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Now Parlez 12

Now Parlez 12

It’s episode 12 of Now Parlez, our ongoing series in which Steve and Julian from Off The Chart take a look at the early Now That’s What I Call Music albums and play some tracks from an original vinyl copy. Our examination of volume 12 takes place in two locations at once thanks to the ongoing global crisis, but we still manage to discover how the smallest hit on the album was its performer’s biggest US hit of the ’80s, how the compilers of Now 12 accidentally helped out Hits 8, and what happens when a famous American musician gets metricated. Hit PLAY to join the madness!

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Mixcloud Select: Euro Vision – 20 Eighties Eurovision Hits

Virtual CD of the Month - Euro Vision

For one night every year, Europe comes together in a celebration of culture, artistic endeavour and good taste. At least, it used to be one night; it goes on for about a month now, but back in the 1980s there … read more

Off The Chart: 11 June 1988

Off The Chart: 11 June 1988

Every Saturday in our podcast-style-radio-show-thing Off The Chart, Steve Binnie and Julian Sparrow look at the chart from the corresponding week in one of the ’80s years and play the songs you don’t normally hear on a chart rundown. They … read more