This week's random month megamix is from July 1981.
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Phyllis Hyman, Hi-Gloss, Rahmlee, Central Line, Unlimited Touch, Level 42, Genji Sawai & Bacon Egg, Pleasure, Spaces, Dave Valentin, Lee Oskar, Eddie Russ, Black Slate, Steve Winwood, Tom Tom Club... etc...
A Voice In The Wilderness - Cliff Richard & The Shadows Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary I'm In The Mood For Dancing - The Nolans Got To Have Your Love - Mantronix ft Wondress Glorious - Andreas Johnson Starstrukk - 3OH!3 ft Katy Perry
New Which Decade (track listing in ALT text): Cliff pivots to post-army Elvis, A Mighty Wind's last hurrah, the sisters ditch their cabaret roots, Mantronix trade hip hop for a hit, Sweden's Eurovision nearly-man, and frat boys pave the way for LMFAO.
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I'm publishing weekly megamixes taken from random months between 1975 and 1989, featuring tunes that were reviewed by James Hamilton in Record Mirror during each month. So far I've done Feb 83, Sep 78 & Nov 86. Full track listings are in the comments for each mix.
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Record Mirror Disco Charts Podcast #14, with Graeme Park
New RMDC episode: @graemepark.bsky.social joins us for a look at a Disco Chart from October 1986, which blends Chicago house, soul/funk, hip hop and Washington DC go go, from a time when Graeme was weekend resident at The Garage in Nottingham.
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A fascinating episode of a wide variety of the good, the bad and the bland in pop. It's perked up my February for sure
Thank you for all your labours on this fantastic blog; I shall greatly miss it.
Dominique - The Singing Nun The Show Must Go On - Leo Sayer Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton Come Baby Come - K7 Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) - The Darkness Skyscraper - Sam Bailey
NEW SEASON OF WHICH DECADE! A Belgian triumph turned tragedy, a weeping Pierrot, a Glasto Ledge triple, a jock jam gateway, a seasonal underperformer and a Get Out Of Jail Free pass.
Track listing in ALT text.
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Record Mirror Disco Charts #13, with Lisa Loud
RMDC leaps forward to September 1988, with special guest Lisa Loud, who was DJing at major venues and working in promotions for Virgin, where she broke acts such as Neneh Cherry, Massive Attack, Soul II Soul, and the act who were at Number One in this chart.
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My recommendation: Arthur Baker's Looking For The Perfect Beat, especially his episode with Kieran Hebden which I think you'd really enjoy: open.spotify.com/episode/0BfC...
I'll take a listen. Thing is re PRS: most podcast hosting platforms aren't set up to host copyrighted music, so as podcasters it's out of our hands. I get round it with separate Mixcloud/YouTube/Spotify playlists.
A wise move IMO, and that's what I do here as well. Doomscrolling = self-harm, basically.
About bloody time! Welcome to The Good Place (comparatively speaking), and may your stay here be a pleasant one.
Record Mirror Disco Charts Podcast #12 with Bill Brewster
Bill Brewster @djhistory.bsky.social joins us for the last RMDC episode of the year, in which we take a look at a chart from May 1979: a time when disco had never been bigger, and nobody knew that a backlash was on the way.
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Reading the excellent second volume of James Hamilton's Disco Pages, expertly reassembled by @whichdecadetops.bsky.social, and although he's into the '80s now it's still startling, though amusing, to see how much my Young Punctum writing seemed to have been influenced by his reviewing style!
Mike Atkinson and Greg Wilson
I had a splendid time on Saturday with @dj-greg-wilson.bsky.social at the launch for the new James Hamilton book, after which I reconstructed a set from early 1984, detouring into a late 1983 set when he played 24 electro-funk records in 24 minutes. Here's the mix: www.mixcloud.com/miketd/james...
Hope you enjoy it! There's plenty of PR stuff going on, and in the pipeline, but I need to do a bit of catch-up with Bluesky (being bedbound with the flu last week didn't help!)
This has just arrived and it looks brilliant. That's the bedtime reading sorted for a good while.
The first volume is brilliant, and I'm so looking forward to this. James Hamilton's Record Mirror column was a must-read for me until about 1985,and led me to discover some real gems.
James Hamilton's Dance Pages 1983-1989
James Hamilton's Dance Pages 1983-1989
James Hamilton's Dance Pages 1983-1989, an 800 page hardback, will be published on 12th December - but you can already pre-order a copy at superweirdsubstance.com/product/jame...
Record Mirror Disco Charts podcast #11, with John Morales
Record Mirror Disco Charts takes a look at a Top 20 from April 1980, with the help of John Morales: remixer, producer, DJ, and best known in the 1980s for his M&M mixes with the late Sergio Munzibai.
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Record Mirror Disco Charts Podcast #10 with Peter Hook
July 1976: as the nation sweltered, Peter Hook was finding his true path, having seen the Sex Pistols live in Manchester a month earlier. Meanwhile, the RM Disco Chart mixed pop & rock crossover hits with soul, funk, disco and the ever-present "slowies". shows.acast.com/record-mirro...
Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison Sorrow - David Bowie All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie Stay - Eternal Superstar - Jamelia Bonfire Heart - James Blunt
Which Decade S5 E10: Roy Orbison, David Bowie, Lionel Richie, Eternal, Jamelia, James Blunt.
Three R&B-pop tunes rub up against three chaps of varying degrees of coolness, thus completing this season's selections.
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(Track listing in the ALT text)
Well I Ask You - Eden Kane I Believe (In Love) - Hot Chocolate Birdie Song (Birdie Dance) - The Tweets Peace - Sabrina Johnston Follow Me - Uncle Kracker Jar Of Hearts - Christina Perri
Which Decade Results: Cardiac Kimchi.
With a little bit of this, and a little bit of that - and even the occasional result - we review the voting from our last main episode.
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keeping the 1982 vibe going with this edition of the Record Mirror Disco Charts podcast featuring a very engaging guest, none other than Arthur Baker. very fun and very interesting, lots of familiar names from the poll pass by: open.spotify.com/episode/3WmS...
Well I Ask You - Eden Kane I Believe (In Love) - Hot Chocolate Birdie Song (Birdie Dance) - The Tweets Peace - Sabrina Johnston Follow Me - Uncle Kracker Jar Of Hearts - Christina Perri
Which Decade S5E9: a Heritage Chart comeback, some persistent shapeshifters, France's Candle In The Wind, diva-house's purple patch, Kid Rock's mate reveals multiple levels, and Parkycore in its purest form.
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Track listing in the ALT text.
Voting deadline: Mon Oct 20
Zorba's Dance - Marcello Minerbi Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips Say I'm Your Number One - Princess Waterfalls - TLC Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson Are You With Me - Lost Frequencies
Which Decade Results: Dan joins us from Idaho, we find a damp biscuit in the back of the snack cupboard, and a whoops-excuse-me threatens to derail the entire episode.
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Arthur turned out to be a top bloke: good-natured, knowledgeable, forthcoming, and greatly amused by some of James’ more withering reviews.
Record Mirror Disco Charts Podcast #9, with Arthur Baker.
If 20 year-old electro-funk fanatic me had known that one day he would be talking to Arthur Baker in granular detail about the music of 1982, he might have spontaneously combusted. This is a wonderful episode, and a particular thrill to publish.
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Tenor Saw: Ring The Alarm, Papa Levi: Mi God Mi King, Naturalites & Realistics: Picture On My Wall, Frankie Paul: War Is In The Dance & Pass The Tu Sheng Peng, Saint/Eastwood: Another One Bites, Shirley James/Danny Ray: Why Don’t You Spend, One Blood: Get In Touch With Me, various Eek-A-Mouse.
Zorba's Dance - Marcello Minerbi Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips Say I'm Your Number One - Princess Waterfalls - TLC Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson Are You With Me - Lost Frequencies
NEW WHICH DECADE: Marcello Minerbi, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Princess, TLC, Kelly Clarkson, Lost Frequencies.
An accelerating plate-smasher, two country covers, a hidden rivalry revealed, "alternative is a relative concept", and a gateway-drug flat-smasher.
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