The Unknown Beauty Of the 80's

Volume 18

01. McCluskey Brothers - Slip Away
02. The Indian Givers - Hatcheck Girl
03. Bonk - Cupid In Cars
04. Love & Money - Saint Henry
05. The Painted Word - I Found Love Today
06. Claudia Brücken - Whisper
07. Fiat Lux - Blue Emotion
08. Person To Person - High Time
09. Furniture - Brilliant Mind
10. Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2
11. Fra Lippo Lippi - Naive
12. Strawberry Switchblade - Trees And Flowers
13. The Lotus Eaters - You Fill Me With Need
14. The Wild Swans - Whirlpool Heart
15. Pete Shelley - You Can't Take That Away From Me
16. Picnic At The Whitehouse - Success
17. John Foxx - Enter The Angel
18. Westworld - Sonic Boom Boy
19. Altered Images - I Could Be Happy

I have been asked to re-post some old volumes. I will try to upload them later this week. Meanwhile enjoy this volume.

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