i-Select #118 (Part 1)

White Lion Radio have released Part 1 of Edition #118 of i-Select.

This is a series of shows dedicated to electronic/synthpop bands that are unsigned, signed to a small independent label or self release their material.

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here

Playlist

Conscience - Parallel worlds
Alenis - As She Dances
Psy'Aviah Ft Sorrow Stories - Healing (Lectreau's Radio Process 7inch Mix)
Demokratie - And Then (Radio Edit)
Matthew Nowhere - Echoes Still Remain
The Rude Awakening - Plastic Friend (dEk101 Adagio Mix)
April O'Neil & DMME - When The Party Is Over
Michelle Ward Ft Ed Rome - What I Wanted
Nature Of Wires - Dead To Me
Matthew Nowhere - Love Is Only What We Are (Radio Edit)
SIXMIXSIX - Unspoken
Iammilan - Why Would I Lie To You (Idiot Synchrony Radio Edit)
Alan Dreezer - Apart
Tenodi Boris Ft Kosmic Kiss - Sand Dune
Conscience - Between The lines (EP Version)
Jay Cee - Ergo I Win
Demokratie - Living A Boy's Adventure Tale (Radio Edit)
Out Runner - Blackout
Alenis - As She Dances
Matthew Nowhere Ft Lunar Twin - Transforming
Split Vision - Blasphemous Rumours (Depeche Mode Cover)
April O'Neil - Twilight Dreamscape

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #72

Put The Needle On The Record Week #72 Michael Jackson - Thriller

 For this weeks feature we go back to November 1982 and the Michael Jackson album "Thriller".

Who doesn't own a copy of the Michael Jackson album "Thriller"! It is the biggest selling album of all time, shifting 70 million copies. The album cost $750,000 to make and was recorded between April and November in 1982.

The album was Jackson's 6th studio album and features some of his biggest hits and best tracks, such as, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "Thriller", "Beat It", "Billie Jean" and my favourite track off the album "Human Nature". It was produced by Quincy Jones and of course featured some groundbreaking video's, including the title track "Thriller". The album was warmly received by music critics and hit the top of the charts in many countries around the world.

Seven singles were released off the album (it only featured 9 tracks!), "The Girl Is Mine", an odd choice for first single, as for me, it is the weakest track on the album, (which reached number 8 in the UK Singles chart), "Billie Jean" (which reached number 1 in the UK Singles chart and number 1 in the States), "Beat It", (which reached number 3 in the UK Singles chart and Number 1 in the states), "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", (which reached number 8 in the UK Singles chart and number 5 in the States), "Human Nature", not released as a single in the UK (Which reached number 7 in the Billboard chart in the states), "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing"), (which reached number 11 in the UK Singles chart and number 10 in the states) and "Thriller", (which reached number 10 in the UK Singles chart and number 4 in the states). .

The album, reached Number 1 in both the UK Album chartand The Billboard Top 200 in America.

Track Listing

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Baby Be Mine
The Girl Is Mine (With Paul McCartney)
Thriller
Beat It
Billie Jean
Human Nature
P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)
The Lady In My Life

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

Maximum 80s #136

Welcome to edition 136 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!

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here

Playlist

Virgin Dance - The Dream Is Over (We Can Do It) (Extended Version)
A-Ha - Train Of Thought (US Mix)
Paul Young - Come Back And Stay (Extended Club Mix)
Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better (Extended Mix)
OMD - If You Leave (Extended Version)
The Cure - Close To Me (12 Inch Mix)
Belouis Some - Some People (The Population Boom Boom Mix)
The Book Of Love - Pretty Boys And Pretty Girls (Extended Mix)
The Art Of Noise - Moments In Love (DMC Remix)
The Twins - Ballet Dancer (Long Version)
Cutting Edge - Country Boy (Special Extended Version)
Dead Or Alive - In Too Deep (Off Yer Mong Mix)

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #71

Put The Needle On The Record Week #71 Marc Almond - Tenement Symphony

For this weeks feature we go back to October 1991 and the Marc Almond album "Tenement Symphony".

As well as being a massive Soft Cell fan, I also enjoy the electronic side of Marc Almond's solo work and "Tenement Symphony", his 7th album as a solo artist is excellent and includes my favourite Marc Almond solo track "My Hand Over My Heart", a song written with Dave Ball, the other half of Soft Cell, it is a stunning track, other gems on this album include "Jacky", "Meet Me In My Dream" (another track co-wrote with Dave Ball) and "The Days Of Pearly Spencer". I don't think it quite reaches the heights of his album "The Stars We Are", that is his best album, along with "The Velvet Trail" (highly recommend this album, a stunning piece of work, with every track being outstanding).

The album features some top notch artists that helped with the recording of the album, the likes of Trevor Horn, Anne Dudley, Dave Ball, JJ Belle and a host of other fabulous musicians.

Three singles was released off the album, "Jacky" (which reached number 17 in the UK Singles chart), "My Hand Over My Heart" (which reached number 33 in the UK Singles chart....criminal!! it should have made number 1) and "The Days Of Pearly Spencer" (which reached number 4 in the UK Singles chart).

The album, surprisingly, only reached number 39 in the UK Album chart.

Track Listing

Meet Me In My Dream
Beautiful Brutal Thing
I've Never Seen Your Face
Vaudeville and Burlesque
Champagne
Prelude
Jacky
What Is Love
Trois Chansons de Bilitis (Extract)
The Days Of Pearly Spencer
My Hand Over My Heart

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

Rubik's 80s Mix #136 (March 1987)

White Lion Radio have released edition #136 of Rubik's 80s Mix, on this show, we feature tracks that were in the charts, in March 1987.

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Playlist For The Show:

Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender
Mel & Kim - Respectable
Alison Moyet - Weak In The Prescence Of Beauty
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Watching The Wildlife
Genesis - Tonight Tonight Tonight
The Style Council - Waiting
Fine Young Cannibals- Ever Fallen In Love
Kool & The Gang - Stone Love
Club Nouveau - Lean On Me
U2 - With Or Without You
The Mission - Severina
The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On
Boy George - Everything I Own
Pepsie & Shirley - Heartache
Dead Or Alive - Hooked On Love

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #70

Put The Needle On The Record Week #70 Soft Cell - Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing

For this weeks feature we go back to June 1982 and the Soft Cell album "Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing".

Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing is a remix' album, that features 2 remixes of tracks from Soft Cell's debut album "Non Stop Erotic Cabaret", as well as a remixes of two of their early singles "Memorabilia" and "A Man Could Get Lost", as well as, a new cover version, the track "What", and finally a remix of the B side of "Where Did Our Love Go" (one of my all time favourite Soft Cell songs). The album features 6 tracks in all and is regarded as one of the first remix albums to be released, The Human League were first with their remix album "Love And Dancing".

Originally, the album was set to be produced by Donald Fagen of Steely Dan, and several tracks co-written by him were recorded, but those songs were shelved due to label disputes with MCA Records. The whole album had to be scrapped due to songwriting liabilities and Soft Cell famously had to write and record the album in the span of one week!

Just one single was released off the album, the track "What" (which reached number 3 in the UK Singles chart), the b-side was called "....So"!

The album reached number 6 in the UK Album chart.

By the way a new 2CD edition is being released in June, that features previously unreleased bonus tracks.

Track Listing

Memorabilia
Where Did Our Love Go
What
A Man Could Get Lost
The Twilight Hour
Chips On My Shoulder
Sex Dwarf
*Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go (Extended)
*Memorabilia (Extended)
*What (Extended)
*So (Extended)
*Torch (Extended)
*Insecure Me

*1998 CD Bonus Tracks

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

i-Select #117 (Part 2)

White Lion Radio have released Part 2 of Edition #117 of i-Select.

This is a series of shows dedicated to electronic/synthpop bands that are unsigned, signed to a small independent label or self release their material.

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here

Playlist

O.a.G. - Reach Out (Marc O'rell Remix)
Eden Future - Telekinetic Visions
Sex Code - Your silent face
Arvid Tuba - I Want To Be Rebooted
Red Cell - The Pale Waltz
3DAYWKEND Ft Nolo - Feel The NRG
MTTM - Meet Me At The End
In Absentia - Enola Gay
Sad Devotion - Out There
Scenius - Funny Sky
Muricidae - Euphoria
Radiohimlen & SCALA - Celsius
Eckotrigger - Endless Fall
B De Carey - I Don t Want To Be A Hero (Radio Mix)
Out Runner - Neon Heart
SIXMIXSIX - Johnny
Elin Engdahl Ft Elitronic - Bound For Glory
Lyst & Broken Videos - Re-Animator
Arkavoid - Black Eyes
O.a.G. - This Isn't Sorry (New Hope Mix)
Hyperfield - The Power Of Love
K3rpat & Arpraxis - Madam Don't Crash For Shane (Arpraxis Remix)
Avoid-A-Void - Dance Of Dead
Conscience - Black lines (EP Version)
Split Vision - Love to Hate You (Erasure Cover)