To Bali Too - Redgum
9 Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper

From Wikipedia
Compilation album by various artists Released 1984 Genre Pop Label CBS Records H'its Huge '84 was a various artists "hits" collection album released in Australia in 1984 on the CBS record Label (Cat No. HUGE 001). The album spent 5 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts in 1984.

A Little Treat

One of my favourite Icehouse albums, featuring of course the fabulous track Miss Divine.

Icehouse Code Blue 1990. My favourite track though has to be track 11 Jericho Bay.

1 Mercy on the Boy
2 Harbour Town
3 The Great Divide
4 Wind and Sail
5 Miss Divine
6 Big Fun
7 Knockin' Em Down
8 Miracle Mile
9 Where the River Meets The Sea
10 Anything Is Possible
11 Jericho Bay
12 Charlie's Sky

1981 Over The Top

This tape holds many memories for me. In the early 80's my dad was helping my step brother run a courier business and one night my younger sister and I got to go on a 6hour trip with him and this was the tape my step brother had in the tape deck at the time. I remember falling in love with Icehouse and Mondo Rock thanks to this tape

Side 1:
1: Mental As Anything - Too many times
2: Jona Lewie - Louise ( We get it right )
3: Devo - Beautiful world
4: Olivia Newton-John - Physical
5: Rick Springfield - I've done everything for you
6: Stevie Nicks + Tom Petty - Stop draggin' my heart around
7: Kim Wilde - Chequered love
8: Little River Band - The night owls
9: Ph.D - I won't let you down

Side 2:
1: Billy Squier - The stroke
2: Swanee - If I were a carpenter
3: Juice Newton - Queen of hearts
4: Icehouse - Love in motion
5: Mondo Rock - Chemistry
6: Billy Field - You weren't in love with me
7: Dave Stewart - What becomes of the broken hearted
8: Divinyls - Boys in town
9: Pat Benatar - Fire and ice

The album debuted on the Oz Top 100 chart 30 Nov 1981 and spent 14 weeks inside the top 100, peaking at #4 in time for Xmas. ( Many thanks to Rhys for the info)

1981... The Sound

Another gem. I am happy to share albums that might bring back a memory or two for like minded people. 

(Image from wikipedia, thank God, one of several cassette linings I have lost over the years)
So here's whats on it. (I'd love to kiss the person that decided to print the "contents" onto cassettes)

1981..The Sound

01 - The Swingers - Counting The Beat
02 - Split Enz - One Step Ahead
03 - Madness - Baggy Trousers
04 - Icehouse - Walls
05 - Jona Lewie - Stop The Calvary
06 - The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic
07 - Ian Dury & The Blockheads - I Want To Be Straight
08 - Adam And The Ants - Young Parisians
09 - AC_DC - Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
10 - Sheena Easton - Morning Train (9 To 5)
11 - Dr Hook - Girls Can Get It
12 - Air Supply - Every Woman In The World
13 - Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning
14 - Little River Band - Long Jumping Jeweller
15 - John Farnham - Too Much Too Soon
16 - Robert Palmer - Looking For Clues
17 - Dire Straits - Tunnel Of Love
18 - Cheetah - Spend The Night

Probably one of my first brushes with one of my all time favs, Icehouse.