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Steve BinnieMixcloud Select • Music • Off The Chart • Patreon • Patreon bonus item • Further Off The Chart

Yes, it’s that time again! Further Off The Chart is back, mopping up tracks we talked about on the regular shows but couldn’t play at the time. This dexy’s selection includes the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra eating chips, a famous song with completely different lyrics, a rejected Bond theme, the X family locked in a fierce legal battle, and a respected scientist being very silly. If you’re not backing us, what are you waiting for? Support us on Patreon or Mixcloud Select for all this and much much more!

Off The Chart: 15 June 1982

Come back to this day in 1982 on this week’s Off The Chart as we cherry pick some of the less obvious hits from the week’s chart. We’ll also have tracks from three of the new entries on the album … read more

15 June 2021 Steve Binnie1982 • Music • Mixcloud • Off The Chart1982 • A Flock Of Seagulls • ABC • Adam Ant • Associates • Beatles • Bertie Higgins • Billy Field • Blue Zoo • Charlene • Exploited • Frank Zappa • Madness • Mike Oldfield • Mixcloud • music • New Order • Off The Chart • Quick • Rick James • Rolling Stones • Soft Cell • Swanee • Temptations • Toyah

Off The Chart: 4 May 1983

Come on, join us for another edition of Off The Chart as we go back to this day in 1983! We’ll have a mix of forgotten and obscure hits, three of the week’s new albums, a look at the day’s … read more

4 May 2021 Steve Binnie1983 • Music • Mixcloud • Off The Chart1983 • A Flock Of Seagulls • B-52's • Belle Stars • Blue Zoo • Bonnie Tyler • F.R. David • Freur • Heaven 17 • Human League • Jon & Vangelis • Kids From Fame • Liverpool FC • Meat Loaf • Michael Jackson • Mixcloud • music • Off The Chart • OXO • Questions • Spandau Ballet • Sweet Dreams • Tears For Fears • Waterboys

Off The Chart: 6 April 1982

We’re safely back indoors this week for a standard edition of Off The Chart! Come back with us to this day in 1982 for the usual two hours of forgotten and half remembered hits, plus three of the week’s new … read more

6 April 2021 Steve Binnie1982 • Music • Mixcloud • Off The Chart1982 • A Flock Of Seagulls • Asia • B-Movie • Bucks Fizz • Chas & Dave • Elvis Costello • Goombay Dance Band • Hall & Oates • Imagination • Iron Maiden • Japan • Mike Oldfield • Mixcloud • music • Off The Chart • Pluto • Scorpions • Spider Murphy Gang • Status Quo • Talking Heads • U2 • Visage • XTC

Off The Chart: 27 August 1984

After last week’s shenanigans, Steve and Julian are back in the relative safety of the studio for this week’s Off The Chart! Join them for a trip back to this day in 1984 with two hours of forgotten and half-remembered … read more

27 August 2019 Steve Binnie1984 • Music • Mixcloud • Off The Chart1984 • A Flock Of Seagulls • Alien Sex Fiend • Alphaville • Associates • Black Lace • Bluebells • David Sylvian • George Michael • Heaven 17 • Howard Jones • Julio Iglesias • Laura Branigan • Mixcloud • Motorhead • music • Off The Chart • Real Life • Rockwell • Smiths • SOS Band • Stevie Wonder • Vicious Pink • Windjammer

Sound of the Crowd – a Discography of the ’80s: Fourth Edition available now!

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

14 November 2018 Steve BinnieBooks • News • New releasesA Flock Of Seagulls • a-ha • ABBA • ABC • AC/DC • Adam Ant • Alarm • Alison Moyet • Altered Images • Associates • Aztec Camera • Bad Manners • Bananarama • Bangles • Beat • Beatles • Bee Gees • Big Audio Dynamite • Big County • Billy Bragg • Billy Idol • Blancmange • Blondie • Blow Monkeys • Bon Jovi • book • Bronski Beat • Bros • Bruce Springsteen • Bucks Fizz • Chas and Dave • China Crisis • Christians • Clash • Cliff Richard • Communards • Culture Club • Cure • Curiosity Killed The Cat • Cyndi Lauper • David Bowie • Deacon Blue • Dead Or Alive • Def Leppard • Depeche Mode • Dexys • Dire Straits • Duran Duran • Echo and the Bunnymen • Eddy Grant • Elton John • Elvis Costello • Erasure • Eurythmics • Fine Young Cannibals • Five Star • Fleetwood Mac • Frankie Goes To Hollywood • Fun Boy Three • Gary Numan • Genesis • George Michael • Gloria Estefan • Go West • Haircut One Hundred • Heaven 17 • Hipsway • Hot Chocolate • Housemartins • Howard Jones • Hue and Cry • Human League • Imagination • INXS • Iron Maiden • Jacksons • Jam • Janet Jackson • Japan • Jesus & Mary Chain • John Lennon • Johnny Hates Jazz • Julian Cope • Kajagoogoo • Kate Bush • Kim Wilde • Kirsty MacColl • Kool and the Gang • Kylie Minogue • Level 42 • Lionel Richie • Living In A Box • Lloyd Cole • Madness • Madonna • Marc Almond • Marillion • Matt Bianco • Mel & Kim • Miami Sound Machine • Michael Jackson • Morrissey • Motorhead • New Order • news • Nick Heyward • Nik Kershaw • OMD • Paul McCartney • Paul Young • Pet Shop Boys • Peter Gabriel • Phil Collins • Pink Floyd • Pogues • Police • Prefab Sprout • Pretenders • Prince • Queen • Rick Astley • Robert Palmer • Rod Stewart • Rolling Stones • Roxy Music • Sade • Samantha Fox • Scritti Politti • Shakin' Stevens • Simple Minds • Simply Red • Siouxsie and the Banshees • Slade • Smiths • Soft Cell • Spandau Ballet • Specials • Squeeze • Status Quo • Stephen Duffy • Stevie Wonder • Sting • Stranglers • style council • Swing Out Sister • T'Pau • Talk Talk • Talking Heads • Tears For Fears • Texas • The The • Thomas Dolby • Thompson Twins • Tina Turner • Toyah • U2 • UB40 • Ultravox • Visage • Voice of the Beehive • Wet Wet Wet • Wham! • Whitney Houston • XTC • Yazoo

Further Off The Chart 12

It’s that time again! Another edition of Further Off The Chart, rounding up some of the bizarre and fascinating records we talked about on the regular Off The Chart show. Want to hear one of the UK’s most successful singers … read more

27 September 2018 Steve BinnieMusic • Mixcloud • Further Off The Chart • Patreon • Patreon bonus itemA Flock Of Seagulls • Adele • Associates • Blasters • Cramps • Elvis Presley • Further Off The Chart • Heaven 17 • Lenny Henry • Mixcloud • music • Patreon • Phineas Mkhize • Saint Etienne • Tears For Fears • Was (Not Was) • Yello

Off The Chart: 8 September 1984

Come back to this week in 1984 as Off The Chart takes another look at some less obvious hits! There’s also three tracks from one of the week’s biggest (and most controversial) albums, a look at the day’s events, a … read more

8 September 2018 Steve Binnie1984 • Music • Mixcloud • Off The Chart1984 • A Flock Of Seagulls • Afrika Bambaataa • Armoury Show • Black Lace • Blue Nile • Depeche Mode • Electric Pandas • Elton John • George Michael • Howard Jones • Jacksons • James Brown • Kevin The Gerbil • Level 42 • Marc Almond • Mixcloud • music • Off The Chart • Stevie Wonder • Tears For Fears • Trevor Walters • WASP

Rewind Scotland, Scone Palace, 20-22 Jul 2018

A Flock of Seagulls at Rewind Scotland 2018

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

31 July 2018 Laura ClayReviews • Live ReviewsA Flock Of Seagulls • Bonnie Tyler • Boomtown Rats • Fine Young Cannibals • Gipsy Kings • Heaven 17 • Howard Jones • Hue & Cry • Imagination • Martha Wash • Mel & Kim • Midge Ure • Odyssey • OMD • Peter Hook • review • Rewind • Roachford • Selecter • Skids • Status Quo • Tiffany • Transvision Vamp • UB40

Virtual C90: July 2018

This month’s virtual mixtape includes new music from U2, Rod Stewart, Rick Astley, Jaki Graham and Kid Creole & the Coconuts, plus some new takes on old favourites by A Flock of Seagulls, Soft Cell, The Cure and Def Leppard, … read more

23 July 2018 Steve BinnieMusic • Mixcloud • Spotification • Virtual C90A Flock Of Seagulls • a-ha • Arcadia • Cure • Def Leppard • Depeche Mode • Iron Maiden • Jaki Graham • Kid Creole • Michael Jackson • Mixcloud • Motorhead • music • Propaganda • Rick Astley • Rod Stewart • Soft Cell • Spotify • Toto • U2 • Virtual C90 • Visage • Yes

Virtual C90: June 2018

This month’s virtual mixtape includes new music from Rick Astley, Prince, Johnny Marr, Tony Hadley and Nick Lowe, plus the usual mix of ’80s hits, misses and 12″ mixes. Give it a listen on Mixcloud or Spotify! read more

28 June 2018 Steve BinnieMusic • Mixcloud • Spotification • Virtual C90A Flock Of Seagulls • Bananarama • Bucks Fizz • Cyndi Lauper • Duran Duran • Eurythmics • Fine Young Cannibals • Human League • John Foxx • Johnny Marr • Kirsty MacColl • Mixcloud • Mobiles • music • Naked Eyes • Nick Lowe • Peter Gabriel • Prince • Rick Astley • Spotify • Tony Hadley • Virtual C90 • Wham!

Virtual C90: July 2017

This month’s Virtual C90 includes new music from Nick Heyward, Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbot, Marc Almond, Gene Loves Jezebel and Gary Numan, plus a previously unreleased track by Prince and the usual mix of ’80s hits, misses, mixes and … read more

18 July 2017 Steve BinnieMusic • Mixcloud • Spotification • Virtual C90A Flock Of Seagulls • Big Country • Bobby Brown • Dexys • Elvis Costello • Gary Numan • Gene Loves Jezebel • INXS • Jacqui Abbott • Japan • Lloyd Cole • Madness • Marc Almond • Mixcloud • music • New Order • Nick Heyward • Paul Heaton • Prince • REM • Shriekback • Spandau Ballet • Spotify • The The • Thompson Twins • Virtual C90

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In a mere five minutes you'll be catapulted headfirst into another edition of #OffTheChart on #NoiseboxRadio - we'll be dragging you back to this day in 1986 for 2 hours of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits from that week's chart. Better pack a towel. offthechart.show/5-april-1986… pic.twitter.com/CzoWT6zW5B

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So, Replicas was released 43 years ago today, and here I am still touring. We are in Petaluma, California tonight. Tix: garynuman.com/tours pic.twitter.com/CjsoGgi3eW

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Here we go! Two hours of hits, headlines and handstands from this day in 1982 - it's #OffTheChart time! Join us on #NoiseboxRadio via MyTuner Radio, your internet radio device, in your browser at noiseboxradio.com or at offthechart.show/29-march-198… pic.twitter.com/HqMaqTeeno

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Off The Chart

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Just five regular-sized minutes until this week's edition of #OffTheChart hits #NoiseboxRadio! We're heading back an eye-watering forty years to re-examine the chart and associated goings-on from this day in 1982. Join us at 9pm! offthechart.show/29-march-198… pic.twitter.com/9uKjaNAQN1

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Our Chrome and Metal level #Patreon backers can listen to an exclusive preview of tonight's #OffTheChart right now, including the full top 40 rundown! patreon.com/posts/off-char… Don't forget we're on @NoiseBoxRadioUK from tonight! Join us at 9! offthechart.show/22-march-198… pic.twitter.com/aBraZ5RhRE

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Off The Chart

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You're just five short minutes away from this week's #OffTheChart - two hours of hits, headlines and hagiography from this day in 1985! Join us at madwaspradio.com and tweet along with the lunacy! offthechart.show/15-march-198… #MadWaspRadio pic.twitter.com/KaTc35fg98

8:55 pm · 15 March 2022 ·
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Off The Chart

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It's 1985 all over again on this week's #OffTheChart! Join us at 9pm on @MadWaspRadio for two hours of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits from 37 years ago today. That's if Central Television's legal department don't confiscate our playlist first. offthechart.show/15-march-198… pic.twitter.com/me6d2UpLOu

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Off The Chart

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Here we go! Two hours of hits, headlines and hedgehogs from this day way back in 1980 - it's #OffTheChart time! Join us at madwaspradio.com, on your smart speaker or at offthechart.show/8-march-1980… #MadWaspRadio pic.twitter.com/0qJVZjcjyN

9:00 pm · 8 March 2022 ·
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Off The Chart

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Take five minutes to compose yourselves and join us on #MadWaspRadio at 9pm for another #OffTheChart! This week we're heading back 42 years all the way to 1980, so don't panic and make sure you know where your towel is. offthechart.show/8-march-1980… pic.twitter.com/zejaWPAmSH

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Off The Chart: 14 June 1986

It may be the longest day of the year but this week’s Off The Chart is just about its regular length. Don’t worry though, we’ll still manage to fit in our regular quota of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits from … read more

Off The Chart: 14 June 1986

We’re heading back to this day in 1986 on this week’s Off The Chart to examine the UK singles chart at a time when hot new acts were rubbing shoulders in the listings with artists and songs from decades ago. … read more

Off The Chart: 7 June 1982

Like Paul Hardcastle last week, we’re looking back forty years on this week’s Off The Chart to revisit the UK singles chart from the beginning of June 1982! As usual we’ll gather up a load of obscure, forgotten and neglected … read more
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