Rubik's 80s Mix #141 (November 1983)

White Lion Radio have released edition #141 of Rubik's 80s Mix, on this show, we feature tracks that were in the charts, in November 1983.

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here

Playlist For The Show:

Will Powers - Kissing With Confidence
ABC - That Was Then This Is Now
The Police - Synchronicity II
Limahl - Only For Love
Eurythmics - Right By Your Side
Marilyn - Calling Your Name
Imagination - New Dimension
The Assembly - Never Never
Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
The Smiths - This Charming Man
ABBA - Thank You For The Music
The Style Council - A Solid Bond In Your Heart
Paul Young - Love Of The Common People
Shannon - Let The Music Play
Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Do It)

New Kraftman Singles Compilation

Kraftman will be releasing a collection of 7 inch singles, titled "Short Circuit (The Singles)" on October 10th 2025 that will feature 17 tracks, including 4 previously unreleased singles.

The singles are taken from the albums "Electrique Fabrique", "Giro D'Italia" and "Chernobyl", 15 of which are released on CD for the very first time.

The singles released connected to the album "Giro D'Italia" have re-done recorded vocal parts to show case the songs in their best possible way.

The track listing for the CD is:

Florian
Bundesautobahn 52 (Radio Edit)*
A Face I Knew (7 Inch Version)*
Call Me Up
Waiting For The Day (12 Inch Edit)
Riding Through The Alps (Remix)*#
Giro '22 (New 2025 7 Inch Version)*
King Of The Mountains (New 2025 7 Inch Version)*
La Gazzetta Dello Sport (7 Inch Version)*
Passo Dello Stelvio (New 2025 7 Inch Version)*
La Maglia Rosa (7 Inch Version)*#
Luigi Ganna (New 2025 7 Inch Version)*#
Meltdown To The Core (7 Inch Version)*
AZ-5 (Radio Edit)*
Anatoly Dyatlov (7 Inch Version)*#
Radiation (7 Inch Version)*#
Skala System

*First time on CD
#Previously Unreleased

The album is available initially as a digital download via Bandcamp, with a small amount of the CD edition to follow on that platform too.

https://kraftman.bandcamp.com/album/short-circuit-the-singles

A promotional film has been made, showcasing the tracks and can be viewed here 

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #92

Put The Needle On The Record Week #92 Visage - The Anvil

For this weeks feature we go back to March 1982 and the Visage album "The Anvil".

"The Anvil" was the 2nd album by Visage and was recorded at Mayfair studios in London and featured the same line-up that appeared on their self titled debut album, with the exception of John McGeoch who had left the band.

Apparently the albums title is named after a famous gay club/bar in New York!

After this album was released Midge Ure left the band and from that point the band lost their way totally, especially with the next album "Beat Boy", which is a dreadful album, however, "The Anvil" is a superb album, my favourite tracks on the album are "The Damned Don't Cry", "Night Train", "The Anvil", "Look What They've Done", "Again We Love" and "Whispers".

It was well received by the music press and some very impressive sleeve designs for the records released. In addition, I should also point out that their were some fantastic 12 inch mixes of the singles that were released.

2 singles were released off the album "The Damned Don't Cry" (which reached number 11 in the UK Singles chart) and "Night Train" (which reached number 12 in the UK Singles chart). "Whispers" was also released as a single but only in Japan.

The album, reached Number 6 in the UK album chart.

Track Listing

Side A

The Damned Don't Cry
The Anvil (Night Club School)
Move Up
Night Train

Side B

The Horseman
Look What They've Done
Again We Love
Wild Life
Whispers

If you have this album in your collection, dig it out and give it a spin!

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #91

Put The Needle On The Record Week #91 ABC - Alphabet City

For this weeks feature we go back to October 1987 and the ABC album "Alphabet City".

"Alphabet City" was the 4th album released by ABC and it is a gem of an album, featuring some outstanding tracks, such as, "When Smokey Sings", "King Without A Crown" (my favourite track off the album), "The Night You Murdered Love", "Rage And Then Regret", "Think Again" and "Bad Blood".

The album was produced by ABC's Martin Fry and Mark White along with Bernard Edwards, who is best known for being part of the band Chic.

The album's title and titles of several of the tracks were inspired by the Alphabet City section of Manhatten in New York. The album was recorded over a 9 month period at the Marcus Recording Studios in London.

3 singles were released off the album, "When Smokey Sings" (which reached number 11 in the UK Singles chart and performed well on the Billboard Hot 100 in the states, reaching number 5), "The Night You Murdered Love", which included some superb 12 inch mixes (which reached number 31 in the UK Singles Chart) and "King Without A Crown" (which surprisingly only reached number 44 in the UK Singles Chart).

The album, reached Number 7 in the UK album chart and number 48 in the US Billboard Top 200.

Track Listing

Avenue A
When Smokey Sings
The Night You Murdered Love
Think Again
Rage And Then Regret
Ark-Angel
King Without A Crown
Bad Blood
Jealous Lover
One Day
Avenue Z

If you have this album in your collection, dig it out and give it a spin!

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #90

Put The Needle On The Record Week #90 David Bowie - Low

For this weeks feature we go back to January 1977 and the David Bowie album "Low".

"Low" was the 11th album released by the sadly missed David Bowie. It is part of the "Berlin trilogy" albums record in Berlin, Germany, the other 2 albums being "Heroes" and "Lodger" and is my favourite album from the three released, because of it's electronic sound. The trilogy was also produced by Tony Visconti, who worked with Bowie of many years.

Amazingly Bowie's record label, RCA, refused to release the album for 3 months as they felt it would be a commercial failure! It was an album that divided critical opinion and received very little promotion by the label and by Bowie himself......it is now regarded as a "classic" Bowie album and one of his best ever album releases.

My favourite tracks on the album are, "Sound And Vision", "Speed Of Life", "Breaking Glass", "Warszawa" (my favourite track overall), "Art Decade" and "Always Crashing In The Same Car". It really is an amazing album that was way ahead of its time.

Three singles were released off the album "Sound And Vision" (which reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart and number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100 in America), "Be My Wife"/"Speed Of Life" (which reached number 57 in the UK Singles chart) and "Breaking Glass"/"Art Decade", which was only released in Australia and New Zealand.

The album, reached Number 2 in the UK album chart and number 11 in the American Billboard chart.

Track Listing

Side 1

Speed Of Life
Breaking Glass
What In The World
Sound And Vision
Always Crashing In The Same Car
Be My Wife
A New Career In A New Town

Side 2

Warszawa
Art Decade
Weeping Wall
Subterraneans

If you have this album in your collection, dig it out and give it a spin!

i-Select #122

White Lion Radio have released edition #122 of i-Select.

This is a series of shows that focuses on Electronic/Synthpop bands from around the world, that are unsigned, signed to a small independent label or self release their material.

If you like electronic music, you will enjoy this show

You can listen to the show via Mixcloud:

https://www.mixcloud.com/whitelionradio/i-select-122/

Full Playlist

LorD And Master - Painting Over The Cracks
Positronic - In The Stars Tonight
Synth Fellow Hawk - Accelerated Glow
Damokles - Resurrection
Promenade Cinema - Under Review
Liquid Soul - Liquid 1nc
Rogue FX - We Belong
Cold Connection - Forever And A Day
Lonelyklown - Debby And The Jet Stream
Hanging Freud - A Pact Among The Living
Jeremiah Kane - Missed Call
J26 - Fallen (Loved Up Remix)
Nieder - The Flow
Cred - I Want You (Remix)
S1H2 - Melt Away
Nova Music - Catherine Wheel
Projekt Ich - An Angel On Earth
Natcho - 3 AM
Synth Fellow Hawk - Dancing In The Twilight
Azam Ali - To Pieces
Perfect Female Type - Mall Patrol
Indigo & 10eighty6 - Can’t Stop (Rogue FX Remix)
Scenius - Five-Arm Crystal
Arvid Tuba - No Questions
Von Kaiser - Take Me Home Tonight
Jessy Mach - Embers Of A Name
Damokles - Lost Civilization
Andrew Corbin - Already Here (Crom Wizard Rremix)
Arena Ft Robert Tupper - No Easy Way Out
Hanging Freud - Grooming
LorD And Master - The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Single Mix)

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #89

Put The Needle On The Record Week #89 Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

For this weeks feature we go back to June 1979 and the Joy Division album "Unknown Pleasures".

My fascination with Joy Division continued with this album, I went into a record shop just off Deansgate, where they let you listen to a maximum of 5 tracks off any album, which I duly did and at first I wasn't so keen on it, however, hearing more material by Joy Division on John Peels show on Radio 1 and I eventually bought it, my parents hated me playing the record because it was so dark and gloomy, but for me that is the attraction with this album, it was different, post punk and to be honest wasn't the kind of music I was listening to at the time, I loved the vocal delivery of Ian Curtis, not just on this album but also the outstanding "Closer" album, his lyrics are truly outstanding, what a sad loss to the music world when he took his own life.

The album was recorded at Strawberry Studio's in Stockport with Martin Hannett producing the record (he also produced the bands album "Closer") and of course the artwork, which is iconic, was designed by Peter Saville.

My favourite track off the album is "She's Lost Control", however, I do prefer the re-recorded version, other standout tracks are "New Dawn Fades", "I Remember Nothing", "Shadow", "Day Of The Lords" and "Candidate".

No singles were released off the album.

The album, reached Number 5 in the UK album chart.

Track Listing

Disorder
Day Of The Lords
Candidate
Insight
New Dawn Fades
She's Lost Control
Shadowplay
Wilderness
Interzone
I Remember Nothing

If you have this album in your collection, dig it out and give it a spin!