Sound Of The Crowd: a Discography of the ’80s is the ultimate record collector’s guide to the 1980s. In the era of multi-formatting, picture discs, coloured vinyl, multiple remixes, funny shaped records and tiny CDs you could lose down the back … read more

Everyone’s favourite retro festival turned ten this year, so I expected Rewind to pull out all the stops. And they did just that. Regular gig pals Sarah and Pete joined me again for a jaunt to sunny Perth, where we … read more

Are you getting the hang of the Tuesday evening slot for Off The Chart yet? Tune in tonight for a trip back to this day in 1983, with a brace of forgotten and half-remembered hits, three tracks from one of … read more

It’s a difficult statistic to come to terms with. Madness has been a functioning unit in one form or another – with only the occasional time out along the way – since 1976. That’s longer than most marriages. Next year … read more

“I like Bros, but I’m not sure I can endure 85 minutes of them,” declared one Twitter user, on being confronted with this gem in the schedules. With my passing knowledge of their hits, and having previously endured Luke Goss … read more

Chas Hodges, best known as the pianist and singer in the much loved duo Chas & Dave, has died at the age of 74. Although hits such as Rabbit, Ain’t No Pleasing You and Snooker Loopy brought Hodges recognition in … read more