The More You Live, The More You Love

By popular demand available for just a short time all 28 Volumes of An Introduction To Dutch New Wave as seperate downloads.  So here we go with the list. Volume 01                                   Volume 11                                   Volume 21 Volume 02                                   Volume 12                                   Volume 22 Volume 03                                   Volume 13                                   Volume 23 Volume 04                                   Volume 14                                   Volume 24 Volume 05                                   Volume 15                                   Volume 25 Volume 06                                   Volume 16                                   Volume 26 Volume 07                                   Volume 17                                   Volume 27 Volume 08                                   Volume 18                                   Volume 28 Volume 09                                   Volume

I could not resist. So to end the year in style I decided to come up with two new compilations to round up the number to 70. Volume 69 Volume 70

The last installment of the year. This Volume is based around the following three compilations: De grote prijs van Nederland 1983, Overlast? Zomer Parkfeest '83 en 6 Souvenirs. The result a mix of styles from the synthpop/disco of the Time Bandits to the powerpop/pop rock of Tower. Both featured tracks reached number one in the Dutch top 40. Tracks: 01. 12" From Heaven - Care (4:51) 02. A Hammer Hangs - The French Windows (5:27) 03. Les Yeux Interdits - Sonnenschein (3:11) 04. Neel - Sensuous (live) (4:41) 05. Adinda - Jealousy (2:48) 06. Die Null-Null's - Frühling (4:29) 07. Technoville - Dressed Up (live) (4:49) 08. A Live Detail - Desert Waves (3:52) 09. Frozen Tears - Surgerie (3:20) 10. Nar-Cist - Stone Wall (4:15) 11. Piu Piu - Laga Laga (live) (3:35) 12. Secret Sounds - Heartbeat (2:47) 13. De Munck - Ik hou van jou (3:07) 14. Time Bandits - Live It Up (3:58) 15. Robert & Robert - Aninda (3:18) 16. Whizzguy - That's M

And if it is not enough the festivities, by popular demand, continue with another installment of An Introduction To Dutch New Wave. This time a mix of new names and already featured names on early installments. Volume 27 contains the following additions: 01. Alides Hidding - Hollywood Seven (4:27) 02. This Dawn - Fortress Of Love (3:59) 03. Exa - Mirror (4:00) 04. boy Look Now - The Cold Day (5:42) 05. Concern - Nothing But Trouble (4:45) 06. Rud- A-Dub-Dub - Russian Soldier (3:10) 07. The Puzzles - It's Puzzle Time Again (4:46) 08. Kewi A Go Go Party - Sie wünscht sich ein Kewi ins Bett (extended version) (4:13) 09. Beau Geste - Friend (live) (3:46) 10. Viva Voce - Fight (single version) (4:18) 11. The Bills - Three People In A Room (2:14) 12. eM - Where Ever You Go (3:30) 13. The Scene - The Beat (2:34) 14. Exploiting The Prophets - All Of It...For Life (5:11) 15. Poppi UK - Ramadan (live) (4:36) 16. Diamond Dogs - Today (3:10) 17. The

Back to 2005 when I created a compilation series of eighties tracks collected from various sources over the internet. The series ended after 60 volumes and a bonus volume. Ten years after date I picked up the project by trying to find all featured tracks in a 320Kbps MP3 rip. It took me several months but in the end was able to get the job done. The funny thing is that each time I was triggered to return to those 80s music styles after I decided to quit, or taking a break from, writing for the Dutch progressive rock magazine iO Pages. This summer the magazine celebrated their 150 issue. For me time to call it a day. So as expected I turned back to the 80s favorite music styles like new wave, post punk, synthpop, gothic and more. Over the months I collected a lot of new unknown songs to me and created seven new volumes. Through this blog entry I temporarily offer you, just before Christmas, the volumes 62 to 68 as seperate downloads. So what can you expect. A great bunch of,