{"title":"JOHN FOXX","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"john-foxx-the-virgin-years-1980-1985-5cd-box","title":"John Foxx - The Virgin Years (1980 - 1985) [5CD Box]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: 5CD Box\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: META52BX\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 5060079263060\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 23rd April 2021\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Synth-pop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREPRESSED! This 5CD box set covers the 4 albums John Foxx released between 1980 - 1985 - Metamatic, The Garden, The Golden Section \u0026amp; In Mysterious Ways - plus B-sides and out-takes from the sessions which have been added as bonus tracks after each original album, and on a fifth CD, Fusion\/Fission. The Virgin Years includes a new analogue master of Metamatic , along with re-masters of the B-sides - 'This City', 'Film One' etc. The black box also houses five postcards with the artwork for the singles 'Underpass', 'No-One Driving', 'Europe After The Rain', 'Endlessly' and 'Stars On Fire'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisc One : Metamatic 01. Plaza 02. He's A Liquid 03. Underpass 04. Metal Beat 05. No-One Driving 06. A New Kind Of Man 07. Blurred Girl 08. 030 09. Tidal Wave 10. Touch And Go. Extra Tracks 11. Film One 12. This City 13. Burning Car 14. Glimmer 15. Mr No 16. Young Love 17. 20th Century 18. My Face 19. A New Kind Of Man (Alternative Version) 20. He's A Liquid (Alternative Version) Disc Two : The Garden 01. Europe After The Rain 02. Systems Of Romance 03. When I Was A Man And You Were A Woman 04. Dancing Like A Gun 05. Pater Noster 06. Night Suit 07. You Were There 08. Fusion \/ Fission 09. Walk Away 10. The Garden. Extra Tracks: 11. Swimmer Ii 12. This Jungle 13. Miles Away 14. A Long Time 15. Swimmer I 16. Swimmer Iii 17. Swimmer Iv Disc Three : The Golden Section 01. My Wild Love 02. Someone 03. Your Dress 04. Running Across Thin Ice With Tigers 05. Sitting At The Edge Of The World 06. Endlessly 07. Ghosts On Water 08. Like A Miracle 09. The Hidden Man 10. Twilight's Last Gleaming. Extra Tracks 11. Annexe 12. A Kind Of Wave 13. A Woman On A Stairway 14. The Lifting Sky 15. Shine On Me 16. Wings And A Wind 17. Dance With Me Disc Four : In Mysterious Ways 01. Stars On Fire 02. Lose All Sense Of Time 03. Spin Away 04. Enter The Angel Ii 05. Enter The Angel 06. In Mysterious Ways 07. What Kind Of Girl 08. Shine On 09. Stepping Softly 10. Morning Glory. Extra Tracks 11. Lumen De Lumine 12. To Be With You (Alternative Version) 13. And The Sky 14. This Side Of Paradise 15. Hiding In Plain Sight 16. City Of Light Disc Five : Fusion \/ Fission 01. Cinemascope 02. To Be With You 03. Like A Miracle (Alternative Version) 04. Fog 05. Fusion \/ Fission (Early Version) 06. Dance With Me (Early Version) 07. A Woman On A Stairway (Early Version) 08. Endlessly (Single Version) 09. My Wild Love (Early Version) 10. A Long Time (Alternative Version) 11. Sitting At The Edge Of The World (Alternative Version) 12. Twilight's Last Gleaming (Early Version) 13. Young Man 14. The Hidden Man (Alternative Version) 15. Enter The Angel (Alternative Version) 16. Magic 17. 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Pressed on translucent green \u0026amp; shiimering yellow vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSide One 1 Europe After The Rain 2 Systems Of Romance 3 When I Was A Man And You Were A Woman 4 Dancing Like A Gun 5 Pater Noster Side Two 6 Night Suit 7 You Were There 8 Fusion\/Fission 9 Walk Away 10 The Garden\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metamatic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40231047790748,"sku":"META70LP","price":23.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/johnfoxx_thegarden.jpg?v=1624286551"},{"product_id":"john-foxx-the-garden-lp-yellow-vinyl","title":"John Foxx - The Garden [LP Yellow Vinyl]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: LP Yellow Vinyl\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: META70LPY\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 5060446129555 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 30th July 2021\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Coldwave\/Synth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e40th anniversary gatefold and ltd edition version of John Foxx’s classic 1981 album, The Garden featuring the singles Europe After The Rain and Dancing Like A Gun. Pressed on translucent green \u0026amp; shiimering yellow vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide One 1 Europe After The Rain 2 Systems Of Romance 3 When I Was A Man And You Were A Woman 4 Dancing Like A Gun 5 Pater Noster Side Two 6 Night Suit 7 You Were There 8 Fusion\/Fission 9 Walk Away 10 The Garden\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metamatic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40231054213276,"sku":"META70LPY","price":23.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/johnfoxx_thegarden_1c5f7da3-a567-4d06-a990-edbde80c259c.jpg?v=1624286627"},{"product_id":"various-artists-la-torre-ibiza-volumen-quatro-cd","title":"Various Artists - La Torre Ibiza - Volumen Quatro [CD]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: HLTR004  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 5414165133131  \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 01 Jul 2022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Balearic\/Electronic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMark Barrott and Pete Gooding present the fourth volume in their series of stellar collections, showcasing the sunset sounds spun at Ibiza`s Hostal La Torre. Sets, sequences, of music designed to celebrate the passing of another day and welcome the pleasures of night, as the Sun makes way for Sister Moon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn this occasion, the ceremony starts with a gift from the Golden Girls - a side project of Phil Hartnoll, of Orbital fame. In its original form Kinetic was a prime piece of pumping early `90s trance, here, however, it`s been remixed by David Morley into something far more in line with Belgian rave label R\u0026amp;S` ambient off-shoot, Apollo. Practically beatless, but boasting a big, undulating, bottom-end, it now resembles something from Tangerine Dream`s back catalogue. A slightly kosmische, serene wall of sonically shining sound. The room-shaking riffs are reduced to echoes, while pitter-pattering percussion races. When the familiar hook finally surfaces, it`s accompanied by spirit-stirring, symphonic strings - inducing fierce flashbacks to quality highs, and newly expanded minds and horizons. Man, I can remember the wonder, before it all went pear-shaped.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNext up are NO ZU, a sadly seemingly defunct 8-membered musical monster from Melbourne, Australia, who were absolutely amazing live. Banging out a percussive concoction that they called Heat Beat, their funk was \/ is most definitely post-punk - channelling `80s no wave New York, the Mudd Club, and in particular the band, Liquid Liquid. Slapping basses, car horns, electronic keys, buttons, cowbells, and anything else that came to hand and seemed to fit, while lifting beats and piano parts from Chicago house. The party-starting call and response repartee of Ui Yia UIa finds them shouting out their star signs of criss-crossing compatibility over a muscular slo-mo stomp. 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A marimba doing the mambo, the reeds winding like wafts of smoke carried on warm Caribbean winds. The rhythm of a gently lapping tide.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Synergetic Voice Orchestra was a one-off, one-time only outfit led by keyboardist \/ composer, Yumiko Morioka. A follow-up to her highly respected solo piano work, Resonance, the album, MIOS, was a far more ambitious affair, that brought together a collective of 6 musicians and 3 vocalists. The results moving away from new age and modern classical toward pop. The track, Zebra, is a Jon Hassell-esque fusion heat haze \/ fog. Riding a slowly rumbling thunder-thumbed bass-line. A snake-charming woodwind cutting through the synthetic shimmer, weaving its seductive spell.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFamily Doggo first appeared as the b-side of Paul Woolford aka Special Request`s balls-out 2020 drum and bass single, Spectral Frequency. “Doggo” in comparison is an oasis of calm, albeit packing some serious sub-woofer worrying boom. Stripped back, speaker-rattling, electro-edged introspection, emotive and euphoric without recourse to arms-in-the-air tropes, it`s bleep`s more sensitive, more thoughtful sibling. The awakening of the morning after the night before`s rush.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMargaret Wakeley`s magical Hard To Leave The Island was initially rediscovered and dusted down by the people that power the respected DJ \/ artist agency, Warm - who took it from Margaret`s 1976 LP, Better Days, and pressed it on a limited 45. 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Aching with synthesized ethereal emissions, while pinpoints of sound echo into infinity, like signals from distant stars.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Vendetta Suite is the pseudonym of Gary Irwin, the former in-house engineer at David Holmes` Belfast-based Exploding Inevitable Studio - a hive of musical activity where Timmy Stewart was also a frequent visitor. The 3 amigos mentioned were all stalwarts of the city`s early `90s house and techno scene. Some 30 years later Timmy remixed Gary`s track, Warehouse Rock, into a highly strung - think Malcolm McLaren`s Deep In Vogue - soundclash of reggae and rave. A four-to-the-floor mediation subjected to devastating washes of delay, where bionic bass, Mikey Dread samples and dub sound-effects are softened by bucolic birdsong.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMark Barrott’s Travelling Music (La Torre Reprise) - an exclusive version of the titular track from his recent E.P. - is all tumbling tones - playful sequences and programmed patterns “blowing” busily, like colourful streamers caught on a tropical breeze. Like the compilation`s opening number, its another ambient, beatless, trance-dancer - suffused with sustained swells and chords that feel like sunrise itself.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eComposer \/ pianist Lola Perrin`s Cloud Sky Fade is an unadorned, unadulterated - save a little reverb - rippling river of cascading classical keys. Her piano rolling, reaching crescendos like crashing surf. Licensed from Lola’s 2006 CD, Fragile Light, its worthy of comparison with Keith Jarrett`s ECM output, and Wim Mertens` beloved The Belly Of An Architect score.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf you look on Wikipedia, you’ll see that Suzanne Ciani has the affectionate moniker of “Diva of the Diode” - reflecting her huge importance in the history of electronic music. While studying at Berkley University in the `70s Suzanne became firm friends with Don Buchla, and subsequently spearheaded the use of his then ground-breaking modular synthesizer. Moving to New York, where she camped out on Philip Glass` studio floor, Suzanne set up her own company employing Don`s marvelous machine to produce advertising jingles. The success of this business eventually led to Suzanne becoming Hollywood’s first female soundtrack composer. In the `80s, Suzanne then started releasing new age records, one of which, 1986`s The Velocity Of Love, was a favourite of DJ Phil Mison, who made it a Cafe del Mar sunset staple. The beautiful Eighth Wave surely should have been the blissed-out musical backdrop to some `80s art house love scene - summoning as it does silhouettes of cinematic protagonists passionately disrobing though a Vaseline-smeared lens. Their hot clinches politely cutting to close-ups of isolated, moonlit beaches, and untamable, tempestuous tides.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJIM is Jim Baron, Crazy P`s Ron Basejam, but in folky, singer \/ songwriter mode. Coming on like Crosby, Stills \u0026amp; Nash, he covers the Ian Astbury \/ Billy Duffy penned Phoenix in an ultra-laidback fashion. Turning the gothic rock into a Laurel Canyon-esque lullaby. Singing of love in terms of fire, and flames of desire, backed by acrobatic acoustic picking and sweeping orchestral strings.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou could be forgiven for thinking that Antipodean audio auteur, Geoffrey O`Connor, is some forgotten `80s idol - so authentic is his soothing, swooning, romantic synth pop. Her Name On Every Tongue, however, dates from 2014, and can be located on Geoff`s sophomore solo long-player, Fan Fiction. The track`s vocoder harmonies proving perfect for a sing along on a top-down, Californian coastal drive.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese righteous solar-worshiping rituals draw to a close with John Foxx \u0026amp; Robin Guthrie`s exceptional Estrellita - a highlight from the pair's 2009 album, Mirrorball - where the former Ultravox! and Cocteau Twins founders collaborate on a sublime shot of shoegaze. Generating a glacial glide of layer upon layer of treated guitar. Grounded by womb-like bass vibrations, while Foxx`s choirboy croon soars. Lending the song a prayer \/ hymn-like air. It`s as close as rock comes to something sacred. — Dr. Rob (Ban Ban Ton Ton)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTRACKLISTING A1. Golden Girls - Kinetic (David Morley Remix) A2. NO ZU - Ui Yia UIa A3. Bassekou Kouyate \u0026amp; Ngoni ba feat. Zoumana Tereta - Bala B1. Rare Silk - Storm B2. Synergetic Voice Orchestra - Zebra B3. Special Request - Family Doggo B4. Margaret Wakeley - Hard To Leave The Island C1. Pauline Anna Strom - Equatorial Sunrise C2. The Vendetta Suite - Warehouse Rock (Timmy Stewart's Six Minutes to Sunrise Mix) C3. Mark Barrott - Travelling Music (La Torre Reprise) D1. Lola Perrin - Cloud Sky Fade D2. Suzanne Ciani - The Eighth Wave D3. JIM - Phoenix D4. Geoffrey O'Connor - Her Name on Every Tongue D5. 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When the familiar hook finally surfaces, it`s accompanied by spirit-stirring, symphonic strings - inducing fierce flashbacks to quality highs, and newly expanded minds and horizons. Man, I can remember the wonder, before it all went pear-shaped.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNext up are NO ZU, a sadly seemingly defunct 8-membered musical monster from Melbourne, Australia, who were absolutely amazing live. Banging out a percussive concoction that they called Heat Beat, their funk was \/ is most definitely post-punk - channelling `80s no wave New York, the Mudd Club, and in particular the band, Liquid Liquid. Slapping basses, car horns, electronic keys, buttons, cowbells, and anything else that came to hand and seemed to fit, while lifting beats and piano parts from Chicago house. The party-starting call and response repartee of Ui Yia UIa finds them shouting out their star signs of criss-crossing compatibility over a muscular slo-mo stomp. 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The rhythm of a gently lapping tide.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Synergetic Voice Orchestra was a one-off, one-time only outfit led by keyboardist \/ composer, Yumiko Morioka. A follow-up to her highly respected solo piano work, Resonance, the album, MIOS, was a far more ambitious affair, that brought together a collective of 6 musicians and 3 vocalists. The results moving away from new age and modern classical toward pop. The track, Zebra, is a Jon Hassell-esque fusion heat haze \/ fog. Riding a slowly rumbling thunder-thumbed bass-line. A snake-charming woodwind cutting through the synthetic shimmer, weaving its seductive spell.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFamily Doggo first appeared as the b-side of Paul Woolford aka Special Request`s balls-out 2020 drum and bass single, Spectral Frequency. “Doggo” in comparison is an oasis of calm, albeit packing some serious sub-woofer worrying boom. Stripped back, speaker-rattling, electro-edged introspection, emotive and euphoric without recourse to arms-in-the-air tropes, it`s bleep`s more sensitive, more thoughtful sibling. The awakening of the morning after the night before`s rush.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMargaret Wakeley`s magical Hard To Leave The Island was initially rediscovered and dusted down by the people that power the respected DJ \/ artist agency, Warm - who took it from Margaret`s 1976 LP, Better Days, and pressed it on a limited 45. A slice of superior soft \/ yacht rock, it's a cool cocktail-hour summer holiday serenade. A sophisticated arrangement of brass, jazzy keys, and acoustic strum, topped off by a smart sax solo.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEquatorial Sunrise was \/ is one of the standouts contained on Pauline Anna Strom`s sadly posthumous album, Angel Tears In Sunlight. Describing herself as a Trans Millennium Consort, the San Francisco-based synth pioneer attempted to blur, blend, past, present, and future, with her novel new age music. The song in question sees wind-chimes, marimba, and talking drum conversing in counterpoint - conjuring the Cafe del Mar classic, Richard Wahnfried`s Grandmas Clockwork. Its calming, time-melting timbres creating a comforting analog bubblebath. Aching with synthesized ethereal emissions, while pinpoints of sound echo into infinity, like signals from distant stars.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Vendetta Suite is the pseudonym of Gary Irwin, the former in-house engineer at David Holmes` Belfast-based Exploding Inevitable Studio - a hive of musical activity where Timmy Stewart was also a frequent visitor. The 3 amigos mentioned were all stalwarts of the city`s early `90s house and techno scene. Some 30 years later Timmy remixed Gary`s track, Warehouse Rock, into a highly strung - think Malcolm McLaren`s Deep In Vogue - soundclash of reggae and rave. A four-to-the-floor mediation subjected to devastating washes of delay, where bionic bass, Mikey Dread samples and dub sound-effects are softened by bucolic birdsong.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMark Barrott’s Travelling Music (La Torre Reprise) - an exclusive version of the titular track from his recent E.P. - is all tumbling tones - playful sequences and programmed patterns “blowing” busily, like colourful streamers caught on a tropical breeze. Like the compilation`s opening number, its another ambient, beatless, trance-dancer - suffused with sustained swells and chords that feel like sunrise itself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eComposer \/ pianist Lola Perrin`s Cloud Sky Fade is an unadorned, unadulterated - save a little reverb - rippling river of cascading classical keys. Her piano rolling, reaching crescendos like crashing surf. Licensed from Lola’s 2006 CD, Fragile Light, its worthy of comparison with Keith Jarrett`s ECM output, and Wim Mertens` beloved The Belly Of An Architect score.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIf you look on Wikipedia, you’ll see that Suzanne Ciani has the affectionate moniker of “Diva of the Diode” - reflecting her huge importance in the history of electronic music. While studying at Berkley University in the `70s Suzanne became firm friends with Don Buchla, and subsequently spearheaded the use of his then ground-breaking modular synthesizer. Moving to New York, where she camped out on Philip Glass` studio floor, Suzanne set up her own company employing Don`s marvelous machine to produce advertising jingles. The success of this business eventually led to Suzanne becoming Hollywood’s first female soundtrack composer. In the `80s, Suzanne then started releasing new age records, one of which, 1986`s The Velocity Of Love, was a favourite of DJ Phil Mison, who made it a Cafe del Mar sunset staple. The beautiful Eighth Wave surely should have been the blissed-out musical backdrop to some `80s art house love scene - summoning as it does silhouettes of cinematic protagonists passionately disrobing though a Vaseline-smeared lens. Their hot clinches politely cutting to close-ups of isolated, moonlit beaches, and untamable, tempestuous tides.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJIM is Jim Baron, Crazy P`s Ron Basejam, but in folky, singer \/ songwriter mode. Coming on like Crosby, Stills \u0026amp; Nash, he covers the Ian Astbury \/ Billy Duffy penned Phoenix in an ultra-laidback fashion. Turning the gothic rock into a Laurel Canyon-esque lullaby. Singing of love in terms of fire, and flames of desire, backed by acrobatic acoustic picking and sweeping orchestral strings.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eYou could be forgiven for thinking that Antipodean audio auteur, Geoffrey O`Connor, is some forgotten `80s idol - so authentic is his soothing, swooning, romantic synth pop. Her Name On Every Tongue, however, dates from 2014, and can be located on Geoff`s sophomore solo long-player, Fan Fiction. The track`s vocoder harmonies proving perfect for a sing along on a top-down, Californian coastal drive.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThese righteous solar-worshiping rituals draw to a close with John Foxx \u0026amp; Robin Guthrie`s exceptional Estrellita - a highlight from the pair's 2009 album, Mirrorball - where the former Ultravox! and Cocteau Twins founders collaborate on a sublime shot of shoegaze. Generating a glacial glide of layer upon layer of treated guitar. Grounded by womb-like bass vibrations, while Foxx`s choirboy croon soars. 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An incredible year in Pop music, and between that first ‘Yearbook’, it’s ‘Extra’, and more of the year’s hits featuring on the ‘80-84 Final’ and it’s  ‘Extra’ we have featured over 150 tracks on CD so far in our appreciation of 1983.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose tracks were generally the bigger hits of the year with their Chart achievement a factor in their inclusion - however – that’s not the whole story, and our celebration of 1983 wouldn’t be complete without shining a light on some of the year’s singles that have been compiled much less frequently over the past 40 years…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the THE VAULT for 1983…Some of the tracks were Top 40 hits, some missed the Chart completely, and some were huge in the U.S. and not in the U.K. – but all are part of the wonderful Pop story of 1983.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e80 tracks across 4-CDs - NOW Yearbook - The Vault: 1983\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD1 kicks off with a run of Synth-Pop gems from established artists Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Blancmange, Gary Numan and Talk Talk alongside some newer bands, The Lotus Eaters, H20, Freur and After The Fire… Japan released a live  instrumental, and Yello, Divine, Rockers Revenge and Freeez presented fantastic Electronic club tracks. Level 42 and Animal Nightlife produced sophisticated Jazz-Funk-Pop and Joe Jackson’s hit ‘Night And Day’ album included the final track on the first disc  – ‘Breaking Us In Two’….\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second disc opens with a stunning collection of Indie-Pop singles from Bauhaus, Marc And The Mambas, The Stranglers and The Glove – featuring members of both The Cure and Siouxsie And The Banshees….\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUS Indie-Pop from The B-52’s and Wall Of Voodoo leads into a run of pure Pop from Kim Wilde, Adam Ant, Bow Wow Wow, Altered Images, The Belle Stars and The Bluebells - before the CD moves towards it’s close with the Retro-Pop of Roman Holliday  and Tracie, plus Fun Boy Three and UB40 before finishing with Mari Wilson’s gorgeous take on ‘Cry Me A River’. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD3 features some huge and long-established superstars including Billy Joel with the stunning opener ‘Goodnight Saigon’, Bonnie Tyler, Electric Light Orchestra, Lionel Richie, Earth Wind \u0026amp; Fire, Mike Oldfield, The Kinks, Olivia Newton-John  and a massive U.S. hit for Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton with a cover of Bob Seger’s ‘We’ve Got Tonite’. Great tracks from Chris Rea, Robert Palmer and Marillion are followed by a run of influential floor-fillers including Man Parrish with ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop  (Don’t Stop)’, ‘Magic’s Wand’ from Whodini, and ‘Get Down Saturday Night’ from Oliver Cheatham – which would be sampled on the 2003 #1 single ‘Make Luv’ by Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham. And the disc concludes with ‘Lady Lady’ by Giorgio Moroder \u0026amp; Joe Esposito  taken from the soundtrack of one of 1983’s biggest movies, ‘Flashdance’. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe final disc focuses on singles that found Chart success in the U.S, and opening with Culture Club and ‘I’ll Tumble 4 Ya’ – a U.S. single that wasn’t released in the UK, before a sequence of tracks that were all U.S. New-Wave hits led  by the collaboration between Sparks and the Go-go’s Jane Wiedlin and including The Romantics, The Fixx, The Motels, Modern English, Missing Persons and Naked Eyes. 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Great tracks from Chris Rea, Robert Palmer and Marillion are followed by a run of influential floor-fillers including Man Parrish with ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop  (Don’t Stop)’, ‘Magic’s Wand’ from Whodini, and ‘Get Down Saturday Night’ from Oliver Cheatham – which would be sampled on the 2003 #1 single ‘Make Luv’ by Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham. And the disc concludes with ‘Lady Lady’ by Giorgio Moroder \u0026amp; Joe Esposito  taken from the soundtrack of one of 1983’s biggest movies, ‘Flashdance’. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe final disc focuses on singles that found Chart success in the U.S, and opening with Culture Club and ‘I’ll Tumble 4 Ya’ – a U.S. single that wasn’t released in the UK, before a sequence of tracks that were all U.S. New-Wave hits led  by the collaboration between Sparks and the Go-go’s Jane Wiedlin and including The Romantics, The Fixx, The Motels, Modern English, Missing Persons and Naked Eyes. Taco’s Synth cover of ‘Puttin’ On The Ritz’ is up next before a run of Rock and FM radio hits  from Pat Benatar, Styx, Asia, Journey and John Mellencamp – and to close this amazing collection, 3 of 1983’s most beautiful ballads from Daryl Hall \u0026amp; John Oates, Toto, and ‘It Might Be You’, the theme from another smash hit film, ‘Tootsie’. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNOW Yearbook – The Vault : 1983 – A continued celebration of the magical year in Pop!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrack List: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD 1 \u003cbr\u003e1.           Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph   \u003cbr\u003e2.           Blancmange - That’s Love, That It Is  \u003cbr\u003e3.           Thompson Twins - Watching \u003cbr\u003e4.           Talk Talk - My Foolish Friend            \u003cbr\u003e5.           A Flock Of Seagulls - Nightmares  \u003cbr\u003e6.           After The Fire - Der Kommissar  \u003cbr\u003e7.           Gary Numan - Sister Surprise  \u003cbr\u003e8.           John Foxx - Endlessly  \u003cbr\u003e9.           The Lotus Eaters - You Don't Need Someone New   \u003cbr\u003e10.         China Crisis - Tragedy And Mystery  \u003cbr\u003e11.         H2O - Just Outside Heaven  \u003cbr\u003e12.         Freur - Doot Doot  \u003cbr\u003e13.         Japan - Canton  \u003cbr\u003e14.         Yello - I Love You  \u003cbr\u003e15.         Divine - Love Reaction  \u003cbr\u003e16.         Rockers Revenge - The Harder They Come   \u003cbr\u003e17.         Freeez - Pop Goes My Love  \u003cbr\u003e18.         Level 42 - Out Of Sight Out Of Mind  \u003cbr\u003e19.         Animal Nightlife - Native Boy '83  \u003cbr\u003e20.         Joe Jackson - Breaking Us In Two  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD 2 \u003cbr\u003e1.           Bauhaus - Lagartija Nick \u003cbr\u003e2.           Marc And The Mambas - Black Heart  \u003cbr\u003e3.           The Stranglers - Midnight Summer Dream  \u003cbr\u003e4.           Spear Of Destiny - The Wheel  \u003cbr\u003e5.           The Glove - Like An Animal  \u003cbr\u003e6.           The B-52's - Song For A Future Generation   \u003cbr\u003e7.           Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio  \u003cbr\u003e8.           The Teardrop Explodes - You Disappear From View  \u003cbr\u003e9.           Kim Wilde – Dancing In The Dark   \u003cbr\u003e10.         Haysi Fantayzee - Sister Friction  \u003cbr\u003e11.         Adam Ant - Strip  \u003cbr\u003e12.         Bow Wow Wow - Do You Wanna Hold Me?  \u003cbr\u003e13.         Altered Images - Bring Me Closer  \u003cbr\u003e14.         The Belle Stars - Indian Summer  \u003cbr\u003e15.         XTC - Love On A Farmboy's Wages  \u003cbr\u003e16.         The Bluebells - Cath  \u003cbr\u003e17.         Roman Holliday - Motor Mania  \u003cbr\u003e18.         Tracie - Give It Some Emotion  \u003cbr\u003e19.         Fun Boy Three – The More I See (The Less I Believe) \u003cbr\u003e20.         UB40 - I've Got Mine  \u003cbr\u003e21.         Mari Wilson - Cry Me A River  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD 3 \u003cbr\u003e1.           Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon  \u003cbr\u003e2.           Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than The Speed Of Night   \u003cbr\u003e3.           Men At Work - Overkill \u003cbr\u003e4.           Chris Rea - I Can Hear Your Heartbeat  \u003cbr\u003e5.           Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages   \u003cbr\u003e6.           Robert Palmer - You Are In My System \u003cbr\u003e7.           Mike Oldfield - Shadow On The Wall  \u003cbr\u003e8.           Marillion - He Knows You Know  \u003cbr\u003e9.           The Kinks - Don’t Forget To Dance  \u003cbr\u003e10.         Kenny Rogers \u0026amp; 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As with the previous edition, none of the tracks appeared on a ’Yearbook’ vinyl edition before..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1980: Kicking off with Queen’s classic ‘Flash’, before a line-up including Paul McCartney with ‘Waterfalls’, The Clash with ‘Bankrobber’, The Cure, Grace Jones and Madness. Dancefloor hits from Diana Ross and The Gap Band, are joined by  electronic pop from Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, John Foxx, and Devo.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1981: The Police lead a stellar collection that includes on Side One, The Jam, The Teardrop Explodes, Siouxsie and The Banshees and pure pop from Dave Stewart \u0026amp; Barbara Gaskin and Aneka with their #1s… whilst side two celebrates the explosion  of artists enjoying massive synth based hits in 1981, featuring The Human League, Soft Cell, Visage, Spandau Ballet and Heaven 17 – with time for soul ballads from Randy Crawford and Grover Washington feat. 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Some were representative of massive selling albums, and some were big hits in the U.S. and not in the U.K… but all are part of the wonderful pop story of 1980. \u003cbr\u003e80 tracks across 4-CDs – NOW Yearbook – The Vault: 1980, available as a special edition 4-CD in ‘hardback book’ packaging featuring a 28-page booklet, including notes about each track…\u003cbr\u003eCD1 opens with established superstars with big U.S, hits: Bruce Springsteen (with ‘Hungry Heart’), Billy Joel (with ‘You May Be Right’) and Blondie with ‘The Hardest Part’ – a single in the U.S. but not in the U.K.  \u003cbr\u003eNew-wave with a retro feel from The Ramones and The Revillos lead into singles before the hits came for Echo \u0026amp; The Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes… Synth-driven pop would become the dominant genre in the charts over the next year, and this first disc features artists including Ultravox, The Human League and Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark that would be among the most successful of the next five years.\u003cbr\u003eSparks, The B-52’s, Robert Palmer and The Buggles also feature – whilst the disc draws to its close with follow-ups to huge hits from M and The Flying Lizards – and with a song familiar to anyone who was glued to the tv show ‘Tiswas’ on a Saturday morning in 1980 – with some of the shows regulars performing on ‘The Bucket Of Water Song’…\u003cbr\u003eOpening CD2 – ‘Dance Stance’ from Dexys Midnight Runners – the single that came a few months before ‘Geno’ took them to #1. Great guitar pop from Secret Affair and Squeeze leads into post-punk from The Stranglers, The Ruts and The Clash, ahead of reggae and ska from Junior Murvin and The Bodysnatchers, and hugely influential early hip-hop from Kurtis Blow with ‘The Breaks’. Tracks fusing genres are up next including soul \u0026amp; jazz from The Manhattan Transfer, Earth Wind \u0026amp; Fire, Tom Browne, and the superb collaboration between Wilton Felder and Bobby Womack on ‘Inherit The Wind’. 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Great guitar pop from Secret Affair and Squeeze leads into post-punk from The Stranglers, The Ruts and The Clash, ahead of reggae and ska from Junior Murvin and The Bodysnatchers, and hugely influential early hip-hop from Kurtis Blow with ‘The Breaks’. Tracks fusing genres are up next including soul \u0026amp; jazz from The Manhattan Transfer, Earth Wind \u0026amp; Fire, Tom Browne, and the superb collaboration between Wilton Felder and Bobby Womack on ‘Inherit The Wind’. 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Heaven 17 are up next with their debut single '(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang', alongside the debut from Eurythmics 'Never Gonna Cry Again'. 1981 saw Debbie Harry release her first solo album 'KooKoo', and from it here the second single 'The Jam Was Moving' and Donna Summer released 'Cold Love' also the second single from her 'The Wanderer' album.  Gary Numan reunited with his former band members, now called Dramatis on the superb 'Love Needs No Disguise', and John Foxx released 'Europe After The Rain' as the lead single from 'The Garden'. Generation X released 'Dancing With Myself', a track that lead singer Billy Idol would revisit in his solo releases. Post-Punk new wave from Hazel O'Connor, Bow Wow Wow, Honey Bane and Altered Images feature along with the 1978 debut 'Young Parisians' from Adam \u0026amp; The Ants – re-released to become a hit in 1981. 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Donna Summer - Cold Love\u003cbr\u003e7. Gary Numan \u0026amp; Dramatis - Love Needs No Disguise \u003cbr\u003e8. John Foxx - Europe After The Rain  \u003cbr\u003e9. Classix Nouveaux – Guilty \u003cbr\u003e10. Generation X – Dancing With Myself\u003cbr\u003e11. Hazel O'Connor – (Cover Plus) We're All Grown Up\u003cbr\u003e12. Bow Wow Wow - Prince Of Darkness \u003cbr\u003e13. Honey Bane – Turn Me On Turn Me Off \u003cbr\u003e14. Altered Images - Dead Pop Stars \u003cbr\u003e15. Adam \u0026amp; The Ants - Young Parisians \u003cbr\u003e16. Squeeze - Is That Love?\u003cbr\u003e17. Split Enz - History Never Repeats\u003cbr\u003e18. The Boomtown Rats - Never In A Million Years \u003cbr\u003e19. Rex Smith \u0026amp; Rachel Sweet - Everlasting Love \u003cbr\u003e20. Hot Chocolate - You'll Never Be So Wrong \u003cbr\u003e21. Boney M. - We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD2\u003cbr\u003e1. Bruce Springsteen - The River \u003cbr\u003e2. 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We have included more than 160 tracks on the CDs of the 1981 Yearbook, the 80-84 Final Chapter, and their extras so far in our appreciation of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose tracks were generally the bigger hits of the year, with their chart achievement a factor in their inclusion – however – that's not the whole singles story of the year, and our celebration of 1981 wouldn't be complete without shining a light on some of the years' singles that have been compiled much less frequently over the past 40 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWelcome to THE VAULT for 1981, 4-CDs featuring 82 tracks. Some of the tracks included were Top 40 hits, some missed the chart completely. Some were representative of massive selling albums, and some were big hits in the U.S. and not in the U.K but all are part of the wonderful pop story of 1981.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA year away from their Top 40 debut, CD1 opens with Simple Minds with 'Sweat In Bullet' from their 'Sons And Fascination' album and followed by Spandau Ballet with 'Paint Me Down' from their second album 'Diamond'. Heaven 17 are up next with their debut single '(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang', alongside the debut from Eurythmics 'Never Gonna Cry Again'. 1981 saw Debbie Harry release her first solo album 'KooKoo', and from it here the second single 'The Jam Was Moving' and Donna Summer released 'Cold Love' also the second single from her 'The Wanderer' album.  Gary Numan reunited with his former band members, now called Dramatis on the superb 'Love Needs No Disguise', and John Foxx released 'Europe After The Rain' as the lead single from 'The Garden'. Generation X released 'Dancing With Myself', a track that lead singer Billy Idol would revisit in his solo releases. Post-Punk new wave from Hazel O'Connor, Bow Wow Wow, Honey Bane and Altered Images feature along with the 1978 debut 'Young Parisians' from Adam \u0026amp; The Ants – re-released to become a hit in 1981. Squeeze, Split Enz and The Boomtown Rats are up next before the first disc closes with pop nuggets from Hot Chocolate and Boney M with 'We Kill The World...', their last original Top 40 single.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBruce Springsteen opens Disc 2 with the title track from his #2 album 'The River' which gave him his first UK Top 40 single, and John Mellencamp – who would have to wait another year for his UK chart debut – with 'Ain't Even Done With The Night', his first Top 20 hit in the US. Great tracks from Steve Winwood, Elton John and Joan Armatrading come ahead of a run of the years' best rock including 'Tom Sawyer' from Rush, Rainbow, Girlschool, Thin Lizzy and Gillan, along with Foreigner with their US Top 5 smash 'Urgent' and Meat Loaf with the lead single from his album 'Dead Ringer For Love', 'I'm Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rest of CD2 celebrates some of '81's best soul and disco featuring Commodores, Rick James, Chaka Khan, Evelyn 'Champaign' King, Sister Sledge, Odyssey, Voggue and the dance-floor essential 'Can You Handle It' from Sharon Redd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD3 opens with an incredible run of alt-pop: The Creatures - Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie from Siouxsie And The Banshees - released their debut 'Mad Eyed Screamer' along with 'Primary', the single from The Cure's 'Faith' album, New Order with 'Procession', plus The Psychedelic Furs, Echo \u0026amp; The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, The Undertones and The Stranglers. Dexys Midnight Runners \u0026amp; Kevin Rowland had a #1 in 1980 and would again in 1982, and in 1981 'Show Me' made the Top 20. The Clash released the non-album single 'This Is Radio Clash', and reggae and new-wave fusion came from The Beat and Scritti Politti – whilst reggae artist Sheila Hylton made the Top 40 with her cover of The Police track 'The Bed's Too Big Without You'. More funk-pop genre melding from Freeez, Level 42 and Shakatak lead to The Manhattan Transfer – who had a huge US hit with their cover of doo-wop classic 'Boy From New York City', and the disc closes with Joe Jackson covering the jazz\/blues\/swing standard 'Jumpin' Jive'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe final disc opens with the Pretenders from their second album, and a single 'Louie Louie' that got a US, but not a UK release. Pat Benatar led into her 'Precious Time' album with 'Fire And Ice', and Billy Joel released a live version of 'Say Goodbye To Hollywood', giving him a US Top 20 hit. Bruce Springsteen wrote 'This Little Girl, giving Gary U.S. Bonds a big US hit, and other stars enjoying success in America in 1981 include REO Speedwagon who had the years' biggest selling album, Rick Springfield, Journey, and Kim Carnes. The Alan Parsons Project saw 'Time' become a Top 20 hit, and Juice Newton hit #2 with 'Queen Of Hearts'. Missing the UK Top 40, but going all the way to #1 in the US, Eddie Rabbitt's 'I Love A Rainy Night' is up next ahead of Dolly Parton with 'But You Know I Love You'. A Taste Of Honey had a huge hit back in 1978 with 'Boogie Oogie Oogie' (UK #3 \/ US #1) – and hit Top 3 in '81 with 'Sukiyaki' in the US, and that track leads into the final four in our collection – and a stunning closing run of vocalists: Aretha Franklin and George Benson duetting on 'Love All The Hurt Away', Diana Ross, 'Sailing' from Christopher Cross – another US #1, and signing off with Neil Diamond with the second single from the soundtrack of 'The Jazz Singer', 'Hello Again'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNOW Yearbook – The Vault: 1981 – A continued celebration of this magical year in pop!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr\u003eCD1\u003cbr\u003e1. Simple Minds - Sweat In Bullet\u003cbr\u003e2. Spandau Ballet – Paint Me Down \u003cbr\u003e3. Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang\u003cbr\u003e4. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Never Gonna Cry Again \u003cbr\u003e5. Debbie Harry – The Jam Was Moving\u003cbr\u003e6. 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Closing the side, Altered Images feature with their debut 'Dead Pop Stars', along with the 1978 debut 'Young Parisians' from Adam \u0026amp; The Ants – re-released to become a hit in 1981. Flip the LP over to celebrate some of '81's best soul and disco featuring Rick James, Sister Sledge and Chaka Khan, ahead of funk-pop genre melding from Freeez, Shakatak and Level 42 before this first disc closes with reggae artist Sheila Hylton who made the Top 40 with her cover of The Police track 'The Bed's Too Big Without You'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBruce Springsteen opens LP2 with the title track from his #2 album 'The River' which gave him his first UK Top 40 single, and John Mellencamp – who would have to wait another year for his UK chart debut – with 'Ain't Even Done With The Night', his first Top 20 hit in the US. 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Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark’s debut single ‘Electricity’ is up next along with second appearances from Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran and Tears For Fears. Kim Wilde debuted with the pure-pop gold of ‘Kids In America’, and leads to a stellar run of synth-pop to close the collection – from Altered Images, Visage, Soft Cell with ‘Torch’, The Cure with ‘The Walk’ – and finishing with the elegant and haunting ‘Ghosts’ from Japan.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNOW That’s What I Call An Era: (Feels Like) Heaven 1978-1985 – an unforgettable journey through some of the greatest tracks from the most influential artists - Celebrating one of the most groundbreaking \u0026amp; innovative era’s in pop music. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCD1:\u003cbr\u003e1. Queen - Radio Ga Ga  \u003cbr\u003e2. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) \u003cbr\u003e3. Ultravox – Vienna  \u003cbr\u003e4. Visage - Fade To Grey \u003cbr\u003e5. 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The Human League - Being Boiled \u003cbr\u003e3. Fad Gadget - Back To Nature \u003cbr\u003e4. The Cure - Let's Go To Bed \u003cbr\u003e5. The Associates - Party Fears Two   \u003cbr\u003e6. New Order - Thieves Like Us \u003cbr\u003e7. Propaganda - Duel \u003cbr\u003e8. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home) \u003cbr\u003e9. Alphaville - Big In Japan \u003cbr\u003e10. Talk Talk - Today \u003cbr\u003e11. Simple Minds - Promised You A Miracle  \u003cbr\u003e12. Our Daughter's Wedding - Lawnchairs \u003cbr\u003e13. Devo - Whip It \u003cbr\u003e14. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance \u003cbr\u003e15. The Flying Lizards - Money  \u003cbr\u003e16. Trio - Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha \u003cbr\u003e17. Yello - Bostich \u003cbr\u003e18. Telex - Moskow Diskow \u003cbr\u003e19. Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive! \u003cbr\u003e20. Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCD3:\u003cbr\u003e1. New Order - Blue Monday \u003cbr\u003e2. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax \u003cbr\u003e3. Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) \u003cbr\u003e4. Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy \u003cbr\u003e5. Nena - 99 Red Balloons \u003cbr\u003e6. Paul Hardcastle - 19 \u003cbr\u003e7. Freeez - I.O.U.  \u003cbr\u003e8. Donna Summer - Our Love \u003cbr\u003e9. Lipps Inc. - Funkytown  \u003cbr\u003e10. Animotion - Obsession \u003cbr\u003e11. The Pointer Sisters - Automatic  \u003cbr\u003e12. Imagination - Body Talk \u003cbr\u003e13. M \/ Robin Scott - Pop Muzik \u003cbr\u003e14. Flash And The Pan - Waiting For A Train \u003cbr\u003e15. Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out \u003cbr\u003e16. Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love \u003cbr\u003e17. Malcolm McLaren \u0026amp; The World's Famous Supreme Team - Buffalo Gals \u003cbr\u003e18. The Art Of Noise - Close (To The Edit)  \u003cbr\u003e19. Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F (From \"Beverly Hills Cop\" Soundtrack)\u003cbr\u003e20. 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