1978-1982 "Box Set"

...Boom Selection 01

That, and just being an all around class act, I guess.

History of Pop – CD 31

1. Science Friction – XTC
2. Turn To Stone – Electric Light Orchestra
3. Watching The Detectives – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4. Deacon Blues – Steely Dan
5. Don’t Let It Show – Alan Parsons Project
6. Five O’ Clock In The Morning – Godley & Crème
7. Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush
8. Friend Of Mine – Alan Parsons Project
9. Where Have You Been All My Life – Fotomaker
10. Forever Autumn – Justin Hayward
11. Bruce – Rick Springfield
12. I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass – Nick Lowe
13. Come On Come On – Cheap Trick
14. Statue Of Liberty – XTC
15. Take a Chance On Me – ABBA
16. Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra
17. Never Let Her Slip Away – Andrew Gold
18. Under The Freeway – 20/20
19. With a Little Luck – Wings

History Of Pop – CD 32

1. Ever Fallen In Love With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve – Buzzcocks
2. Take Me I’m Yours – Squeeze
3. I Must Be In Love – The Rutles
4. Hot Child In The City – Nick Gilder
5. Follow You Follow Me – Genesis
6. Can I Please Have Some More – Fotomaker
7. Little Hitler – Nick Lowe
8. Airport – Motors
9. (I Don’t Want To Go To Chelsea) – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
10. Wild West Hero – Electric Light Orchestra
11. The Man With The Child In His Eyes – Kate Bush
12. This Is Pop – XTC
13. (I Want To Be An) Anglepoise Lamp – The Soft Boys
14. Dear Christine – Klaatu
15. A Rock’n’Roll Fantasy – The Kinks
16. Southern Girls – Cheap Trick
17. Dreadlock Holiday – 10cc
18. Davy’s On The Road Again – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
19. Hold My Hand – The Rutles
20. FM (No Static At All) – Steely Dan
21. London Town – Wings
22. Many Too Many – Genesis

History Of Pop – CD 33

1. I See Red – Split Enz
2. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend – The Rubinoos
3. Just What I Needed – The Cars
4. Hey Lord Don’t Ask Me Questions – Graham Parker & The Rumour
5. Rat Trap – Boomtown Rats
6. Don’t Kill The Whale – Yes
7. Surrender – Cheap Trick
8. Bicycle Race – Queen
9. Forget About You – Motors
10. Steppin’ In a Slide Zone – Moody Blues
11. Are You Receiving Me – XTC
12. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight – The Jam
13. Teenage Kicks – The Undertones
14. Reds In My Bed – 10cc
15. Is She Really Going Out With Him – Joe Jackson
16. Goodbye Girl – Squeeze
17. Heaven Tonight – Cheap Trick
18. Starry Eyes – The Records
19. Shooting Star – Dollar
20. Too Much Heaven – Bee Gees

History Of Pop – CD 34

1. Sweet Talking Woman – Electric Light Orchestra
2. My Best Friend’s Girl – The Cars
3. Sandwiches Of You – Godley & Crème
4. Heart Of Glass – Blondie
5. Chiquitita – ABBA
6. Down In The Park – Tubeway Army
7. For You And I – 10cc
8. You Angel You – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
9. Juicy Lucy – Klaatu
10. Rock’n’Roll Love Letter – The Records
11. Superman – The Kinks
12. Protection – Graham Parker & The Rumour
13. The Logical Song – Supertramp
14. Oliver’s Army – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
15. Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
16. Good Times Roll – The Cars
17. Cool For Cats – Squeeze
18. The Girl Of My Dreams – Bram Tchaikovsky
19. Blow Away – George Harrison
20. Wow! – Kate Bush

History Of Pop – CD 35

1. Gangsters – The Special A.K.A.
2. Life In Tokyo – Japan
3. American Squirm – Nick Lowe
4. Tragedy – Bee Gees
5. A Routine Day – Klaatu
6. Strange Town – The Jam
7. The Number One Song In Heaven – Sparks
8. Breakfast In America – Supertramp
9. Stuff And Nonsense – Split Enz
10. Teenarama – The Records
11. Dance Away – Roxy Music
12. Does Your Mother Know – ABBA
13. Sunday Girl – Blondie
14. Boys Don’t Cry – The Cure
15. Electricity – Orchestral Manouvers In The Dark
16. Shine a Little Love – Electric Light Orchestra
17. Getting Closer – Wings
18. Love You Inside Out – Bee Gees
19. Beat The Clock – Sparks
20. Accidents Will Happen – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
21. En Natt Forbi – Jan Eggum

History Of Pop – CD 36

1. My Sharona – The Knack
2. Are “Friends” Electric – Tubeway Army
3. Cracking Up – Nick Lowe
4. Up The Junction – Squeeze
5. The Prince – Madness
6. I Don’t Like Mondays – Boomtown Rats
7. Life Begins At The Hop – XTC
8. Baby’s Request – Wings
9. The Diary Of Horace Wimp – Electric Light Orchestra
10. Angel Eyes – Roxy Music
11. Love’s Got a Hold On Me – Dollar
12. Heartache Tonight – The Eagles
13. Lady Lynda – Beach Boys
14. They Don’t Know – Kirsty MacColl
15. Cheri – 20/20
16. Cruel To Be Kind – Nick Lowe
17. Oh Susie – Secret Service
18. If I Had You – The Korgis
19. Video Killed The Radio Star – The Buggles
20. I Wanna Hold Your Hand – Dollar
21. Kom Ut Kom Fram – Finn Kalvik
22. Just When I Needed You Most – Randy Vanwermer

History Of Pop – CD 37

1. Angel Eyes – ABBA
2. Empire State Human – Human League
3. Don’t Bring Me Down – Electric Light Orchestra
4. Cars – Gary Numan
5. Good Girls Don’t – The Knack
6. Pop Muzik – M
7. Goodbye Stranger – Supertramp
8. Every Day Hurts – Sad Café
9. An Englishman In New York – Godley & Crème
10. The Eton Rifles – The Jam
11. Sunburn – Graham Gouldman
12. Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen
13. Dream Police – Cheap Trick
14. Too Late- Shoes
15. Voulez-Vous – ABBA
16. Dreaming – Blondie
17. Making Plans For Nigel – XTC
18. Tryouts For The Human Race – Sparks
19. Confusion – Electric Light Orchestra

History Of Pop – CD 38

1. Tears Of a Clown – The Specials
2. Diamond Smiles – Boomtown Rats
3. Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) – ABBA
4. Ten O Clock Postman – Secret Service
5. Yellow Pills – 20/20
6. Union City Blue – Blondie
7. Rock’n’Roll Girl – The Beat
8. Need Your Love – Cheap Trick
9. My Girl – Madness
10. Complex – Gary Numan
11. Another Brick In The Wall – Pink Floyd
12. I Have a Dream – ABBA
13. It’s Different For Girls – Joe Jackson
14. The Nips Are Getting Bigger – Mental As Anything
15. When I’m With You – Sparks
16. What I Like About You – The Romantics
17. I Hear You Now – Jon & Vangelis
18. Knee Deep In Love – Klaatu
19. Remember The Lightning – 20/20
20. Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down – XTC
21. Love’s Not For Me – Graham Gouldman

History Of Pop – CD 39

1. Atomic – Blondie
2. Someone’s Looking At You – Boomtown Rats
3. Quiet Life – Japan
4. Passing Strangers – Ultravox
5. Red Frame White Light – Orchestral Manouvers In The Dark
6. Turn It On Again – Genesis
7. Falling And Laughing – Orange Juice
8. The Spirit Of Radio – Rush
9. I Don’t Miss You – The Shoes
10. Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
11. Save Me – Queen
12. Living In The Plastic Age – The Buggles
13. I Got You – Split Enz
14. Games Without Frontiers – Peter Gabriel
15. Going Underground – The Jam
16. I Wanna Destroy You – The Soft Boys
17. We Are Glass – Gary Numan
18. Duchess – Genesis
19. What’s In a Kiss – Gilbert O’Sullivan

History Of Pop – CD 40

1. My Perfect Cousin – The Undertones
2. Flickorna På TV2 – Gyllene Tider
3. When I Write The Book – Rockpile
4. Hey Nineteen – Steely Dan
5. Another Nail In My Heart – Squeeze
6. Over You – Roxy Music
7. Come Around – Mental As Anything
8. Computer Games – Yellow Magic Orchestra
9. Call Me – Blondie
10. Eurovision – Telex
11. I’m Alive – Electric Light Orchestra
12. Stupefaction – Graham Parker
13. Clean Clean – The Buggles
14. Breathing – Kate Bush
15. Messages – Orchestral Manouvers In The Dark
16. Hi Fidelity – Elvis Costello
17. Wednesday Week – The Undertones
18. Generals And Majors – XTC
19. Hold On To Something – Great Buildings
20. Oh Yeah (On The Radio) – Roxy Music
21. Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime – The Korgis

History Of Pop – CD 41

1. Start – The Jam
2. Xanadu – Electric Light Orchestra
3. LA Goodbye – Secret Service
4. Pulling Mussels From The Shell – Squeeze
5. Baggy Trousers – Madness
6. Play The Game – Queen
7. Lip Up Fatty – Bad Manners
8. Rat Race – The Specials
9. Babooshka – Kate Bush
10. Nobody Takes Me Seriously – Split Enz
11. Waterwalls – Paul McCartney
12. Technopolis – Yellow Magic Orchestra
13. Great Big World – The Plimsouls
14. Touch And Go – The Cars
15. Hearts In Her Eyes – The Records
16. Johnny & Mary – Robert Palmer
17. If It’s Alright With You Baby – The Korgis
18. Sleepwalk – Ultravox
19. Elstree – The Buggles
20. Under Snø – Dollie
21. The Winner Takes It All – ABBA

History Of Pop – CD 42

1. Baby It’s You – Phil Seymour
2. Kiss On My List – Hall & Oates
3. All Over The World – Electric Light Orchestra
4. Ashes To Ashes – David Bowie
5. I Die: You Die – Gary Numan
6. Time And Time Again – Mike Rutherford
7. While You See a Chance – Steve Winwood
8. Same Old Scene – Roxy Music
9. Stereotype – The Specials
10. Special Brew – Bad Manners
11. Don’t Stand So Close To Me – The Police
12. Enola Gay – Orchestral Manouvers In The Dark
13. Army Dreamers – Kate Bush
14. To Cut a Long Story Short – Spandau Ballet
15. Towers Of London – XTC
16. Smil – Dollie
17. Babylon Sisters – Steely Dan
18. I Just Want To Touch You – Utopia
19. Let Her Dance – Phil Seymour
20. Better Take It Easy – Spongetones
21. Don’t Walk Away – Electric Light Orchestra

History Of Pop – CD 43

1. Embarrasment – Madness
2. Whip It – Devo
3. (Just Like) Starting Over – John Lennon
4. Super Trouper – ABBA
5. Fashion – David Bowie
6. That’s Entertainment – The Jam
7. Clubland – Elvis Costello
8. Gentlemen Take Polaroids – Japan
9. Do Nothing – Specials
10. Fade To Grey – Visage
11. När Vi Två Blir En – Gyllene Tider
12. Ye-Si-Ca – Secret Service
13. Vienna – Ultravox
14. I Am The Beat – The Look
15. Dreaming Of Me – Depeche Mode
16. Happy Birthday – Altered Images
17. The Freeze – Spandau Ballet
18. Planet Earth – Duran Duran
19. Better Things – The Kinks
20. In The Air Tonight – Phil Collins
21. Woman – John Lennon

History Of Pop – CD 44

1. Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me) – XTC
2. A Girl Like You – 20/20
3. Kids In America – Kim Wilde
4. Aldri I Livet – Finn Kalvik
5. Grey Day – Madness
6. One Step Ahead – Split Enz
7. Guilty – Classic Nouveaux
8. Tips For Teens – Sparks
9. Mind Of a Toy – Visage
10. We Could Send Letters – Aztec Camera
11. (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang – Heaven 17
12. Love Games – Level 42
13. Leva Livet – Gyllene Tider
14. The Man Who Invented Himself – Robyn Hitchcock
15. The Sound Of The Crowd – Human League
16. Loud Music In Cars – Billy Bremner
17. What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted – Dave Stewart & Colin Bluntstone
18. Precious To Me – Phil Seymour
19. Your Imagination – The Shoes
20. Nuclear Boy – 20/20
21. Musclebound – Spandau Ballet
22. Watching The Wheels – John Lennon

History Of Pop – CD 45

1. Tell That Girl To Shut Up – Holly & The Italians
2. History Never Repeats – Split Enz
3. Meg Må Du Hilsa På – Mods
4. New Life – Depeche Mode
5. Is That Love – Squeeze
6. Heltidspappa – Dollie
7. All Those Years Ago – George Harrison
8. It’s Gonna Happen – The Undertones
9. Watch Your Step – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
10. Velkommen Farvel – Finn Kalvik
11. Visage – Visage
12. Chequered Love – Kim Wilde
13. Now – The Plimsouls
14. The American – Simple Minds
15. Careless Memories – Duran Duran
16. All Stood Still – Ultravox
17. Lay All Your Love On Me – ABBA
18. We Can Get Together – Icehouse
19. Tore Tang – Mods
20. I Love This Life – The Blue Nile
21. Love Action (I Believe In Love) – Human League
22. Ghost Town – The Specials

History Of Pop – CD 46

1. Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield
2. Chant No. 1 – Spandau Ballet
3. She’s Got Claws – Rick Springfield
4. Les Nouveaux Riches – 10cc
5. Souvenir – Soft Cell
6. Abacab – Genesis
7. Jeg Vil Ha Det Sånn – Dollie
8. Inside Outside – Classic Nouveaux
9. Sat In Your Lap – Kate Bush
10. Tempted – Squeeze
11. Funny Face – Sparks
12. Alarmen Går – Jan Eggum
13. The Thin Wall – Ultravox
14. Tainted Love – Soft Cell
15. Girls On Film – Duran Duran
16. Water On Glass – Kim Wilde
17. Shut Up – Madness
18. Europa & The Pirate Twins – Thomas Dolby
19. Under Your Thumb – Godley & Crème
20. Gemini Dream – Moody Blues
21. Me To Går Alltid Aleina – Mods

History Of Pop – CD 47

1. Just Can’t Get Enough – Depeche Mode
2. Private Eyes – Hall & Oates
3. Paint Me Down – Spandau Ballet
4. Love Of a Woman – Klaatu
5. Imitation Jewellery – The Records
6. The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) – Fun Boy Tree
7. Don’t Turn Me Away – 10cc
8. Vill Ha Dej – Freestyle
9. Never Again – Classic Nouveaux
10. Walking In The Sunshine – Bad Manners
11. Open Your Heart – Human League
12. Shake It Up – The Cars
13. Only The Stone Remain – The Soft Boys
14. Under Pressure – Queen & David Bowie
15. It’s My Party – Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin
16. Girl 16 – Trond Granlund
17. Mirror Mirror – Dollar
18. I Could Be Happy – Altered Images
19. Bedsitter – Soft Cell
20. The Voice – Moody Blues
21. Labelled With Love – Squeeze

History Of Pop – CD 48

1. Ljudet Av Et Annat Hjärta – Gyllene Tider
2. I’ve Done Everything For You – Rick Springfield
3. Our Lips Are Sealed – The Go-Go’s
4. Love Song – Simple Minds
5. Tears Are Not Enough – ABC
6. It Must Be Love – Madness
7. The Voice – Ultravox
8. The “Sweetest Girl” – Scritti Politti
9. Joan Of Arc – Orchestral Manouvers In The Dark
10. Favourite Shirts (Girl Meets Boy) – Haircut 100
11. Don’t You Want Me – Human League
12. Cambodia – Kim Wilde
13. One Of Us – ABBA
14. Twilight – Electric Light Orchestra
15. Love In Motion – Icehouse
16. My Own Way – Duran Duran
17. Visions Of China – Japan
18. We Got The Beat – The Go-Go’s
19. The Land Of Make Believe – Buck’s Fizz
20. I’ll Find My Way Home – Jon & Vangelis
21. December Dream – Klaatu

History Of Pop – CD 49

1. Fantasi – Freestyle
2. Spirits In The Material World – Police
3. Wedding Bells – Godley & Crème
4. She Loved Like Diamond – Spandau Ballet
5. Golden Brown – The Stranglers
6. Drowning In Berlin – The Mobiles
7. Flash In The Night – Secret Service
8. Head Over Heels – ABBA
9. Airwaves – Thomas Dolby
10. Felicity – Orange Juice
11. Senses Working Overtime – XTC
12. See You – Depeche Mode
13. Maid Of Orleans – Orchestral Manouvers In The Dark
14. Love Plus One – Haircut 100
15. Poison Arrow – ABC
16. Say Hello Wave Goodbye – Soft Cell
17. Town Called Malice – The Jam
18. Temporary Beauty – Graham Parker
19. Is It a Dream – Classic Nouveaux
20. A Million Miles Away – Klaatu
21. Cardiac Arrest – Madness
22. Give Me Back My Heart – Dollar

History Of Pop – CD 50

1. In The Name Of Love – Thompson Twins
2. Party Fears Two – The Associates
3. God’s Kitchen – Blancmange
4. The Power Of Love – 10cc
5. My Camera Never Lies – Buck’s Fizz
6. View From a Bridge – Kim Wilde
7. Damned Don’t Cry – Visage
8. Black Coffee In Bed – Squeeze
9. Promised You a Miracle – Simple Minds
10. Ball And Chain – XTC
11. Ghosts – Japan
12. Amour Amoiur – Mobiles
13. I Ran – A Flock Of Seagulls
14. Dizzidence Politik – Indochine
15. Talk Talk – Talk Talk
16. A Million Miles Away – Plimsouls
17. Instinction – Spandau Ballet
18. Island Of Lost Souls – Blondie
19. More Than This – Roxy Music
20. Cry Softly (Time Is Mourning) – Secret Service

History Of Pop – CD 51

1. House Of Fun – Madness
2. She’s Tight – Cheap Trick
3. The Meaning Of Love – Depeche Mode
4. White Boy – Culture Club
5. Ebony & Ivory – Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
6. Six Months In a Leaky Boat – Split Enz
7. Heart – Nick Lowe
8. Strange Little Girl – The Stranglers
9. Eye In The Sky – Alan Parsons Project
10. Who Can It Be Now – Men At Work
11. Don’t Talk To Strangers – Rick Springfield
12. Because You’re Young – Classic Nouveaux
13. Only You – Yazoo
14. Hallo! Hallo! – Toma
15. The Look Of Love – ABC
16. The Dreaming – Kate Bush
17. L’Aventurier – Indochine
18. I Won’t Let You Down – PhD
19. No Regrets – Midge Ure
20. Torch – Soft Cell
21. Space Age Lovesong – A Flock Of Seaguls
22. Blinkar Blå – Adolphsson & Falk

History Of Pop – CD 52

1. Pillar To Post – Aztec Camera
2. Night Train – Visage
3. 18 Carat Love Affair – The Associates
4. Paperlate – Genesis
5. Oh Yeah – Broken Home
6. Ögon Som Glittrar – Freestyle
7. Hungry Like The Wolf – Duran Duran
8. Today – Talk Talk
9. Heat Of The Moment – Asia
10. I Predict – Sparks
11. Child Come Away – Kim Wilde
12. I’ll Tumble 4 Ya – Culture Club
13. Someday, Someway – Marshall Crenshaw
14. Glittering Prize – Simple Minds
15. Sommartider – Gyllene Tider
16. Feel Me – Blancmange
17. Pleasure Boys – Visage
18. If You Want My Love – Cheap Trick
19. Acting Very Strange – Mike Rutherford
20. Avalon – Roxy Music

History Of Pop – CD 53

1. She Goes Out With Everybody – Spongtones
2. Driving In My Car – Madness
3. Don’t Go – Yazoo
4. Cynical Girl – Marshall Crenshaw
5. Take It Away – Paul McCartney
6. Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone) – Prefab Sprout
7. Man Out Of Time – Elvis Costello
8. Jacques Derrida – Scritti Politti
9. What Kind Of Fool Am I – Rick Springfield
10. Reap The Wild Wind – Ultravox
11. Dancing In Madness – Secret Service
12. Bamboo Music – Sylvian Sakamoto
13. Lifeline – Spandau Ballet
14. What? – Soft Cell
15. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me – Culture Club
16. Coney Island – Trond Granlund
17. You’re In The Army Now – Bolland
18. The Day Before You Came – ABBA
19. Leave In Silence – Depeche Mode
20. Save a Prayer – Duran Duran

History Of Pop – CD 54

1. It’s Raining Again – Supertramp
2. Here I Go Again – The Spongetones
3. We’ve Heard It All Before – 10cc
4. Living On The Ceiling – Blancmange
5. The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Swallowed) – The Jam
6. All Of My Heart – ABC
7. Shock The Monkey – Peter Gabriel
8. Annie Get Your Gun – Squeeze
9. Take a Chance With Me – Roxy Music
10. Mad World – Tears For Fears
11. Eaten By Her Own Dinner – Robyn Hitchcock
12. The Other Side Of Love – Yazoo
13. Hymn – Ultravox
14. Someone Somewhere In Summertime – Simple Minds
15. Valerie – Steve Winwood
16. Market Square Heroes – Marillion
17. Let’s Go To Bed – The Cure
18. There Goes a Tenner – Kate Bush
19. Tug Of War – Paul McCartney

History Of Pop – CD 55

1. Our House – Madness
2. Lies – Thompson Twins
3. The Safety Dance – Men Without Hats
4. If You Can’t Stand The Heat – Buck’s Fizz
5. Wishing (If I Had a Photograph Of You) – A Flock Of Seagulls
6. Maneater – Hall & Oates
7. Mirror Man – Human League
8. Rip It Up – Orange Juice
9. She Blinded Me With Science – Thomas Dolby
10. Down Under – Men At Work
11. If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too – Mental As Anything
12. Let Me Go – Heaven 17
13. Under Attack – ABBA
14. Peek-a-Bo – Devo
15. Rio – Duran Duran
16. Steppin’ Out – Joe Jackson
17. Grendel – Marillion

you know (and JBR and Daddino can back me up on this), I just put together something similar to the post that started this off, only it was to be all 1979 songs. (tracklist at http://www.artofthemix.com/FindAMix/getcontents.asp?strMixID=44675&format=CD) I did the first disc but nothing else yet, figuring I'd do them gradually, over time, and had even thought about starting a thread here to find out what I might/should include. Looks like Scott P beat me to that front, and really nicely too.

If I had actually posted 55 CD's, my post would have been longer. I would have needed to post around 50 CD's to get 1000 tracks overall. :-)

Promises, the Buzzcocks
She Is Beyond Good and Evil, the Pop Group
Do the Du, A Certain Ratio
Over and Over, Material
Cavern, Liquid Liquid
8th Wonder, Sugarhill Gang

like all the band choices but tell me what you think of these song switches:

from
Breaking Us in Two, Joe Jackson
to
Steppin out, Joe Jackson

from
Mad World, Tears for Fears
to
Pale Shelter, Tears for Fears

from
20 Jazz Funk Greats, Throbbing Gristle
to
Dreamachine or cornets, Throbbing Gristle

from
Death Disco, Public Image Ltd.
to
Careering, P.I.L

from
Computer Games, Yellow Magic Orchestra
to
Behind the Mask, Yellow Magic Orchestra

from
Leave the Capitol, the Fall
to
Smile, The Fall

oh,
and lets have some ultravox (pre-ure) yo

I've sent a copy today to Rob Pitchfork for that purpose.