On My Radio - Songs 1980

On My Radio - The songs of 1980 series continues with this Part 2. More New Wave. There will be at least four more mixes as part of this series.

Photo is The Clash.

1. Roxy Music - Oh Yeah (Flesh + Blood, 1980) 
2. The Clash - Hitsville UK (Sandinista, 1980) 
3. Elvis Costello - Temptation (Get Happy, 1980) 
4. The Selector - On My Radio (Too Much Pressure, 1980) 
5. The Specials - Do Nothing (More Specials, 1980) 
6. Joe Jackson - Pretty Boys (Beat Crazy, 1980) 
7. Fischer-Z - Crazy Girl (Going Deaf For A Living, 1980) 
8. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me (Zenyatta Mondatta, 1980) 
9. Grace Jones - Breakdown (Warm Leatherette, 1980) 
10. Prince - When You Were Mine (Dirty Mind, 1980) 
11. The Cars - Touch and Go (Panorama, 1980) 
12. Robert Palmer - Johnny and Mary (Clues, 1980) 
13. Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark - Enola Gay (Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark, 1980) 
14. Talking Heads - Houses in Motion (Remains in Light, 1980) 
15. Killing Joke - Change (Killing Joke, 1980) 
16. Peter Gabriel - I Don't Remember (Peter Gabriel, 1980) 
17. Adam & The Ants - Dog Eat Dog (Kings of the Wild Frontier, 1980) 
18. The Ramones - Rock 'N' High School (End Of The Century, 1980) 
19. The Cramps - I'm Cramped (Songs The Lord Taught Us, 1980) 
20. The Jam - That's Entertainment (Sound Affects, 1980)

Come On Down To My Rescue - Songs 1980

Come On Down To My Rescue - Songs 1980 Pt. 1 is the first mix in a series that focuses on the year 1980.

Anyone who was hanging out with us or going to our parties at our apartment on Putnam near Lafayette in 1980 heard much of what is on this mix and the ones that will follow from that year.

Looking back at that time we were moving out of the 70s, through the New Wave and getting our first glimpse of what would be later known as Post-Punk, Alternative Rock. Some albums were released at the very end of 1980 such as the U2 album which really became more of a record that we played a lot in 1981 and then there was the Clash who released London Calling late in 1979. We played that record all through 1980 and then the late 1980 release of Sandinista got played throughout 1981. For these series of mixes based on years I've been using the release date to place them. As with all of these year mixes these are my personal views of the year and not what should be considered the best of the year or the most significant of any given year. These are what I liked about the year.

Photo is Echo & The Bunnymen playing a show in Liverpool in 1980.

1. Echo & The Bunnymen - Rescue (Crocodiles, 1980) 
2. Split Enz - I Got You (True Colours, 1980) 
3. Elvis Costello - Posession (Get Happy, 1980)
4. Rockpile - Teacher Teacher (Seconds of Pleasure, 1980) 
5. John Hiatt - Pink Bedroom (Two Bit Monsters, 1980) 
6. Fischer-Z - So Long (Going Deaf For A Living, 1980) 
7. The Teardrop Explodes - Treason (Kilimanjaro, 1980) 
8. David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes (Scary Monsters, 1980) 
9. The Psychedelic Furs - Sister Europe (The Psychedelic Furs, 1980) 
10. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (Boys Don't Cry, 1980) 
11. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Love Will Tear Us Apart, single, 1980) 
12. The Soft Boys - Kingdom Of Love (Underwater Moonlight, 1980) 
13. The English Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom (I Just Can't Stop It, 1980) 
14. Pretenders - Brass In Pocket (Pretenders, 1980) 
15. Siouxsie & The Banshees (Kaleidoscope, 1980) 
16. Cristina - Is That All There Is? (Cristina, 1980) 
17. The Only Ones - Lucinda (Love Becomes A Habit) (Baby's Got A Gun, 1980) 
18. 999 - Stop! Stop! (Biggest Prize In Sport, 1980) 
19. Dirty Looks - Lie To Me (Dirty Looks, 1980) 
20. Pylon - Gravity (Gyrate, 1980) 
21. The Police - Driven To Tears (Zenyatta Mondatta, 1980) 
22. Devo - Girl U Want (Freedom of Choice, 1980) 
23. U2 - I Will Follow (Boy, 1980)

I Got My Mojo Working - Decade 1

They got their mojo working. A collection of early 60s British Invasion bands and some US groups trying to sound British while covering American R&B, soul and blues. It seemed like all the great British bands from the time started out covering American black music. I've selected a sampling here. Some are obscure and others were big hits. It makes for a fun listen.

The list of bands here is a who's who of the first British Invasion and some great American bands too. They took that early American R&B, blues and music and made something different from it. Rock. This is the beginning of that process. I added this to my Happy Hour series of mixes that focus on garage rock.

1. The Zombies - I Got My Mojo Working
2. The Yardbirds - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
3. The Rolling Stones - Can I Get A Witness
4. The Kinks - Dancing In The Street
5. The Who - (Love Is Like A) Heatwave
6. The Beatles - Money
7. Them - Out Of Sight
8. The Spencer Davis Group - I Can't Stand It
9. The Hollies -Lucille
10. The Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake
11. Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy
12. The Animals - See See Rider
13. The Pretty Things - Midnight To Six Man
14. The Remains - My Babe
15. Shadows of Knight - Oh Yeah
16. The Rascals - In The Midnight Hour
17. The Vagrants - Respect
18. The Small Faces - Shake
19. The Searchers - I'll Be Doggone
20. The Action - I'll Keep Holding On
21. Dave Clark Five - I Like It Like That
22. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Maybelline
23. The Beach Boys - In The Still Of The Night
24. The Moody Blues - Go Now