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#1's can be restricting it's like when 80's cds are released and it's ALWAYS Tainted Love,Don't You Want Me yada yada same old. Great songs but..
I bought a great 3cd collection recently called 'electric 80's' which has some lesser known tracks. eg instead of Tainted Love it has the far superior and much ignored Torch
yeah I know what you mean Gary about those 80's CD's. It is so hard to find something different in 80's compilations. The current one (and shown on TV) is 101 80's Hits. Same old, same old, but it still sells. I bought this excellent 80's rare hits double CD a few years back from Myer. I think it is a UK pressing, popular 80's acts, but their other less known hits. Probably were small hits in the UK, but didn't dent the Oz charts. I will post the tracklisting up here in the near future.
THE REST OF THE 80s - RARE HITS FROM THE STARS OF THE DECADE.
DISC 1:
Careless Memories - Duran Duran (1981)
Sunset Now - Heaven 17 (1984)
The Medal Song - Culture Club (1984)
It Doesn't Have To Be - Erasure (1985)
Passing Strangers - Ultravox (1980)
She Loved Like Diamond - Spandau Ballet (1982)
Best Kept Secret - China Crisis (1986)
Night Porter - Japan (1982)
Telegraph - OMD (1983)
Icing On The Cake - Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy (1985)
Heart Of Gold - Johnny Hates Jazz (1988)
Give It Up - Talk Talk (1986)
The Same Old Scene - Roxy Music (1980)
Tokyo - Classic Nouveaux (1981)
Absolute - Scritti Politti (1985)
I Scare Myself - Thomas Dolby (1984)
The Other Side Of Love - Yazoo (1982)
I've Been In Love Before - Cutting Crew (1986)
DISC 2:
War Child - Blondie (1982)
Flesh For Fantasy - Billy Idol (1984)
Bear Cage - The Stranglers (1980)
What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend - The Special AKA (1984)
Floweres Of Romance - Public Image Limited (1981)
So In Love With You - Spear Of Destiny (1988)
Blind - Talking Heads (1988)
Plan B - Dexy's Midnight Runners (1981)
Love Song - Simple Minds (1981)
Make My Heart Fly - The Proclaimers (1987)
World Without You - Belinda Carlisle (1987)
The Heart Of Rock & Roll - Huey Lewis And The News (1984)
It Could Happen To You - Robert Palmer (1988)
Dancing In The Dark - Kim Wilde (1983)
The More I See (The Less I Believe) - Fun Boy Three (1980)
Ouija Board Ouija Board - Morrissey (1989)
The Dreaming - Kate Bush (1982)
The Second Summer Of Love - Danny Wilson (1989)