I Completed 80s Music

Merrrrry retro Christmas and a Happy 1983! And we have some gifts as we finish playlist 52 with some magic tricks and a blue story! Then we're into the celebrations proper as we reflect back on the year that was 1982, hand out some awards and then look forward to all the treats 1983 has in store!
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Links to Playlist 52:
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In case the hyperlinks don't work, the tracks are:
8. Whodini - Magic's Wand
9. Pete Wylie and the Mighty Wah - The Story Of The Blues

It's the last playlist of 1982 and (almost) the last episode of that year as we jump onto playlist 52. The Maisonettes take us down Heartache Avenue, we get two Christmas singles, Fleetwood Mac make their welcome return after 3 years, Dionne Warwick signs off, Laura Branigan signs the Stanley Cup and John Williams shows us how movie music should be done - Elllliiiottt!
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Links to Playlist 52:
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In case the hyperlinks don't work, the tracks are:
1. Dionne Warwick - All The Love In The World
2. The Maisonettes - Heartache Avenue
3. David Essex - A Winter's Tale
4. The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
5. Fleetwood Mac - Oh Diane
6. Laura Branigan - Gloria
7. John Williams & The LSO - Flying Theme (From E.T The Extra-terrestrial)
 
 

We start with The Beat and end with a Beat Surrender this week as we roll into December 1982 and the end of The Jam. Cliff Richard also limbers up for a run of Christmas Hits, we learn why we all briefly got fascinated by the pan pipes, Phil Collins goes Motown and goes massive and Malcolm McLaren goes from agent provocateur to artiste provocateur!
 
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Links to Playlist 51:
Spotify
Apple Music
 
In case the hyperlinks don't work, the tracks are:
8. The Beat - I Confess
9. Cliff Richard - Little Town
10. Incantation - Cacharpaya
11. Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love
12. Malcolm McLaren - Buffalo Gals
13. The Jam - Beat Surrender

It's almost December 1982 and as we open our advent calendar who do we find behind the cardboard doors? (it's the 80s, so no milk chocolate) Bing Crosby and David Bowie! We also introduce the Pale Fountains for one brief dalliance and bathe in the creative majesty of The The. Bucks Fizz get hot and bothered in the kitchen, Culture Club can't stop dropping hits, Madness win an Ivor Novello and Ultravox enter a Faustian pact! It's quite the episode. 
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Links to Playlist 51:
Spotify
Apple Music
 
In case the hyperlinks don't work, the tracks are:
1. Bing Crosby, David Bowie & London Symphony Orchestra - Peace On Earth / The Little Drummer Boy
2. The Pale Fountains - Thank You
3. Bucks Fizz - If You Can't Stand The Heat
4. Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart)
5. Madness- Our House
6. Ultravox - Hymn
7. The The - Uncertain Smile

He's only gone and done it! The tonne! 
Yes folks, somehow, amazingly, this is the 100th episode of the pod. 
After a brief celebration and discussion about how technically backward I now am, we get back into the show proper. Modern Romance kick off the party reminding us the 80s were the best years of our lives. Meanwhile Duran Duran get on a yacht and ruin some perfectly tailored suits. Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart re-enter the charts and launch Eurythmics. We hear more from Simple Minds and Musical Youth and the Human League end the show looking in the mirror.
 
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Links to Playlist 50:
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In case the hyperlinks don't work, the tracks are:
8. Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives
9. Simple Minds - Someone Somewhere
10. Duran Duran - Rio
11. Eurythmics - Love Is A Stranger
12. Musical Youth - Youth Of Today
13. The Human League - Mirror Man
 
Hallelujah by alexander - go check out their work on orangefreesounds.com 
Drum Roll by LazyChillZone - go check out their work on Pixabay.com

And when I get that feeling it's like podcast healing! Yes folks as we reach the cusp of the tonne (episode 99 over all!), Playlist 50 brings us Marvin Gaye's brief comeback. Hall and Oates get chased by a panther, America bring their box of magic tricks, while a Flock of Seagulls consider a burgeoning photography career. Donna Summer makes her step into the 80s with the help of literally everyone, Clannad make us feel a feeling and Michael Jackson and Macca have a minor quarrel over a lady. It's a fun one this week!
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Links to Playlist 50:
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In case the hyperlinks don't work, the tracks are:
 
1. Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
2. Darryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater
3. America - You Can Do Magic
4. A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
5. Donna Summer - State Of Independence
6. Clannad - Theme From Harry's Game
7. Michael Jackson feat Paul McCartney - The Girl Is Mine

Cornettos and operatic voices at the ready! It's time for the ultimate cheesefest in this episode as we reach November 1982 and Renee & Renato! We meet Men At Work, have a drizzly flirtation with Supertramp and Heaven 17 kick off their Luxury Gap release. Meanwhile Rush brood on suburban isolation and Blancmange release their biggest hit. All in the latter half of playlist 49!
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Links to Playlist 49:
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In case the hyperlinks don't work, the tracks are:
8. Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
9. Supertramp - It's Raining Again
10. Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now
11. Renee & Renato - Save Your Love
12. Rush - Subdivisions
13. Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling

You may not wanna dance, but this week's pod will have you on your feet to Eddy Grant and Playlist 49, October 1982. We also introduce a little ditty from John Mellencamp and both Dionne Warwick and Killing Joke make their first appearance. We tell the brief story of The Mood, Diana Ross is hungry for muscles and we finally say goodbye to ABBA!
 
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Links to Playlist 49:
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Apple Music
In case the hyperlinks don't work, the tracks are:
1. Eddy Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance
2. John Mellencamp - Jack and Diane
3. Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker
4. Diana Ross - Muscles
5. ABBA - The Day Before You Came
6. The Mood - Passion In Dark Rooms
7. Killing Joke - Birds Of A Feather