SHARE: The Unknown Beauty Of The 80's Vol. 300

[Rissan]

And that brings us to Volume 300. When the boxset of New Musik was announced in early January, this volume was the start of the whole extention of the series for this year. A friend of mine was interested in the production work of Tony Mansfield. And since he was very active in the eighties, I decided to create a new volume for The Unknown Beauty Of The Eighties series. And see where I end up in the end. My friend had to wait for nearly eleven months and a lot of new volumes before he finally got to see the result of a year of digging, buying and ripping.

So factual the conclusion is that this volume, which took eleven months in the making, with adding the last track just a couple of weeks ago, was the reason to continue for another year. Meanwhile I created a lot of new volumes and with the end of the year nearing decided to finally clean up that digital closet which I already promised last year. The result will be presented in the upcoming days untill new year's eve. Than the book of The Unknown Beauty Of The 80's will finally be closed.

Please note, this in NO way is intended to take away sales from any of the artists included here but rather a way
to discover or rediscover these timeless masterpieces.
Please support these bands if they should have material available! They deserve all the credit!
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The tracks:

CD 1

01. Tony Mansfield - Finders Keepers Theme (version 1) (1:41)
02. The B-52's - Summer Of Love (4:06)
03. After The Fire - Life In The City (4:01)
04. The Quarks - The Beggar And The Blind Girl (3:12)
05. John Dark - Silhouette (3:23)
06. Philip Jap - Brian Dance (3:01)
07. Jean Paul Gaultier - How To Do That (in a new way) (3:39)
08. Planet Ha Ha - Home (4:23)
09. Maggie Britten - Bright Water (full version) (3:05)
10. Vicious Pink - CCCan't You See (7" version) (4:07)
11. A-Ha - Take On Me (original 7" version) (3:26)
12. Martin Ansell - I'll Be In The Jungle (3:39)
13. The Rescue - Billy Bad Breaks (3:35)
14. Barbel - One Thing (2:51)
15. Nick Straker Band - Leaving On The Midnight Train (3:16)
16. Search Party - Urban Foxes (3:41)
17. Captain Sensible - Glad It's All Over (4:07)
18. President President - All Good Men (3:23)
19. Miguel Bosé - Quieres America (4:12)
20. R.P.M. - Lost In Space (3:20)
21. The Damned - Disco Man (3:19)
22. Azted Camera - Walk Out Of Winter (3:27)
23. Naked Eyes - When The Lights Go Out (3:02)

CD 2

01. Thunderclap 2 - Something In The Air (4:32)
02. Planet Ha Ha - Home (instrumental) (4:33)
03. Miguel Bosé - Lay Down On Me (3:57)
04. Yukihiro Takahashi - New (red) Roses (3:48)
05. Twice Of Love - 24 Hours From Culture (3:51)
06. Cool Runners - Hawaiian Dream (4:02)
07. Fred - All Rights Reserved (4:35)
08. Aftere The Fire - It's High Fashion (3:11)
09. The Damned - Limit Club (4:22)
10. A-Ha - And You Tell Me (demo) (1:55)
11. The Rescue - Messages (4:35)
12. Jean Paul Gaultier - Noisy (3:56)
13. Wendy Wu - Let Me Go (4:00)
14. Philip Jap - Jap (3:01)
15. Lio - Tu es formidable (3:16)
16. Vicious Pink - Fetish (3:20)
17. Naked Eyes - (what) In The Name Of Love (4:27)
18. The B-52's - Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland (4:24)
19. Mari Wilson - Just What I Always Wanted (3:27)
20. R.P.M. - Watch The World Go Round (3:30)
21. Richard Henry Dee - Where Have All My Friends Gone (3:08)

CD 3

01. Planet Ha Ha - Finders Keepers Theme (version 1) (2:00)
02. Thunderclap 2 - Something In The Air (instrumental) (4:34)
03. Maggie Britten - Good Ship Earth (4:28)
04. Doll By Doll - Main Travelled Roads (3:57)
05. After The Fire - Starflight (4:18)
06. X-Visitors The Planet Doesn't Mind 1983 300 6 3:57
07. Jean-Pierre Mader - En résumé en conclusion (4:16)
08. President President - Rocket Town (3:38)
09. Wendy Wu - Love Tonight (4:15)
10. A-Ha - Here I Stand And Face The Rain (4:33)
11. Captain Sensible - The Power Of Love (3:56)
12. Vicious Pink - Take Me Now (3:59)
13. Mari Wilson With The Wilsations - I May Be Wrong (3:18)
14. The Damned - Billy Bad Breaks (3:22)
15. Mader - Dixieland (3:36)
16. R.P.M. - I'm Energy (3:53)
17. Yukihiro Takahashi - Disposable Love (4:29)
18. Adele Bertei - The Green Suit (4:39)
19. The B-52's - Wig (4:24)
20. Martin Ansell - Flagday (4:15)

CD04

01. Mari Wilson - Beware Boyfriend (5:00)
02. Claude Sabbah - Claude Sabbah (7:19)
03. Nat King Cool And The Cool Runners - Checking Out (5:19)
04. The Damend - Lovely Money (disco mix) (4:19)
05. Twice Of Love - 24 Hours From Culture (enjoy mix) (5:50)
06. Delegation - 12th House (4:34)
07. Yukihiro Takahashi - Drip Dry Eyes (5:31)
08. After The Fire - Billy Billy (4:37)
09. Naked Eyes - Promises, Promises (3:51)
10. Search Party - More (2:34)
11. R.P.M. - Now That Summer's Here (3:24)
12. Martin Ansell - Albania (5:30)
13. Philip Jap - Smart (5:07)
14. Captain Sensible - I'm A Spider (4:14)
15. Miguel Bosé - Duende (5:04)
16. Vicious Pink - Blue (love mix) (3:21)
17. The Rescue - Tell Me Now (3:53)

CD05

01. Mari Wilson With The Wilsations - Wonderful (4:35)
02. After The Fire - Love Will always Make Me Cry (3:34)
03. Miguel Bosé - Lay Down On Me (extended version) (4:40)
04. The Rescue - When The Talking Is Over (4:12)
05. Captain Sensible - Stop The World (4:35)
06. Naked Eyes - Promises, Promises (4:28)
07. Yukihiro Takahashi - Glass (6:03)
08. The Damned - Citadel (3:16)
09. Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French extended mix) (7:19)
10. Philip Jap - Death In A Tin Junk (4:18)
11. A-Ha - Train Of Thought (7" remix) (4:16)
12. Steve Kent - Modern Man (3:53)
13. Claude Sabbah - Hard Times (need the kiss of life) (6:36)

The link: https://mega.nz/file/1w5WASpT#dGqqI88nF ... W4z9PfxETI

Enjoy!

[Gazebo Music]

Ris, My apologies to you and the loyal members of this forum for my long absence! I just wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate you on this incredible accomplishment. For anyone who has ever put a series together, I'm sure they will also appreciate the effort and dedication it takes to do something like this, especially a staggering 300 Volumes of mostly non-charting obscurities! You definitely kept me on my toes lol!

As many of us 80s diehards are now approaching 60yrs, it's crazy to think that after all this time, we still can't let go! I hope the future Wavers will make reference to this and other series featured here so they can continue to preserve our music for years to come...

With that said, a virtual applause from Toronto on a job extremely well done!

Thank You and Merry Christmas/Happy New Year to all!

Paolo

Ps: A wonderful tribute to the brilliant, Mr. Tony Mansfield!

[Rissan]

Ris, My apologies to you and the loyal members of this forum for my long absence! I just wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate you on this incredible accomplishment. For anyone who has ever put a series together, I'm sure they will also appreciate the effort and dedication it takes to do something like this, especially a staggering 300 Volumes of mostly non-charting obscurities! You definitely kept me on my toes lol!

As many of us 80s diehards are now approaching 60yrs, it's crazy to think that after all this time, we still can't let go! I hope the future Wavers will make reference to this and other series featured here so they can continue to preserve our music for years to come...

With that said, a virtual applause from Toronto on a job extremely well done!

Thank You and Merry Christmas/Happy New Year to all!

Paolo

Ps: A wonderful tribute to the brilliant, Mr. Tony Mansfield!

Thanks Gaz for the kind words and a Merry Christmas/Happy New Year to all as well.

[digitalpress]

Rissan, with all of the fantastic content added by this group's incredible members over the years you're the main reason I've kept coming back. I've dreaded the day you retire this series but here we are, and I'm already hoping you come out of retirement soon. That said, I have a bit of a backlog so hopefully you've changed your mind before I play that very last track.

Thank you for the years of eye (and EAR) opening insights to the genre we all love. Peace and Merry Christmas to you and yours.

And to everyone else here as well! Have a safe and happy holiday season!

[Rissan]

Rissan, with all of the fantastic content added by this group's incredible members over the years you're the main reason I've kept coming back. I've dreaded the day you retire this series but here we are, and I'm already hoping you come out of retirement soon. That said, I have a bit of a backlog so hopefully you've changed your mind before I play that very last track.

Thank you for the years of eye (and EAR) opening insights to the genre we all love. Peace and Merry Christmas to you and yours.

And to everyone else here as well! Have a safe and happy holiday season!

Thanks digitalpress, for the kind words. Luckily for you, and all who followed the series, the series will end with a bang, which will give you some weeks listening in the new year.

[Fred80s]

What a wonderful series you've compiled over the years.Thanks for all the great music.
Merry Christmas and all the best in 2024!!

[crichert]

Ris, you've done a magnificent job of helping preserve these lost gems for years to come! 300 volumes as absolutely amazing, and I can't thank you enough for the gift of music you've shared over the years.

Between your collections, Gazebo's LBNF series, and the work of many others on here, you've made our world a better place.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the entire NWO family!

Cory

[bobrick]

late follower of this amazing project, just want to thank you again Rissan putting this collection together!
Happy New year! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

[Rissan]

Thank you for all the kind words. As said before I promised you to end this series wth a bang. Two days left filled with hopefully some nice surprises.