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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

Off The Chart: 3 November 1983

Looking for something to fill the awkward gap between Halloween and Bonfire Night? Come back to this day in 1983 for another two hours of hits, headlines and haggling on this week’s Off The Chart! As always there’s a heap … read more

3 November 2018 Steve Binnie1983 • Music • Mixcloud • Off The Chart1983 • AC/DC • Billy Joel • Cocteau Twins • Culture Club • Curtis Hairston • Depeche Mode • Duran Duran • Freeez • Helix • Imagination • Lionel Richie • Lydia Murdock • Mixcloud • music • Musical Youth • Nick Heyward • Off The Chart • Rondo Veneziano • Space Monkey • This Mortal Coil • Tracey Ullman • Trio

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!

Off The Chart: 2 June 1981

After last week’s excursion to the beach, Steve and Julian are back in the studio to bring you another two hours of hits, headlines and halibut on this week’s Off The Chart! They’re taking you back to this day in … read more

2 June 2018 Steve Binnie1981 • Music • Mixcloud • Off The Chart1980 • Adam Ant • Akira Terao • Barry Manilow • Beat • Bucks Fizz • Duran Duran • Hazel O'Connor • Jam • Kim Wilde • Marvin The Paranoid Android • Mixcloud • music • Off The Chart • Quincy Jones • Shakin' Stevens • Simple Minds • Smokey Robinson • Split Enz • Tenpole Tudor • Thin Lizzy • UB40 • Whitesnake

Virtual C90: April 2018

This month’s virtual mixtape includes new music from Kylie Minogue, The Beat starring Dave Wakeling, Samantha Fox, The Damned, Rick Parfitt, Lisa Stansfield and Chas & Dave, a remixed classic from Paul Simon, a newly unearthed recording by Prince and … read more

23 April 2018 Steve BinnieMusic • Mixcloud • Spotification • Virtual C90Beat • Big Country • Chas & Dave • Damned • Duran Duran • Frankie Goes To Hollywood • Jam • Kajagoogoo • Kylie Minogue • Lisa Stansfield • Lloyd Cole • Mixcloud • music • Nik Kershaw • Paul Simon • Prince • Rick Parfitt • Samantha Fox • Soft Cell • Spotify • Status Quo • Stranglers • Talking Heads • Virtual C90 • XTC

Off The Chart: 7 April 1983

Come back to this week in 1983 as Steve and Julian unearth some forgotten hits on Off The Chart! There’s also three tracks from a featured album, a look at the day’s events, a Swedish hit and the top five … read more

7 April 2018 Steve Binnie1983 • Music • Mixcloud • Off The Chart1983 • Blancmange • David Bellamy • David Bowie • Duran Duran • Eurythmics • Forrest • I-Level • JoBoxers • Man Parrish • Mixcloud • music • Nick Heyward • Off The Chart • OMD • Rymdimperiet • Steve Shelto • style council • Tears For Fears • Twisted Sister • U2 • Ultravox

Off The Chart: 10 February 1984

Come back to 1984 on this week’s Off The Chart for a spectacular display of how attitudes have changed in the past third of a century – and that’s just the first song. There’s the usual hatful of half-remembered hits, … read more

10 February 2018 Steve Binnie1984 • Music • Mixcloud • Off The Chart1984 • Billy Bragg • Colour Field • Corey Hart • Cyndi Lauper • Duran Duran • Echo & The Bunnymen • Fiat Lux • Frankie Goes To Hollywood • Juan Martin • Marillion • Matthew Wilder • Mel Brooks • Mixcloud • music • Off The Chart • Prefab Sprout • Pretenders • Private Lives • Queen • Thomas Dolby • Thompson Twins • Ultravox

Off The Chart: 20 January 1987

Come back to January 1987 with Steve and Julian on this week’s Off The Chart! There’s a veritable blizzard of forgotten and half-remembered hits, a track from an international chart, three tracks from the week’s featured album and the top … read more

20 January 2018 Steve Binnie1987 • Music • Mixcloud • Off The Chart1987 • Alison Moyet • Anthony Hopkins • China Crisis • Cyndi Lauper • David Sylvian • Duran Duran • Elkie Brooks • Falco • Huey Lewis & The News • Hurrah! • Jackie Wilson • Japan • Mick Karn • Mixcloud • music • Off The Chart • Paul Simon • Robbie Nevil • Rosie Vela • Steve 'Silk' Hurley • Taffy • UB40 • Vesta Williams

Virtual C90: November 2017

This month’s mixtape has new music from Morrissey, Tears For Fears, Billy Bragg, Bryan Adams and Europe! Plus new takes on old favourites by Pet Shop Boys, Midge Ure, Whitesnake and George Michael, and the usual mix of ’80s hits, … read more

17 November 2017 Steve BinnieMusic • Mixcloud • Spotification • Virtual C90Aztec Camera • Bananarama • Billy Bragg • Bryan Adams • Cutting Crew • David Bowie • Depeche Mode • Duran Duran • Europe • Eurythmics • George Michael • Midge Ure • Mixcloud • Morrissey • music • Pet Shop Boys • Police • Spotify • Taylor Dayne • Tears For Fears • U2 • Virtual C90 • Whitesnake

Off The Chart: 14 October 1988

It’s the start of season 9 on Off The Chart as Steve and Julian whisk us back to today in 1988! There’s a brace of forgotten hits, three tracks from one of the week’s biggest albums, a track from the … read more

14 October 2017 Steve Binnie1988 • Music • Mixcloud • Off The Chart1988 • Adrenalin MOD • Black • Bobby McFerrin • Cheap Trick • Duran Duran • Hollies • Hotei • Mixcloud • music • Off The Chart • Pasadenas • Paul Rutherford • Rick Astley • Sandie Shaw • T'Pau • Talking Heads • Transvision Vamp • U2 • Whitney Houston • Womack & Womack • Yello

Virtual C90: August 2017

This month’s Virtual C90 includes new music from Depeche Mode, Erasure, Marc Almond, The Fall, Motörhead, Belinda Carlisle, Sparks and Nick Heyward, plus a previously unreleased outtake from The Smiths and the usual mix of ’80s hits, misses, mixes and … read more

14 August 2017 Steve BinnieMusic • Mixcloud • Spotification • Virtual C90Belinda Carlisle • Billy Idol • David Bowie • Depeche Mode • Duran Duran • Dusty Springfield • Erasure • Fall • Gary Numan • Hall & Oates • Human League • Kon Kan • Level 42 • Marc Almond • Men At Work • Mixcloud • Motorhead • music • Nick Heyward • Pet Shop Boys • Smiths • Sparks • Spotify • Virtual C90

Virtual C90: June 2017

This month’s Virtual C90 includes new music from Alison Moyet, OMD, Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie, Imagination featuring Leee John and a new solo track from Queen’s Roger Taylor. There are also some new takes on old favourites by U2, … read more

22 June 2017 Steve BinnieMusic • Mixcloud • Spotification • Virtual C90ABC • Alison Moyet • Animotion • Art Of Noise • Bronski Beat • Christine McVie • Duane Eddy • Duran Duran • Falco • Frankie Goes To Hollywood • Imagination • Kraftwerk • Lindsey Buckingham • Midnight Oil • Mixcloud • music • OMD • Rockwell • Roger Taylor • Simple Minds • Spotify • Terence Trent D'Arby • U2 • Virtual C90

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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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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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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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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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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

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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

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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

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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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