Maximum 80s #134

Welcome to edition 134 of Maximum 80s here on White Lion Radio, a show that celebrates the 1980s 12 Inch Single!

This a series of shows that features some of the finest 12 Inch Singles from the 80s all in one continuous mix.

The biggest hits in the 12 Inch format from the greatest decade in music history!

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Playlist

Junior - Mama Used To Say (12 Inch Version)
Secession - Michael (Tom Lord-Alge Remix)
OMD - So In Love (Extended Version)
Kingdoms - Stability (Extended Version)
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Around (Like A Record) (Long Version)
Jimmy Ruffin & Jackson Moore - I'm Gonna Love You Forever (Hi-NRG Mix)
Hazell Dean - E.S.P (Extra Sensual Persuasion) (Extended Version)
The Real Thing - You To Me Are Everything (Extended Mix)
Erasure - Chorus (Ben Grosse Remix)
Public Image Ltd - This Is Not A Love Song (12 Inch Mix)
Simple Minds - Glittering Prize (Club Mix)
Men At Work - Down Under (12 Inch Version)

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #62

Put The Needle On The Record Week #62 China Crisis - Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain

For this weeks feature we go back to November 1982 and the China Crisis album "Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain".

Well China Crisis certainly get the award for the longest ever album title!! "Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain" was the debut album by the Liverpool based band. I had heard the single "African And White" but wasn't overly keen on it if I am honest, but that didn't stop me buying the album, I had no idea what to expect from it and was pleasantly surprised, it contains some fantastic tracks, not least the brilliant "Christian", however alongside that gem were other standout tracks, such as, "Seven Sports For All", "No More Blue Horizons", "Some People I Know To Lead Fantastic Lives", "You Never See It", "Temptation's Big Blue Eyes" and "Jean Walks In Fresh Fields". To this day, I always enjoy listening to this record.

The album was released by Virgin Records and featured 4 different producers that worked on the album, including Steve Levine and it got a very positive review by Neil Tennent in Smash Hits (his day job before forming the Pet Shop Boys with Chris Lowe), he had this to say about the album ""They write pretty melodies (and counter-melodies), intelligent but unobtrusive words, and give their songs delicate, dry arrangements, pulsating with muted rhythms and synthesizer and guitar lines."

Three singles were released off the album, "African And White", (which reached number 45 in the UK Singles chart), "No More Blue Horizons" (which surprisingly failed to chart) and of course "Christian", (which reached number 12 in the UK Singles chart).

The album reached number 21 on the UK Album chart.

Track Listing

Seven Sports For All
No More Blue Horizons (Fool, Fool, Fool)
Feel To Be Driven Away
Some People I Know to Lead Fantastic Lives
Christian
African And White
Are We A Worker
Red Sails
You Never See It
Temptation's Big Blue Eyes
Jean Walks In Fresh Fields

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

Rubik's 80s Mix #134

Welcome to edition #134 of  Rubik's 80s Mix series, each month we are going to focus on tracks that were in the charts on a specific month in the 1980s, which hopefully will bring back special memories for you, on this show, we feature tracks that were in the charts in May 1985.

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Playlist

Paul Hardcastle - 19
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
Five Star - All Fall Down
Propaganda - Duel
The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down
Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love
Depeche Mode - Shake The Disease
Loose Ends - Magic Touch
Kool & The Gang - Cherish
Billy Ocean - Suddenly
Duran Duran - A View To A Kill
OMD - So In Love
New Order - The Perfect Kiss
Mai Tai - History
Gary Moore & Phil Lynott - Out In The Fields

Kraftman To Release A Complete Recording Of The Kraftwerk Album "Computer World"

On March 7th Kraftman will be releasing a brand new album, which is something very special, it is a complete recording of the 1981 Kraftwerk album "Computer World".

In addition to the 7 original tracks that appeared on the album, Kraftman has also recorded additional unique mixes & extended versions of some of the tracks that appear on the album.

Full Track Listing

Computer World 5:15

Pocket Calculator :5:35

Numbers 3:08

Computer World 2 2:45

Computer Love 6:53

Home Computer 5:13

It's More Fun To Compute 4:54

 

Bonus Tracks

 

Computer World (Global Expansion) 9:06

Pocket Calculator (Solar Power Mix) 8:51

Computer Love (Remix) (Mix Version) 6:28

Home Computer (Upgrade) 7:12

It's More Fun To Compute (Binary Mix) 7:36

 

The album is available to pre-order from Bandcamp here