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ENGLISH BEAT "Pato and Roger a Go Talk" from Special Beat Service 1982THE UNTOUCHABLES "What's Gone Wrong" from Live and Let Dance 1984THE SUBURBS "Love is the Law" from The Suburbs 1984TALK TALK "Life Is What You Make It" from The Colour of Spring 1986ULTRAVOX "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" from Lament 1984PETE SHELLEY "No One Like You" from XL-1 1983THE FOUNTAINHEAD "Sometimes" from The Burning Touch 1986ALTERED IMAGES "Another Lost Look" from Bite 1983DOLLY MIXTURE "Everything And More" from Remember This: The Singles Collection 1980-1984 1982INXS "Doctor" from INXS 1980SWING SET "Blackout" from Life Speeds Up 1986THE X-TEENS "Kiss and Make Up Time" from Love and Politics 1984THE LYRES "Help You Ann" from On Fire 1984THE CRAMPS "Can Your Pussy Do the Dog?" from A Date With Elvis 1986X "The New World" from More Fun in the New World 1984T.S.O.L. "American Zone" from Change Today? 1999THE VANDALS "Mohawk Town" from When in Rome  1984THE MINUTEMEN "Courage" from 3-Way Tie (For Last) 1985THE RAINYARD "So Happy Now" from A Thousand Days 1989THE DANGTRIPPERS "When Time Runs Out" from Days Between Stations 1988R.E.M. "Ages of You" from Dead Letter Office 1987THE JACK RUBIES "Be With You" from Fascinatin' Vacation 1988THE BODINES "Therese" from Therese 1986CLOSE LOBSTERS "Skyscrapers of St Mirin" from What Is There to Smile About? 1988RAILWAY CHILDREN "Chrysalis" from Recurrence 1988THE SMITHS "Sweet And Tender Hooligan" from Louder Than Bombs 1987THE PRIMITIVES "Noose" from Pure 1989THE BLUEBELLS "I'm Falling" from The Singles Collection 1984EURYTHMICS "Belinda" from In the Garden 1981

MIDNIGHT OIL - Dreamworld (Diesel & Dust) 1988WALL OF VOODOO - Big City (Seven Days in Sammystown) 1985THE TRUTH - Playground (Playground) 1985JULIAN COPE - The Bloody Assizes (Fried) 1984BLOW UP - Good For Me (12" single) 1987THE GO-BETWEENS - Right Here (Talulah) 1987COCTEAU TWINS - Lorelei (Treasure) 1984CHAMELEONS UK - Swamp Thing (Strange Times) 1986WHITE CHINA - Real World (12" single) 1984U2 - I Fall Down (October) 1981THE RUTS - West One (Grin & Bear It) 1980THE SAINTS - Grain Of Sand (Prodigal Son) 1988THE PRIMITONS - Don't Go Away (Happy All The Time) 1987HOODOO GURUS - Come Anytime (Magna Cum Louder) 1989DREAMS SO REAL - Everywhere Girl (Fathers House) 1985LET'S ACTIVE - In Little Ways (Big Plans For Everybody) 1986THE RAVE UPS - When The End Comes Before (Book of Your Regrets) 1988TRUE WEST - Falling Away (Hand Of Fate) 1986VIOLENT FEMMES - Mother of a Girl (3) 1988DARK WHITE - Call Of The Wild (The Grey Area EP) 1985KILLING JOKE - Sun Goes Down (Birds of a Feather 12") 1982FAITH GLOBAL - Love Seems Lost (Earth Report EP) 1982THE CURE - Fascination Street (Disintegration) 1989MORRISSEY - Suedehead (Viva Hate) 1988PSYCHIC TV - Godstar (single) 1985MIGHTY LEMON DROPS - One By One (World Without End) 1988

THE CHAMELEONS "Return Of The Roughnecks" from What Does Anything Mean?  Basically 1985THE SOUND "Sense of Purpose" from From the Lion's Mouth 1981BLITZ "Solar" from Single 1983THE SNAKE CORPS "Calling You" from Single 1989PARTY DAY "Rabbit Pie" from Glasshouse 1985SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES "Green Fingers" from A Kiss In the Dreamhouse 1982CLAN OF XYMOX "Michelle" from Medusa 1986MOEV "Circles and Squares" from Dusk & Desire 1986JAPAN "Quiet Life" from Quiet Life 1979NAKED EYES "No Flowers Please" from Fuel for the Fire 1984PREFAB SPROUT "Here On the Eerie" from Swoon 1984MICRODISNEY "Birthday Girl" from The Clock Comes Down the Stairs 1985LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS "Patience" from Rattlesnakes (Remastered) 1985THAT PETROL EMOTION "Swamp" from Babble 1987SHOOT!DISPUTE "Can't Believe" from Single 1984THE PAYOLA$ "Some Old Song" from No Stranger to Danger 1982JO BOXERS "Boxerbeat" from Like Gangbusters 1983MADNESS "Embarrassment" from Absolutely 1980THE ENGLISH BEAT "What's Your Best Thing?" from What Is Beat? 1983SQUEEZE "Another Nail In My Heart" from Argybargy 1981ROBYN HITCHCOCK "Fifty Two Stations" from Groovy Decoy 1986HUXTON CREEPERS "I Will Persuade You" from 12 Days To Paris 1986XTC "Towers of London" from Black Sea 1980THE SMITHEREENS "Hand of Glory" from Especially for You 1986THE DREAM SYNDICATE "Let It Rain" from Out Of The Grey 1986R.E.M. "Moral Kiosk" from Murmur 1983FETCHIN' BONES "God's Hanky" from Cabin Flounder 1985THE DOWNSIDERS "Curl Of Hair" from The Downsiders 1987

RED ROCKERS - China (Good as Gold) 1983MODERN ENGLISH - Move in Light (Mesh & Lace) 1981TRANSLATOR - Everywhere That I'm Not (Heartbeats & Triggers) 1982THE STRANGLERS - Skin Deep (Aural Sculpture) 1985HOODOO GURUS - Bittersweet (Mars Needs Guitars) 1985THE ROMANTICS - Love Me to the Max (In Heat) 1983FLESH FOR LULU - Sleeping Dogs (Long Live the New Flesh) 1987THE ALARM - Strength (Strength) 1985THE LUCY SHOW - A Million Things (Mania) 1986BIG COUNTRY - Angle Park (Wonderland EP) 1984ULTRAVOX - One Small Day (Lament) 1984INXS - Dancing on the Jetty (The Swing) 1984THE FIXX - Lost Planes (Shuttered Room) 1982PSEUDO ECHO - Listening (Love an Adventure) 1984THE REPLACEMENTS - I'll Buy (Tim) 1985RANGE HOODS - Rough Town (Rough Town EP) 1984LET'S ACTIVE - Talking to Myself (Big Plans for Everybody) 1986THE THREE O'CLOCK - Hand in Hand (Arrive Without Traveling) 1985R.E.M. - Finest Worksong (Document) 1987RIGHT AS RAIN - Rain (Undertown) 1989THE CONNELLS - Over There (Boylan Heights) 1987THE FEELIES - High Road (The Good Earth) 1986THE CHILLS - Pink Frost (single) 1984THE CHURCH - No Explanation (Remote Luxury) 1984O.M.D. - Telegraph (Dazzle Ships) 1983XYMOX - 7th Time (Clan of Xymox) 1985THE SNAKE CORPS - Miracle (Flesh on Flesh) 1986ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Do It Clean (Songs to Learn & Sing) 1980ICICLE WORKS - Hollow Horse (single) 1984

THE CURE "Charlotte Sometimes" from Staring At the Sea - The Singles 1984PLAY DEAD "Pale Fire" from Sacrosant b-side 1985SISTERS OF MERCY This Corrosion - Single 1987GENE LOVES JEZEBEL "Kick" from Discover 1986MARY GOES ROUND "The Night" from Sunset 1989THE MISSION UK "And The Dance Goes On" from God's Own Medicine 1986SNAKE CORPS "Calling You" single from 1989PSYCHEDELIC FURS "Soap Commercial" from The Psychedelic Furs 1980BLUE IN HEAVEN "Julie Cries" from All the Gods Men 1984GARY NUMAN "We Take Mystery To Bed" from I, Assassin 1982MISSING PERSONS "Bad Streets" from Spring Session M 1982DANNY ELFMAN "Gratitude" from So-Lo 1984INXS "Dancing on the Jetty" from Dancing on the Jetty 1984MODERN ENGLISH "Blue Waves" from Ricochet Days 1984ENGLISH BEAT "Best Friend" from I Just Can't Stop It 1980JOE JACKSON "Tonight and Forever" from Big World 1986BIG COUNTRY "Wonderland" from Wonderland 1984 SPLIT ENZ "One Step Ahead" from Waiata 1981SCARLET PARTY "101 Dam-Nations" from 7" Single 1982KIRSTY MACCOLL "Terry" from The Stiff Years 1983THE HOUSEMARTINS "We're Not Going Back" from We're Not Going Back 1987CLOSE LOBSTERS "Just Too Bloody Stupid" from Foxheads Stalk This Land 1987THE WONDER STUFF "Unbearable" from The Eight Legged Groove Machine 1988DARLING BUDS "Hit the Ground" from Pop Said... 1988HUXTON CREEPERS "I Will Persuade You" from 12 Days To Paris 1986THE RAVE-UPS "When the End Comes Before" from The Book of Your Regrets 1988SOUL ASYLUM "Standing In The Doorway" from Hang Time 1988MOVING TARGETS "Separate Hearts" from Brave Noise 1989BAND OF SUSANS "Hard Light" from Love Agenda 1989

LET'S ACTIVE “Every Word Means No” from Afoot (1983) THE THREE O'CLOCK “Jetfighter” from Sixteen Tambourines / Baroque Hoedown (1983) TRUE WEST “Steps To The Door” from Two True (1983) THE PRIMITONS “All My Friends” from Don't Go Away: BIG DIPPER “All Going Out Together” from Supercluster - Anthology (1987) DUMPTRUCK “Carefree” from For the Country (1987) GUADALCANAL DIARY “Pray For Rain” from Jamboree (1986) R.E.M. “Burning Down” from Dead Letter Office (1987) HOODOO GURUS “I Want You Back” from Stoneage Romeos (1984) MIDNIGHT OIL “Sell My Soul” from Diesel and Dust (1987) CRASH STREET KIDS “Little Girls” from Crash Street Kids (1982) THE REPLACEMENTS “Bastards of Young” from Tim (1985) SOUL ASYLUM “Cartoon” from Hang Time (1988) HUSKER DU “These Important Years” from Warehouse: Songs and Stories (1987) THE LOVE IN “Late as Usual” from The Love In (1987) THE LILAC TIME “Together” from The Lilac Time (1988) THE SMITHS “I Started Something I Couldn't Finish” from Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) McCARTHY “What Our Boys are Fighting For” from The Enraged Will Inherit the Earth (1989) DEL AMITRI “I Was Here” from Del Amitri (1985) THE CHILLS “Wet Blanket” from Brave Words (1987) THE MEKONS “Blow Your Tuneless Trumpet” from The Mekons Rock 'n' Roll (1989) BLEACHED BLACK “I Can't Be Happy” from Wrist Slashing Romance EP (1985) CHATSHOW “Red Skies” from 12" Single (1986) GENE LOVES JEZEBEL “Heartache” from Discover (1986) NEW MODELS “Say What” from Sight and Sound EP (1983) CABARET VOLTAIRE “White Car” from code (1987) THE CURE “The Baby Screams” from The Head On The Door (1985) INXS “Here Comes” from Shabooh Shoobah (1982) THE X-TEENS “Say It Isn't So” from Love and Politics (1984) LET'S ACTIVE “Easy Does” from Cypress (1984)

CHAMELEONS UK - Pleasure & Pain (12" single) 1985NEW ORDER - Procession (single) 1981KILLING JOKE - Love Like Blood (Night Time) 1985LOVE & ROCKETS - Motorcycle (s/t) 1989BAUHAUS - Lagarjita Nick (single) 1982JESUS & MARY CHAIN - Happy Place (Barbed Wire Kisses) 1988SNAKE CORPS - Testament (Testament EP) 1986TEARDROP EXPLODES - Passionate Friend (Wilder) 1981THE OPPOSITION - A Day in The Future (Intimacy) 1983THE ESSENCE - Only For You (single) 1988RECKLESS SLEEPERS - If We Never Meet Again (Big Boss Sounds) 1988THE CURE - A Night Like This (Head on the Door) 1985MIDNIGHT OIL - Hercules (Species Deceases EP) 1985HOODOO GURUS - What's My Scene (Blow Your Cool) 1987LOVE TRACTOR - Chilly Damn Willy (s/t) 1984THE DOWNSIDERS - I Wanna Drive (All My Friends Are Fish) 1988THE VERLAINES - Death & The Maiden (single) 1983AFTER THIS - Fields (single) 1986THE SMITHS - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Queen Is Dead) 1986GO-BETWEENS - Was There Anything I Could Do (16 Lovers Lane) 1988THE CHILLS - Wet Blanket (Brave Words) 1987GRAPES OF WRATH - O Lucky Man (Treehouse) 1987GUADALCANAL DIARY - Pray For Rain (Jamboree) 1986R.E.M. - Second Guessing (Reckoning) 1984THE CONNELLS - Over There (Boylan Height) 1987BEAT FARMERS - Bigger Stones (Tales of the New West) 1985LOUIS & CLARK - Walk Down Any Street (Hollywood Capacity Maximus) 1987THE TOURISTS - All Life's Tragedies (Reality Effect) 1979

ENGLISH BEAT - Sole Salvation (Special Beat Service) 1982THE JAM - Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero? (The Gift) 1982THE CLASH - Somebody Got Murdered (Sandinista!) 1980THE FIXX - Less Cities, More Moving People (Phantoms) 1984SQUEEZE - Hits of the Year (Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti) 1985KATE BUSH - The Big Sky (Hounds Of Love) 1985JULIAN COPE - St. Julian (St. Julian) 1987XTC - That's Really Super Supergirl (Skylarking) 1986PETE WYLIE - Sinful (Sinful) 1987OMD - We Love You (The Pacific Age) 1986ICEHOUSE - Hey Little Girl (Primitive Man) 1982ULTRAVOX - One Small Day (Lament) 1984MOEV - Yeah, Whatever (single) 1986WIRE - The Point of Collapse (The Ideal Copy) 1987SNAKE CORPS - Calling You (More Than The Ocean) 1989MARCH VIOLETS - Deep (Electric Shades) 1985SAFEHOUSE - Underneath The Ice (single) 1982COMSAT ANGELS - Do The Empty House (Sleep No More) 1981BALAAM & THE ANGEL - Two Into One (She Knows b-side) 1986KILLING JOKE - The Wait (s/t) 1980GANG OF FOUR - I Found That Essence Rare (Entertainment!) 1979SCARS - All About You (Author!Author!) 1981BAUHAUS - Kick In The Eye (single) 1981PARTY DAY - Atoms (Glasshouse) 1985THE CUT - I Wish It Was Simple (Shadow Talks) 1981DIG DIPPER - Faith Healer (Boo-Boo) 1987HUSKER DU - Makes No Sense At All (Flip Your Wig) 1985THE REPLACEMENTS - Kiss Me On The Bus (Tim) 1985DREAMS SO REAL - Victim (Rough Night in Jericho) 1988

THE DAMNED – Generals (Strawberries) 1982THE STRANGLERS – The Man They Love to Hate (La Folie) 1981 SIMPLE MINDS – The American (Sons & Fascination) 1981 SPANDAU BALLET – Paint Me Down (single) 1981 VISAGE – Visa Age (s/t) 1980 ULTRAVOX – We Came to Dance (Quartet) 1982 GLEAMING SPIRES – Big Surprise (Walk on Well Lighted Streets) 1981 SLOW CHILDREN – Unplugging the Vacuum (Mad About Town) 1982 HORIZONTAL BRIAN – Practicing First Aid (Vertical) 1983 MISSING PERSONS – Destination Unknown (Spring Session M) 1982 PETER SCHILLING – Tera Titanic (single) 1984 THE FIXX – Walkabout (Walkabout) 1986 BOW WOW WOW – Baby Oh No (I Want Candy) 1981 DEVO – Jerkin Back & Forth (New Traditionalists) 1981 DANNY ELFMAN – Gratitude (So-Lo) 1984 THE DIVINYLS – I’ll Make You Happy (Desperate) 1982 THE THE – Infected (Infected) 1986 THE CHRYSALIDS – Stop The Clock (single) 1987 HUXTON CREEPERS – I Will Persuade You (12 Days to Paris) 1986 LONDON COWYBOYS – Dance Crazy (single) 1987 THE GODFATHERS – Love Is Dead (Birth.School.Work.Death) 1988 TRUE WEST – Look Around (Drifters) 1984 BUFFALO TOM – Sunflower Suit (s/t) 1989 MOVING TARGETS – The Other Side (Burn In Water) 1986 THE WIPERS – Return of the Rat (Is This Real?) 1979 THE SCIENTISTS – Swampland (Weird Love) 1986 THE CRAMPS – Can Your Pussy Do The Dog? (A Date With Elvis) 1986 PYSCHIC TV – Godstar (single) 1986 THE MEKONS – Where Were You (single) 1978 THE FOLK DEVILS – This Traitor Hand (Peel Sessions) 1985

INXS - The One Thing (Shabooh Shoobah) 1982GENERAL PUBLIC - Faults & All (Hand To Mouth) 1986THE BIG DISH - Big New Beginning (Swimmer) 1986RAILWAY CHILDREN - Brighter (Reunion Wilderness) 1987THE SMITHS - Half a Person (single) 1986AZTEC CAMERA - Deep Wide & Tall (Love) 1987LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTION - Rattlesnakes (Rattlesnakes) 1984THE SNEETCHES - Run In The Sun (Sometimes That's All We Have) 1988THE BATS - Made Up In Blue (single) 1986THE JAZZ BUTCHER - Death Dentist (Bloody Nonsense) 1986THE MEKONS - Kidnapped (Honky Tonkin') 1987THE GO-BETWEENS - I Just Get Caught Out (Tallulah) 1987SWIMMING POOL Qs - Silver Slippers (s/t) 1984THE CONNELLS - Fun & Games (Fun & Games) 1989DREAMS SO REAL - Everywhere Girl (single) 1985

THE CHURCH - Reptile (Starfish) 1988THE LUCY SHOW - Sun & Moon (Mania) 1986ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - A Promise (single) 1984THE BOLSHOI - Away (Friends) 1986THE FOUNTAINHEAD - Someone Like You (Voice Of Reason) 1988CUNNING TOY - Searching (12" single) 1987VISAGE - The Damned Don't Cry (single) 1982NEW ORDER - Your Silent Face (Power Corruption & Lies) 1983THE CURE - A Night Like This (Head On The Door) 1985THE PAYOLA$ - Eyes of a Stranger (No Stranger to Danger) 1982MIDNIGHT OIL - Hercules (Species Deceases EP) 1985

MODERN ENGLISH “Blue Waves” from Ricochet Days (1984) ICICLE WORKS “Hollow Horse” from The Small Price of a Bicycle (1985) MIDNIGHT OIL “Hercules” from Species Deceases EP (1985) THE ALARM “Rescue Me” from Eye of the Hurricane (1987) FLESH FOR LULU “Slide” from Plastic Fantastic (1989) CONCRETE BLONDE “Still In Hollywood” from Concrete Blonde (1986) THE REPLACEMENTS “I'll Be You” from Don't Tell a Soul (1989) DRAMARAMA “New Dream” from Box Office Bomb (1987) DRIVIN NY CRYIN “Scarred But Smarter” from Scarred But Smarter (1986) DREAMS SO REAL “Bearing Witness” from Rough Night In Jericho (1988) THE FURLONGS “On The Water” from 2300 Ward (1988) R.E.M. “Romance” from Eponymous (1988) THE FEELIES “It's Only Life” from Only Life (1988) SWIMMING POOL Qs “Now I'm Talking About Now” from Blue Tomorrow (1987) GIANT SANDWORMS “Body of Water” from Single (1983) WALL OF VOODOO “Don't Spill My Courage” from Seven Days In Sammystown (1985) THE JAZZ BUTCHER “Big Bad Thing” from Distressed Gentlefolk (1986) THELONIOUS MONSTER “Swan Song” from Next Saturday Afternoon (1987) DINOSAUR JR. “Freak Scene” from Bug (1988) BUTTHOLE SURFERS “I Saw an X-Ray of a Girl Passing Gas” from Hairway to Steven (1988) BAND OF SUSANS “You Were an Optimist” from Hope Against Hope (1988) DIE KREUZEN “Slow” from Century Days (1988) fIREHOSE “Brave Captain” from Ragin', Full-On (1986) MEAT PUPPETS “Lost” from II (1984) MOJO NIXON & SKID ROPER “Stuffin Martha's Muffin” from Frenzy (1986) BEAT FARMERS “God Is Here Tonight” from Pursuit of Happiness (1987) SCRUFFY THE CAT “My Baby She's Alright” from Tiny Days (1987) JASON & THE SCORCHERS “Absolutely Sweet Marie” from Fervor (1983)

LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH “Holy War” from s/t LP (1982) ROSE OF AVALANCHE "Height of the Clouds - pt. 2” from In Rock (1988) JESUS & MARY CHAIN “Sidewalking” from Barbed Wire Kisses (1988) SHOCK THERAPY “Can I Do What I Want?” from Theatre of Shock Therapy (1985) THE DAMNED “Drinking About My Baby” from The Black Album (1980) BAUHAUS “Telegram Sam” from In The Flat Field (1980) THE BOLSHOI “Away” from Friends (1986) GENE LOVES JEZEBEL “Gorgeous” from The House of Dolls (1987) RHYTHM AND FAITH “Time to Run” from Time to Run - Single (1983) MINISTRY “Overkill” from Early Trax (1981) G.B.H. “The Seed of Madness” from Midnight Madness and Beyond (1986) T.S.O.L. “Still the Same” from Revenge (1986) RUDI “When I Was Dead” from Rudi: The Singles (1981) TV21 “Something's Wrong” from Single (1981) STRANGE ADVANCE “We Run” from 2WO (1985) ICEHOUSE “Cross The Border” from Measure for Measure (1986) THE STRANGLERS “All Roads Lead to Rome” from Feline (1983) O.M.D. “Joan of Arc” from Architecture & Morality (1981) THE BLUEBELLS “Forever More” from The Singles Collection (1982) AZTEC CAMERA “The Boy Wonders” from High Land, Hard Rain (1983) DOLLY MIXTURE “Everything and More” from Single (1982) MUTANTS “Opposite World” from Fun Terminal (1983) WALL OF VOODOO “Can't Make Love” from The Index Masters (1980) LOVE TRACTOR “Chilly Damn Willy” from Love Tractor (1982) B-52's “Give Me Back My Man” from Wild Planet (1980) ROCK & HYDE “Dirty Water” from Under the Volcano (1987) *request*U2 “Gloria” from October (1981) THE JAM “Funeral Pyre” from Funeral Pyre - Single (1981)

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Dear Prudence (Hyaena) 1984ALMOST ALONE - Dancing To Kill (12" single) 1984DANSE SOCIETY - Runaway (Looking Through) 1986THE CURE - A Night Like This (Head On The Door) 1985ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Seven Seas (Ocean Rain) 1984A-HOUSE - I'll Always Be Grateful (On Our Big Fat Merry Go Round) 1988CHINA CRISIS - King in a Catholic Style (Flaunt The Imperfection) 1985THE DRONGOS - Ghost Ship (s/t) 1984WEDNESDAY WEEK - Missionary (What We Had) 1987GUADALCANAL DIARY - Litany (2x4) 1987CATERWAUL - Not Today (Pin & Web) 1989SLOW CHILDREN - Unplugging The Vacuum (Mad About Town) 1982PSYCHEDELIC FURS - Goodbye (Forever Now) 1982A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS - You Can Run (s/t) 1982B-52s - Trism (Whammy!) 1983THE JETZONS - I Love You (s/t EP) 1982SPARKS - All You Ever Think About Is Sex (In Outer Space) 1983LENE LOVICH - Monkey Talk (Flex) 1980JARVON JOL - The Dust Collector (12" single) 1984SPANDAU BALLET - To Cut a Long Story Short (single) 1980SIMPLE MINDS - I Travel (Empires & Dance) 1980NEW ORDER - 1963 (single) 1987POLYROCK - Broken China (Above The Fruited Plain EP) 1982THE FALL - Cruisers Creek (This Nation's Saving Grace) 1985BAD BRAINS - Secret 77 (I Against I) 1986HUSKER DU - Green Eyes (Flip Your Wig) 1985THE PIXIES - Wave of Mutilation (Doolittle) 1989THELONIOUS MONSTER - Thelonious Monster (Baby, You're Bumming...) 1986DOWNY MILDEW - Purple Parlor (Broomtree) 1987THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - Rhythm Section Want Ad (s/t) 1986

CLAN OF XYMOX "7th Time" from Clan Of Xymox 1985THE FACT "Into Your Heart" from Always There 12" 1986KILLING JOKE "Let's All Go (To the Fire Dances)" from Fire Dances 1983PINK TURNS BLUE "When the Hammer Comes Down" from If Two Worlds Kiss 1987WIRE "It's a Boy" from A Bell Is A Cup Until It Is Struck 1988NEW ORDER "Procession" from Singles 1981DEPARTMENT S "Is Vic There?" from Substance 1981HUMAN LEAGUE "I'm Coming Back" from Hysteria 1984YAZ "Too Pieces" from Upstairs at Eric's 1982ALTERED IMAGES "Another Lost Look" from Bite 1983INDUSTRY "State of the Nation" from Stranger to Stranger 1983A DROP IN THE GRAY "All the Same" from Certain Sculptures 1984ICEHOUSE "Stay Close Tonight" from Sidewalk 1984BLANCMANGE "Lose Your Love" from Believe You Me 1985DOUBTS EVEN HERE "Like The Wind" from Single 1989THE CONNELLS "Darker Days" from Darker Days 1985TOAD THE WET SPROCKET "Way Away" from Bread and Circus 1989R.E.M. "Fireplace" from Document 1987DRIVIN N CRYIN "Honeysuckle Blue" from Mystery Road 1989THE WINDEBREAKERS "Run" from Run 1986FIRE TOWN "Where the Shadows Fall" from The Good Life 1989THE WINTER HOURS "Say The Word" from 12" Single 1988SOMETHING HAPPENS "Burn Clear" from Been There, Seen That, Done That 1988RHYTHM CORPS "I Surrender" from Common Ground 1988MIDNIGHT OIL "Sell My Soul" from Diesel and Dust 1987HUNTERS & COLLECTORS "Dog" from Human Frailty 1986SPLIT ENZ "Six Months In a Leaky Boat" from Time and Tide 1982

KILLING JOKE “Love Like Blood” from Night Time (1985) MINISTRY “Here We Go” from With Sympathy (1983) CLASSIX NOUVEUX “Inside Outside” from Night People (1981) AND ALSO THE TREES “The Suffering of the Stream” from The Millpond Years (1988) PETE SHELLEY “On Your Own” from Heaven and the Sea (1986) ZIP “Your Love” from Single (1988) CABARET VOLTAIRE “Sensoria (7'' Version)” (1984) HEAVEN 17 “We Live So Fast” from The Luxury Gap (1983) JAPAN “Visions of China” from Tin Drum (2003 Remaster) (1981) BLANCMANGE “Lose Your Love” from Believe You Me (1985) THE STRANGLERS “Nice In Nice” from Dreamtime (1986) ROBYN HITCHCOCK “52 Station” from Groovy Decay (1982) XTC “Ball and Chain” from English Settlement (1982) THE CHILLS “Rolling Moon” from Kaleidoscope World (1982) MARTIN DUPONT “Meet the Beast” from Meet the Beast - Single (1985) STAN RIDGWAY “Camouflage” from The Big Heat (1986) THE SAINTS “Grain Of Sand” from Prodigal Son (1988) LET'S ACTIVE “Too Bad” from Every Dog Has His Day (1988) THE YANKS “Made In The States” from Made In The States (1984) HUSKER DU “Green Eyes” from Flip Your Wig (1985) THE REPLACEMENTS “Kids Don't Follow” from Stink - EP (1982) THE NILS “Young Man In Transit” from The Nils (1987) THE FASTBACKS “You Will Be the One” from ...And His Orchestra (1987) THE NEIGHBORHOODS “Real Stories” from The High Hard One (1986) PETE SHELLEY “Yesterday's Not Here” from Homosapien (1981)

SAD LOVERS & GIANTS “Imagination” from Epic Garden Music (1982) GANG OF FOUR “What We All Want” from Solid Gold (1981) JESUS & MARY CHAIN “April Skies” from Darklands (1987) FRONT 242 “Operating Tracks” from Geography (2004) [Re-mastered] (1982) SKINNY PUPPY “Dead Lines” from Bites (1985) GARY NUMAN “My Dying Machine” from Berserker (1984) CRASH COURSE IN SCIENCE “It Costs to Be Austere” from Single (1981) RE-FLEX “Something About You” from The Politics of Dancing (1983) NEW ORDER “Dreams Never End” from Movement (1981) THE TEARDROP EXPLODES “Bent Out of Shape” from Wilder (1981) ALTERED IMAGES “Don't Talk to Me About Love” from Bite (1983) PETER GODWIN “Images of Heaven” from Images of Heaven (1982) DEPECHE MODE “A Question of Time” from Black Celebration (1986) EIGHT SECONDS “Commissioner Street” from Almacantar (1986) PYLON “Recent Title” from Gyrate (1980) TRANSLATOR “Everywhere That I'm Not” from Heartbeats and Triggers (1982)THE GO-BETWEENS “Spring Rain” from Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express (1986) LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS “Charlotte Street” from Rattlesnakes (1984) CLOSE LOBSTERS “Just Too Bloody Stupid” from Foxheads Stalk This Land (1987) R.E.M. “What If We Give It Away?” from Life's Rich Pageant (1986) WIRE TRAIN “Skills of Summer” from Between Two Words (1985) GUADALCANAL DIARY “Always Saturday” from Flip-Flop (1989) DUMPTRUCK “Going Nowhere” from For the Country (1987) HUXTON CREEPERS “Autumn Leaves” from 12 Days To Paris (1986) HOODOO GURUS “The Other Side of Paradise” from Mars Needs Guitars! (1985) UPS AND DOWNS “Lit by the Fuse” from Underneath the Watchful Eye (1988) BOOM CRASH OPERA “The Best Thing” from These Here Are Crazy Times (1989)

TOMMY KEENE - Places That Are Gone (12" single) 1984 R.E.M. - Life & How To Live It (Fables of the Reconstruction) 1985 FIRE TOWN - Where The Shadows Fall (The Good Life) 1989 GRAPES OF WRATH - Not The Way it Is (Now & Again) 1989 TOMMY KEENE - I Don't Feel Right At All (Songs From The Film) 1986 GAME THEORY - Waltz The Halls Always (Real Nighttime) 1985 PAUL KELLY - Before Too Long (Gossip) 1986 LET'S ACTIVE - In Little Ways (Big Plans For Everybody) 1986 SWIMMING POOL Qs - Blue Tomorrow (Blue Tomorrow) 1986 CACTUS WORLD NEWS - Years Later (Urban Beaches) 1986 WIRE TRAIN - Love, Love (Between Two Words) 1985 DREAM SYNDICATE - Let It Rain (Out Of The Grey) 1986 THE REPLACEMENTS - Bastards Of Young (Tim) 1985 THE SEERS - Lightning Strikes (single) 1988 CLOSE LOBSTERS - I Kiss The Flowers In Bloom (Foxheads Stalk This Land) 1987 THE SOMELOVES - Know You Now (Something Or Other) 1989 THE GO-BETWEENS - Was There Anything I Could Do (16 Lovers Lane) 1988 THE FEELIES - On The Roof (The Good Earth) 1986 THE PRIMITONS - On Or Off The Bus (Don't Go Away) 1987 TOMMY KEENE - Run No (Run Now EP) 1986 THE SMITHEREENS - Beauty & Sadness (Beauty & Sadness EP) 1983 CHAMELEONS UK - Tears (Strange Times) 1986 PLAY DEAD - Pale Fire (Sacrosanct single B-Side) 1985 FOR AGAINST - Sabres (December) 1988BLEACHED BLACK - I Can't Be Happy (Wrist Slashing Romance) 1984 THE SUGARCUBES - Delicious Demon (Life's Too Good) 1988 SPOONS - Arias & Symphonies (Arias & Symphonies) 1982 ALMOST ALONE - Dancing To Kill (single) 1984 THE FALL - Mr. Pharmacist (Bend Sinister) 1986

COMSAT ANGELS - Be Brave (Sleep No More) 1981THE OPPOSITION - Fool For You (Empire Days) 1985THE LUCY SHOW - Remains (Undone) 1985RHYTHM CORPS - Broken Haloes (Paquet De Cinq) 1982IAN McCULLOCH - The Flickering Wall (Candleland) 1989PARTY DAY - Let Us Shine (single) 1985TEARDROP EXPLDOES - Ha Ha, I'm Drowning (Kilmanjaro) 1980GENE LOVES JEZEBEL - Heartache (Discover) 1986PSYCHEDELIC FURS - Here Come Cowboys (Mirror Moves) 1984INXS - Black & White (Shabooh Shoobah) 1982SHOCK THERAPY - Can I Do What I Want (s/t) 1985LUNG OVERCOAT - Internal Silence (single) 1982ROMEO VOID - Confrontation (It's a Condition) 1981LOVE TRACTOR - Chilly Damn Willy (s/t) 1982LET'S ACTIVE - Room With a View (Afoot) 1983SWING SET - Blackout (Life Speeds Up) 1986THE CHURCH - When You Were Mine (The Blurred Crusade) 1982DRAMARAMA - Lullabye (Stuck in Wonderamaland) 1989GUADALCANAL DIARY - Michael Rockefeller (Jamboree) 1986WIRE TRAIN - Never (In a Chamber) 1983THE ESSENCE - The Cat (Purity) 1985THE PRIMITIVES - Thru The Flowers (Lovely) 1988THE WONDERSTUFF - Who Want to Be King of the Disco? (single) 1989THE DANSE SOCIETY - All I Want (Looking Through) 1986PAUL HARDCASTLE - 19 (Single) 1985ALTERED IMAGES - Don't Talk to Me About Love (Bite) 1983

A spooky blast from the past! Enjoy this episode for all your Halloween festivities this coming week!

Early Deep Cuts edition of the 80sU featuring to most obscure of the obscure 80s alternative.

Early Deep Cuts edition of the 80sU featuring to most obscure of the obscure 80s alternative.

KILLING JOKE - Fire Dances-Let's All Go (Fire Dance) 1983SYSTEM 56 - Life on a Cool Curve (single) 1983JAPAN - Life in Tokyo (Assemblage) 1981THE LADS - Bostown Girls (Out From the Shadows) 1983SQUEEZE - I've Returned (Sweets From a Stranger) 1982THE PRIMITONS - Don't Go Away (Happy All The Time) 1987R.E.M. - Burning Down (Dead Letter Office) 1987A-HOUSE - Call Me Blue (Call Me Blue EP) 1988HOUSE OF LOVE - Christine (s/t) 1988THE SMITHS - What Difference Does it Make? (Singles) 1984DEPECHE MODE - In Your Memory (People are People B-Side) 1984YO LA TENGO - Cone of Silence (Ride the Tiger) 1986THE FEELIES - On The Roof (The Good Earth) 1986WINTER HOURS - Churches (Churches EP) 1985XTC - Love on a Farmboy's Wages (Mummer) 1983

THE CHURCH - A New Season (Starfish) 1988EASTERHOUSE - To Live Like This (Contenders) 1986ICEHOUSE - Icehouse (s/t) 1981MODERN EON - Waiting for the Cavalry (Fiction Tales) 1981SAD LOVERS & GIANTS - When I See You (Epic Garden Music) 1982THE NAMES - Nightshift (Swimming) 1982ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - New Direction (s/t) 1987EURYTHMICS - Belinda (In The Garden) 1981KIRSTY MACCOLL - A New England (single) 1985 *request*SPANDAU BALLET - Lifeline (True) 1983 *request*THOMAS DOLBY - Europa & The Pirate Twins (Golden Age of Wireless) 1982DEVO - Doctor Detroit (single) 1983FIGURES ON A BEACH - Breathless (single) 1984

THE FALL – Big Now Prinz (12” single) 1988 *request*THE JAM – Boy About Town (Sound Affects) 1980BILLY BRAGG – Strange Things Happen (Brewing Up) 1984THE GO-BETWEENS – In the Core of the Flame (Liberty Belle & The Black Diamond Express) 1986DREAM SYNDICATE – Tell Me When It’s Over (Days of Wine & Roses) 1982 *request*NOT SHAKESPEARE – Turnaround (s/t EP) 1986THE DOWNSIDERS – My Only Reply (s/t) 1987THE CHAMELEONS – Look Inwardly (What Does Anything…) 1985THE WAKE – O Pamela (Here Comes Everybody) 1985MAX EIDER – Quiet Lives (The Best Kisser in the World) 1987RAILWAY CHILDREN – A Gentle Sound (Reunion Wilderness) 1987THE SMITHS – Ask (single) 1987ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – Clay (Porcupine) 1983SAD LOVERS & GIANTS – Sex Without Gravity (In The Breeze) 1984THE CHURCH – Volumes (Remote Luxury) 1984GRAPES OF WRATH – A Very Special Day (Treehouse) 1987R.E.M. – What If We Give It Away (Life’s Rich Pageant) 1986DREAMS SO REAL – Victim (Rough Night in Jericho) 1988

THE CHURCH – North South East West (Starfish) 1988THE SKIDS – Blood & Soil (Joy) 1981ICICLE WORKS – In The Cauldron Of Love (s/t) 1983TV21 – Something’s Wrong (single) 1981AGENT ORANGE – Tearing Me Apart (This is the Voice) 1986BIG DRILL CAR – 5-Year Itch (Small Block EP) 1987THE MOOD – Watching Time (Singles Collection) 1982OMD – Georgia (Architecture & Morality) 1981MOEV – Madhatter (Zimmerkampf) 1982SKINNY PUPPY – One Time:One Place (Mind:The Perpetual Intercourse) 1986

NEW MODEL ARMY - White Coats (single) 1987UNDER TWO FLAGS - The Day After Dub (10" single) 1984JESUS & MARY CHAIN - Down on Me (Darklands) 1987XYMOX - Stranger (Clan of Xymox) 1985THE CURE - Primary (single) 1981LONDON COWBOYS - Dance Crazy (Relapse) 1988THE CULT - Judith (Revolution EP) 1985GENE LOVES JEZEBEL - Upstairs (Promise) 1983DANCING HOODS - Wild & The Lonely (12 Jealous Roses) 1985SCRUFFY THE CAT - My Baby She's Alright (Tiny Days) 1987THE YANKS - We Call Each Other Mine (Made in The States) 1983SWING SET - Blackout (Life Speeds Up) 1986

XTC - Dear God (Skylarking) 1986THE BONGOS - Roman Circus (Phantom Train) 1986LET'S ACTIVE - Room With a View (Afoot) 1983INXS - Golden Playpen (Shabooh Shoobah) 1982SPLIT ENZ - I Got You (True Colours) 1980THE PLIMSOULS - How Long Will It Take (Everywhere at Once) 1983THE LUCY SHOW - Land and the Life (Mania) 1986DRAGON - Rain (single) 1983PETE SHELLEY - XL-1 (XL-1) 1983SPARKS - All You Ever Think About is Sex (In Outer Space) 1983YAZ - Sweet Thing (You & Me Both) 1983NEW ORDER - 1963-1994 (single) 1986SPOONS - Nova Heart (Arias & Symphonies) 1982OMD - Messages (10" single) 1980KRAFTWERK - Computer World (Computer World) 1981

MIGHTY LEMON DROPS - Inside Out (World Without End) 1988STONE ROSES - She Bangs The Drums (s/t - 2009 reissue) 1989ROBYN HITCHCOCK - Bells of Rhymney (12" single) 1986NICK LOWE - Rose Of England (Rose Of England) 1985ROCKPILE - Teacher Teacher (Seconds Of Pleasure) 1980PHIL SEYMOUR - Baby It's You (s/t) 1981THE CHORDS - Something's Missing (So Far Away) 1980GO-BETWEENS - Love Goes On (16 Lovers Lane) 1988FLATMATES - Shimmer (Shimmer EP) 1988THE FEELIES - On The Roof (The Good Earth) 1986POPGUNS - Those Other Things (Eugenie) 1989

*** JANGLE POP SPECIAL ***R.E.M. - Pretty Persuasion (Reckoning) 1984THE CONNELLS - Try (Boylan Heights) 1987GUADALCANAL DIARY - Michael Rockefeller (Jamboree) 1986LET'S ACTIVE - Talking To Myself (Big Plans For Everybody) 1986FLIGHT OF MAVIS - The First Step (s/t) 1989GRAPES OF WRATH - O Lucky Man (Treehouse) 1987MIRACLE LEGION - The Backyard (The Backyard EP) 1985RIGHT AS RAIN - Rain (Undertown) 1989WINTER HOURS - At a Turtle's Pace (Churches EP) 1985TRANSLATOR - Un-Alone (Now Time Like Now) 1983THE SMITHEREENS - Hand of Glory (Especially For You) 1986HOODOO GURUS - I Want You Back (Stoneage Romeos) 1984WILL & THE BUSHMEN - Even The Wheelville (Gawk) 1987THE DANGTRIPPERS - When Time Runs Out (Days Between Stations) 1989THE THREE O'CLOCK - Hand In Hand (Arrive Without Travelling) 1985GAME THEORY - 24 (Real Nighttime) 1985THE PLIMSOULS - Hush Hush (s/t) 1981THE SIDEWINDERS - What Am I Supposed To Do? (Witchdoctor) 1989THE PRIMITIVES - Through The Flowers (Lovely) 1988DARLING BUDS - The Other Night (Pop Said) 1988

THE LUCY SHOW "A Million Things" from Mania 1986U2 "The Three Sunrises" from Wide Awake In America 1985NEW ORDER "Everything's Gone Green" from Singles 1981THE BOLSHOI "Romeo in Clover" from Friends 1986FIGURES ON A BEACH "Decay" from Swimming EP 1983PETE SHELLEY "You Can't Take That Away" from Heaven And The Sea 1986BALAAM & THE ANGEL "Two Into One" from The Greatest Story Ever Told 1987CLAN OF XYMOX "Agonised By Love" from Medusa 1986ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN "Show of Strength" from Heaven Up Here 1981SAD LOVERS & GIANTS "Echoplay" from Total Sound 1986ROSE OF AVALANCHE "Conceal Me" from First Avalanche 1985BAUHAUS "Lagartija Nick" from Singles (Remastered) 1981DEATH IN JUNE "The Calling (Mk II)" from Nada! 1985THE AFFORDABLE FLOORS "The Sounding" from The Sounding 1986PSYCHEDELIC FURS "Midnight To Midnight" from Midnight To Midnight 1987LOVE AND ROCKETS "Lazy" from Earth Sun Moon 1987ROMEO VOID "Present Tense" from Never Say Never EP 1982LENE LOVICH "Blue Hotel" from No Man's Land 1982BOW WOW WOW "Baby, Oh No" from I Want Candy 1982THE CLASH "Hitsville U.K." from Sandanista Now! 1980T.S.O.L. "Still The Same" from Revenge 1986FUN BOY THREE "The Lunatics (Have Taken over the Asylum)" from Fun Boy Three 198228th DAY "Twenty Five Pills" from 28th Day 1985R.E.M. "Second Guessing" from Reckoning 1984TRUE WEST "Bitter Dream" from Hand of Fate 1986DUMPTRUCK "Walk Into Mirrors" from Positively Dumptruck 1986CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN "Pictures Of Matchstick Men" from Key Lime Pie 1989

THE FIXX - Red Skies (Shuttered Room) 1982SHRINKING VIOLETS - She Said (Everything b-side) 1988GAME THEORY - You Drive (Two Steps From The Middle Ages) 1988DOLCE VITA - Beginning All Over (s/t EP) 1984SERIOUS YOUNG INSECTS - Be Patient (Housebreaking) 1982SPLIT ENZ - Six Months in a Leaky Boat (Time & Tide) 1982DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR - Vanishing Girl (Psonic Psunspot) 1987JAZZ BUTCHER - Hard (Grooving in the Bus Lane EP) 1986THE SMITHS - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (The Queen Is Dead) 1986POLYROCK - Broken China (Above the Fruited Plain EP) 1982THE FEELIES - It's Only Life (Only Life) 1988GALAXIE 500 - Parking Lot (Today) 1988THE LONG RYDERS - Ivory Tower (Native Sons) 1984THE PLAYMATES - Remember (Long Sweet Dreams) 1986R.E.M. - Ages Of You (Dead Letter Office) 1987

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Shooting Sun (Wheels on Fire single) 1987THE CURE - The Caterpillar (Singles) 1984CHAMELEONS UK - Up The Down Escalator (Script of the Bridge) 1983THE CUT - I Wish it Was Simple (Shadow Talk) 1982OMD - Goddess Of Love (The Pacific Age) 1986TALK TALK - Serious (s/t) 1982DEPECHE MODE - But Not Tonight (Black Celebration) 1986NAKED EYES - Burning Bridges (s/t)DANNY ELFMAN - Gratitude (So-Lo) 1984MIDNIGHT OIL - Power & The Passion (10-1) 1983INXS - Doctor (s/t)ENGLISH BEAT - Hands Off, She's Mine (I Just Can't Stop It) 1980BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE - The Bottom Line (This Is B.A.D.) 1985

FOR AGAINST – Get On With It (Echelons)THE DAMNED – Alone Again Or (Anything)JULIAN COPE – St. Julian (St. Julian)ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – Lost and Found (s/t)WIRE – Ahead (The Ideal Copy)JESUS & MARY CHAIN – Down On Me (Darklands)KILLING JOKE – Adorations (Brighter Than a Thousand Suns)SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – Song From the Edge of the World (12” single)LOVE AND ROCKETS – Mirror People (Earth.Sun.Moon.)BAMBI SLAM – Happy Birthday (12” single)THE HOUSEMARTINS - I Can't Put My Finger On It (The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death)THE SMITHS – A Rush & A Push and The Land Is Ours (Strangeways Here We Come)RAILWAY CHILDREN – History Burns (Brighter EP)THE SILENCERS – Painted Moon (A Letter From St. Paul)

THE REPLACEMENTS – Alex Chilton (Pleased to Meet Me)X – Fourth of July (See How We Are)GUADALCANAL DIARY – Litany-Life Goes On (2x4)DUMPTRUCK – Carefree (For The Country)DRAMARAMA – New Dream (Box Office Bomb)PIXIES – Levitate Me (Come On, Pilgrim)SCREAMING BLUE MESSIAHS – Sweet Water Pools (Bikini Red)HOODOO GURUS – Out That Door (Blow Your Cool)BEAT FARMERS – God Is Here Tonight (Pursuit of Happiness)MOJO NIXON & SKID ROPER – Elvis Is Everywhere (Bo-Day-Shus!)fIREHOSE – Brave Captain (Raging Full On)CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN – Photograph (Vampire Can Mating Oven)THE CONNELLS – Try (Boylan Heights)REM – Fireplace (Document)GRAPES OF WRATH – O Lucky Man (Treehouse)