I have been a bit remiss lately, while writing up my forty years on series, about the early 1980s, in the matter of sharing my soundtracks from that era.
Two mentions of “taping” while in London, having a rare weekend away from Keele, in mid February 1982 made me reach for my spool catalogue and unearth the material I can be sure I was taping at that time. Music from chart shows and similar, which bear tell-tale dates.
An interesting mix, you might say. I make no apologies for my eclectic taste (or lack thereof) at that time.
Oh, the synthesisers!
Only a few of these would make my early 1980s playlist, were I to make one of those up for a forty years on party…not that we do parties any more, post pandemic. A theoretical, hypothetical early 1980s party.
For calligraphically-challenged readers unable to read my handwriting above, below is a version of the above list transcribed:
- Showroom Dummies, Kraftwerk
- I Travel, Simple Minds
- Stick It Where the Sun Don’t Shine, Nick Lowe
- Poison Arrow, ABC
- Trouble, Lindsay Buckingham
- Had Enough, Earth Wind and Fire
- Cardiac Arrest, Madness
- Easier Said than Done, Shakatak
- Senses Working Overtime, XTC
- Love Plus One, Haircut 100
- The Model, Kraftwerk
- Golden Brown, The Stranglers
- A Town Called Malice, The Jam
- Micky, Toni Basil
- Fool if You Think It’s Over, Elkie Brooks
- Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, Soft Cell
Hopefully most of the following YouTube embeds will still be here when you get to this piece, if you fancy hearing one or more of the tracks.
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