This month’s mixtape has new music from Morrissey, Tears For Fears, Blancmange, Squeeze, Chris Rea, The Blow Monkeys, Billy Bragg, Gun and The Selecter! Plus new takes on old favourites by a-ha, Belinda Carlisle, The Fizz, The Christians and Inner City. We also pay tribute to Tom Petty and Holger Czukay. All this held together with some old ’80s favourites. Enjoy!!
1. THE TRAVELING WILBURYS – Handle With Care
1988 single
2. CHRIS REA – Happy On The Road
from Road Songs For Lovers, 2017 album
3. MORRISSEY – Spent The Day In Bed
2017 single
4. A-HA – Manhattan Skyline
from MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice, 2017 album
5. MARC ALMOND – I’m Lost Without You
from Shadows and Reflections, 2017 album
6. SQUEEZE – Final Score
from The Knowledge, 2017 album
7. BELINDA CARLISLE – Heaven Is A Place On Earth (2017)
from Heaven On Earth – 30th Anniversary Edition, 2017 reissue
8. THE BLOW MONKEYS – On The Wings Of The Morning
from The Wild River, 2017 album
9. THE DREAM ACADEMY – Life In A Northern Town (Extended Version)
1985 12″ single
10. THE ICICLE WORKS – Little Girl Lost
1988 single
11. BILLY BRAGG – Why We Build The Wall
2017 single
12. THE CHRISTIANS – Hooverville
from Sings & Strings, 2017 album
13. TEARS FOR FEARS – I Love You But I’m Lost
2017 single
14. GUN – She Knows
from Favourite Pleasures, 2017 album
15. THE SELECTER – Frontline
from Daylight, 2017 album
16. NIK KERSHAW – Dancing Girls (Extended Remix)
1984 12″ single
17. THE FIZZ – My Camera Never Lies 2017
from The F-Z Of Pop, 2017 album
18. ERASURE – Just A Little Love (Barry Harris Club Remix)
2017 single
19. INNER CITY – Big Fun 2017
2017 single
20. JAH WOBBLE, JAKI LIEBEZEIT, HOLGER CZUKAY – How Much Are They?
1981 single
21. BLANCMANGE – Gratitude
from Unfurnished Rooms, 2017 album
22. TOM PETTY – Free Fallin’
1989 single
