Episode 391: Early 80s Dance Pop

About this episode

A mix of early 80s dance pop tracks recorded from vinyl.

Mick Jagger & the J's - S tate o f Sho ck / Stars on Long Play / Eurythmics - Love is a Stranger / Book of Love - Boy / Phil Collins - Sussudio / Erasure - Chains of Love / Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart / Human League - Don't You Want Me? / Psychedelic Furs - Heartbeat / Fleetwood Mac - Big Love / ABC - When Smokey Sings / Talk Talk - It's My Life / Kraftwerk - Tour de France / Genesis - Abacab Dusted off the turntables and put together this mix. I hope you enjoy it. Funny story, originally Freddy Mercury was going to sing State of Shock but he couldn't deal with MJ bringing his llama into the recording studio, so he quit. More house music next. Thanks for listening. Recorded from vinyl June 2026

People in this episode

Host: James Calamera

Topics covered

• 80s music
• dance pop
• vinyl mix
• music history
• pop culture

Keywords

• 80s dance pop
• vinyl mix
• Mick Jagger
• Freddy Mercury
• music history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Eurythmics, Book of Love, Erasure, Yes, Human League, Psychedelic Furs, Fleetwood Mac, ABC, Talk Talk, Kraftwerk

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