Heavy Friend Melanie returns with a wicked mix of post punk, new wave, and other goodies from the 80s
Pictured: The Slits (l-r) Viv Albertine, Bruce Smith, Ari Up at Alexandra Palace, London 1980 (Photo by David Corio/Redferns)
| Hour one |
| In the Beginning, There Was Rhythm The Slits - Split 7" with The Pop Group - Y Records, Rough Trade - 1980 |
| Where There's A Will The Pop Group - Split 7" with The Slits - Y Records, Rough Trade - 1980 |
| Too Many Creeps Bush Tetras - 7" - 99 Records - 1980 |
| Do DaDa The Dance - Dance For Your Dinner - Go Go Records - 1980 |
| Lady O K'Pele Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Mambo Nassau - Philips - 1981 |
| You Make No Sense ESG - Come Away With ESG - 99 Records - 1983 |
| Further Than Funk Dream Medium Medium - The Glitterhouse - Cherry Red - 1983 |
| Shack Up A Certain Ratio [orig. Banbarra] - 7" - Factory Benelux - 1980 |
| To Hell With Poverty Gang of Four - 7" - EMI - 1981 |
| Overpowered By Funk The Clash - Combat Rock - CBS - 1982 |
| Unfinished Business Au Pairs - Playing With A Different Sex - Human Records - 1981 |
| In The Air Maximum Joy - 12" - Y Records - 1982 |
| Sunny Day Pigbag - 12" - Y Records - 1981 |
| Hour two |
| Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) Haircut One Hundred - 12" - Arista - 1981 |
| Precious The Jam - 12" - Polydor - 1982 |
| Voices Inside My Head Common Sense [orig. The Police] - 12" - BC Records - 1980 |
| Rapture Blondie - 12" - Chrysalis - 1981 |
| Genius of Love Tom Tom Club - S/T - Sire - 1981 |
| New York, New York Nina Hagen - 12" - Columbia - 1983 |
| Love is the Drug (Todd Terje Disco Dub) Roxy Music (Todd Terje mix) - 12" - The Vinyl Factory - 2012 [orig. Island - 1975] |
| Found a Job Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food - Sire - 1978 |
| Come Back Jonee Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - Warner Bros. Records - 1978 |
| Eisenhower & the Hippies UJ3RK5 - UJ3RK5 EP - Quintessence Records - 1980 
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| Mr. Popeil "Weird Al" Yankovic - In 3-D - Scotti Bros. Records - 1984 |
| Party Out Of Bounds The B-52's - Wild Planet - Warner Bros. Records - 1980 |
| Paint By Number Heart Martha & The Muffins - Metro Music - Dindisc - 1980
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| C'est comme ça Les Rita Mitsouko - The No Comprendo - Virgin - 1986 |
| Bursting Out of the Ocean Sumo - Llegando los Monos - Discos CBS - 1986 |
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8:02 PM, May 15th, 2021