BBC-TV Sounds Of The 80's Vol. 1+2 (1995)

This is an 8 episode series first broadcast in 1995. In similar style to "Sounds of the Sixties" and "Sounds of the Seventies", archive performances are linked by humorous clips from tv shows of the time.

Both audio and video are the original MPEG streams as broadcast by the BBC, except the audio has been gain-adjusted (not re-encoded) to approximately equalize the per-episode volume levels, which varied
quite markedly over the series.

Episodes 6 to 8 is on DVD 2, which also includes The Cars - Rock Goes To College 1978.


DISC 1:

Episode 1

Adam And The Ants - Swap Shop `81
Haircut 100 - TOTP `81
Duran Duran - Oxford Road Show `83
Culture Club - Late Late Breakfast Show `82
ABC - TOTP `82
Wham! - TOTP `82
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - TOTP `84
Bananarama - Russel Harty Show `84
Kylie Minogue - TOTP `88

Episode 2

Dexy`s Midnight Runners - TOTP `80
Eurythmics - OGWT `81
Spandau Ballet - Oxford Road Show `83
Phil Collins - Wogan `85
Fine Young Cannibals - Wogan `85
Tears For Fears - Kenny Everett Show `85
Suzanne Vega - Whistle Test `96
Simple Red - Whistle Test `85

Episode 3

Kool And The Gang - TOTP `80
Pointer Sisters - Russell Harty `81
Grace Jones - Wogan `85
Cameo - TOTP `86
Bobby Womack - Ebony `87
Sade - Russell Harty `84
Alexander O`Neal - Behind The Beat `88
Whitney Houston - TOTP `87

Episode 4

Depeche Mode - Swap Shop `81
Human League - Swap Shop `81
Yazoo - Cheggers Plays Pop `82
Soft Cell - Oxford Road Show `82
New Order - TOTP `83
Bronski Beat - ORS `84
Pet Shop Boys - Whistle Test `86
Erasure - No Limits `87

Episode 5

Teardrop Explodes - Whistle Test `80
Orange Juice - Whistle Test `82
Robert Wyatt - Whistle Test `83
Aztec Camera - Whistle Test `83
Billy Bragg - Whistle Test `84
The Fall - Whistle Test `84
The Pogues - Whistle Test `86
Robin Hitchcock - Whistle Test `85
The Style Council - Whistle Test `85

DISC 2:

Episode 6

Motorhead - TOTP `80
ZZ Top - Whistle Test `80
U2 - U2 Play Belfast `81
Bruce Springsteen - Whistle Test `84
Bon Jovi - Whistle Test `85
INXS - Whistle Test `86
The Cult - Whistle Test `87
The Mission - Whistle Test `87

Episode 7

R.E.M. - Whistle Test `84
Jesus and Mary Chain - Whistle Test `85
Lone Justice (with Maria McKee) - Whistle Test `85
Echo & The Bunnymen - Whistle Test `85
The Bangles - Whistle Test `86
The Cure - Whistle Test `85
The Pixies - The Late Show `89
The Smiths - Whistle Test `86

Episode 8

UB40 - Rock Goes To College `81
The Beat - Oxford Road Show `81
Aswad - Something Else `82
Run DMC - Whistle Test `87
The Beastie Boys - Montreux Rock `87
Salt`n`Pepa - Smash Hits Party `88
Public Enemy - Behind The Beat `88
THE CARS - ROCK GOES TO COLLEGE 1978