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Virtual C90: June 2018

Steve BinnieMusic • Mixcloud • Spotification • Virtual C90

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

Off The Chart: 10 March 1982

Come back to 1982 with Steve and Julian as they uncover the week’s forgotten hits on another Off The Chart! There’s also three tracks from a featured album, a hit from the Billboard Hot 100, a look at the day’s … read more

10 March 2018 Steve Binnie1982 • Music • Mixcloud • Off The Chart1982 • Adam Ant • Alice Cooper • Bananarama • Bauhaus • Blue Rondo a la Turk • Buckner & Garcia • Foster & Allen • Fun Boy Three • Gary Numan • Haircut 100 • J Geils Band • Kraftwerk • Madness • Mari Wilson • Mixcloud • Modern Romance • music • Nick Lowe • Off The Chart • Richard "Dimples" Fields • Tight Fit • Toni Basil • Vicky D

Chart Watch and New Releases: 14 July 2017

Another quiet chart week, the main point of interest being the return of U2′s The Joshua Tree to the top thirty, leaping from 73 to 28 thanks to the band’s UK tour (i.e. two gigs in London) last weekend. This … read more

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Here we go! Set aside your zimmer frames, pour yourself a nice mug of Horlicks and get cosy in your big slipper, we're going back four whole decades for two hours of hits from this day in 1980 on #OffTheChart this week! Join us! offthechart.show/monday-21-ja… pic.twitter.com/weDXt9nR15

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Fans of middle aged blokes talking about #NowThatsWhatICallMusic albums will be happy to know that #NowParlez 11 is out on #Mixcloud this Friday. Extra special fans who are Chrome or Metal level #Patreon backers can hear it already! patreon.com/posts/now-parl… pic.twitter.com/ZowVg313NW

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This week's #OffTheChart demands your attention on #Mixcloud: mixcloud.com/SOTC80s/off-th… As does the Deluxe Edition with bonus 12" mixes and the top ten in full, which you can hear by supporting us on #Patreon patreon.com/sotc80s or #MixcloudSelect mixcloud.com/SOTC80s/select pic.twitter.com/SAIkWu704J

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Clear your desk, unplug the television, switch your phone off, cancel the internet... no, wait, don't do that! You need it to listen to #OffTheChart in five minutes! But sure, go ahead and do the rest so you're not interrupted at 9pm when we look at 1984! offthechart.show/saturday-14-… pic.twitter.com/5u0t4TFZ0m

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If you're enjoying this edition of #TOTP you might like to know that we covered the same chart on this week's #OffTheChart with slightly less earnestness... offthechart.show/saturday-7-j…

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Hello @BBCRadioManc, since you're having a bit of trouble with #VinylRevival can we offer an alternative? We're more than happy to supply you with a weekly edition of #OffTheChart for a reasonable fee. We'll even come to Manchester now and then. offthechart.show

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Right, settle down, we're back to normal... if anything about #OffTheChart can be considered "normal". You've got 5 minutes to get your affairs in order before we go back to this day in 1989 on madwaspradio.com at 9pm! offthechart.show/saturday-7-j… pic.twitter.com/1fULWhrNeK

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Don't forget #OffTheChart is back to its normal time this week of *checks notes* 4am every third Wednesday. And if you're lucky it might be on at 9pm tonight too. soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/3etiZpKJRW

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