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The Unknown Beauty Of The 80's

And here we have Volume 6 . Blue Zoo - Cry Boy Cry Icicle Works - Understanding Jane The Lotus Eaters - German Girl Honeydrippers - Sea Of Love Academy - Tonight (the world keeps swinging) The Glove - Perfect Murder Ellery Bop - We Deny The Adventures - Send My Heart Delta - Touch The Earth The Hooters - Satellite Fiction FActory - Ghost Of Love Fra Lippo Lippi - Out Of Sea The Climb - Touch Me (heaven) Camouflage - The Great Commandment Torch Song - Don't Look Now Dekka Dance - Open Secret Espionage - The Sound Of Breaking Hearts Cast Of Thousands - Nothing Is Forever Haysi Fantayzee - Shiny Shiny (bon temps) Mi-Sex - People Seona Dancing - You're On My Side

Return to London

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My first visit to London goes back to 1983. Fourth class of Senior General Secondary Education a group of thirty students visited the capital of England with three teachers as part of a study week abroad. We had fun, went to the Punch and Judy, a pub in Covent Garden, to the free museums, to the Tower Bridge and lot of other sightseeing spots in London and bought records at the famous Harrods. It was a great week, first time off without parents and a bunch of schoolfriends with you. I returned to London in 1998 and spent a couple of days in the city with friends from Grimsby. Visited some old places and some new places of course. We had fun again and this time bought CD's at the Virgin Store and several other music stores. After seeing London we then spent some days in Oxford, Nottingham and Grimsby before I turned home again. And now in 2009 at the end of April London will be visited again. This time with a particular reason. After 25 years I will be seeing Ultravox performing liv...

The Unknown Beauty Of The 80's

Happy new year everyone. I thought I start the year with sharing a new volume of my Unknown Beauty series. Tracklist of Volume 5 : The Passion - I'm In Love With A German Film Star 4 Out Of 5 Doctors - Anna With Antennea Flesh For Lulu - I Go Crazy Nick Heyward - Move It Up The Box - Ordinary People After This - Fields Railway Children - Brighter Re-Flex - The Politics Of Dancing The Monitors - Singing In The Eighties Teardrop Explodes - Reward Blanket Of Secrecy - Something I Don't Need The The - This Is The Day Comsat Angels - You Move Me Positive Noise - When Lightning Strikes Sophie & Peter Johnston - Happy Together Pukka Orchestra - Cherry Beach Express Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth Bourgie Bourgie - Breaking Point The Lightning Seeds - Pure Kirsty MacColl - A New England Alex Cox - Pray For Rain / Taxi To Heaven