CRC Retro Mix #58

Clearance Rack Classics Retro 80s and 90s Dance Mix by DJ Tintin

1. Age Of Consent - New Order
2. (It's Not Me) Talking - A Flock Of Seagulls
3. Careless Memories - Duran Duran
4. Sleepwalk - Ultravox
5. New Life (Remix) - Depeche Mode
6. Go! (Club Mix) - Tones On Tail
7. Dancing With Myself - Generation X
8. Disorder - Joy Division
9. Bates Motel - The Hitmen
10. Chamber Of Hellos - Wire Train
11. The Noah Plan - Peter Schilling
12. Infected (12" Mix) - The The
13. Close To Me - The Cure
14. Modern Love - David Bowie
15. Late Show - Book Of Love
Notes and other random things:
Happy Memorial Day to everyone! Thanks to all those who sacrificed so much so that we may live freely. I thought I'd play around in a higher BPM range for this episode. I also included a bit more guitar-influenced retro than usual. It's shocking how much the beats per minute can vary in a rock song over the duration without a click track, even with a world class drummer manning the kit. Makes beat matching a challenge. Still, lots to like in this episode with some eminently familiar tracks, some deeper cuts and I'd wager an unfamiliar track or two for all but the most learned retro music experts.
Happy Listening!
1. New Order are: Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert - from the album Power, Corruption & Lies (1983)
2. AFOS are: Mike Score, Ali Score, Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds - from the album Listen "...more moody, and dark...more electronic...more out-there" - Mike Score; #22 UK (1983)
3. Duran Duran are: Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes, John, Roger & Andy Taylor (no relation); Produced by Colin Thurston; #37 UK (1981)
4. Ultravox (in this iteration) are: Midge Ure, Warren Cann, Chris Cross (RIP), Billy Currie; from the album Vienna; #29 UK (band's first Top 40 hit); (1980)
5. DM (in this iteration) are: Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andrew Fletcher, Vince Clarke; from the album Speak & Spell; #11 UK and an appearance on Top of the Pops; (1981)
6. Tones on Tail are: Daniel Ash, Glenn Campling, Kevin Haskins; Go! originally released as a B-side of "Lions"; became a huge club hit in Germany and US; used in lots of movies and commercials since; (1984)
7. Generation X (1st Gen) are: Billy Idol, Tony James, Bob "Derwood" Andrews, Mark Laff; first band to play at The Roxy in London and one of the first punk bands to appear on Top of the Pops; #62 UK; (1980)
8. Joy Division are: Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris; Disorder produced by Martin Hannett; No singles on the album Unknown Pleasures, but now regarded as one of the best albums of all time by NME, AllMusic, Select, Rolling Stone, and Spin; (1979)
9. The Hitmen are: Ben Watkins, Pete Glenister, Stan Shaw, Neil Brockbank, Mike Gaffey; were known as the London Hitmen in Australia due to naming conflict; Shaw was replaced by one Alan Wilder, future member of Depeche Mode; (1981)
10. Wire train are: Kevin Hunter, Kurt Herr, Federico Gil-Sola, Anders Rundblad; were signed to 415 Records founded by Howie Klein of future Sire/Reprise records fame; (1983)
11. Peter Schilling is regarded as a one-hit wonder in the US with song Major Tom, but had success globally; Michael Cretu produced the title track to his last English album "The Different Story (World of Lust and Crime" (1982)
12. The The are: Matt Johnson, Zeke Manyika, Tessa Niles, Guy Barker, Dan Brown, Louis Jardine, David Palmer; Johnny Marr from The Smiths was part of the band's lineup from 1988-1994; (1986)
13. The Cure are: Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst, Porl Thompson, Simon Gallup, Boris Williams; Horns credited to Rent Party; #24 UK; #32 US Dance; From album "Head on the Door"; (1985)
14. David Bowie "Modern Love" #2 UK; #14 Hot 100 (1983)
15. Book of Love "Late Show" written by Ted Ottaviano and Jade Lee; (1986)