ART OF COMPILATION Vol3 (Remastered.DDD)

Hello and Welcome back...

Inspired by the U.S Album Series, "The Art of Compilation", i decided to remake these excellent albums but without the ultra long 12inch mixes that seem to go on forever..

The track selection on the originals are really good so i wanted to try and keep the feeling, using various 'similar' songs

My version = Art Of Compilation have been remastered from 24Bit master recordings and now feature various Album, Live & Remix versions that only go for 4-6 mins..

I have been listening to this album while going for my walks and are really excellent and sound so good...

Most are 'dance' orientated and have a groovy beats... excellent for workouts

Take a Listen.. (You can Download or Stream the albums)


TRACKLIST
01   Duran Duran - Decadance
02   Depeche Mode - Dangerous
03   Thompson Twins - Sugar Daddy
04   Human League - Don't you want me (Snap 7 remix)
05   Liza Minnelli - Losing My Mind
06   Erasure - Drama! Act Two
07   Cube - Love's Taboo
08   Laid Back - White Horse '89
09   Lene Lovich - Wonderland
10   Impedance - Tainted Love
11   Pet Shop Boys - One Of The Crowd


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LINK  (320kbps AAC) Stream or Download

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eAltV2f4CQVIFZm2-v_b2F8mefXgQGSI?usp=sharing
Stream or Download (on the google drive page, click the down arrow to download and save to your computer)

VIDEOS

DURAN DURAN - DECADANCE



CUBE - LOVES TABOO

#Remastered
#ArtofCompilation
#DDD
#Electronic80s

ROXETTE DEMO TAPE

Hello and Welcome Back... Before Roxette, there was Demo's

My inspiration of making this Demo Tape was the various demo albums released by Roxette front- man "Per Gessle" who was the mastermind behind the sound.

So, i collected my favs and made this mixtape which i then re-mastered from a 24bit Recording.

BTW, This is one of my new re-masters that i made after making a mistake, only to learn that, that the  mistake sounded better than the way i normally do things... it now only take 9 steps to Re-Master my Music...
It now sounds more 'Fuller' with nice bass and crisp highs with excellent separation...

Love when that happens

Enjoy


TRACKLIST
1.  Do You Get Excited
2.  Things will Never be the Same
3.  Sleeping Simgle
4.  Chances
5.  Paint
6.  Dressed for Success
7.  The Look
8.  I Could Never Give You Up
9.  Listen to Your Heart
10. Shadow of a Doubt
11. Opportunity Nox
12.  Christmas for the Broken Hearted (It Must of Been Love)
13. Fading like a Flower
14. Joyride
15. The Big L
16. Spending my Time
17. Run to You


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LINKS  (320kbps AAC)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/177fxo4RqdcRLV4BX86N-h983yneZlYQs?usp=sharing
Stream or Download (on the google drive page, click the down arrow to download and save to your computer)

#Roxette
#Remastered
#DDD
#Nex-Gen
#MichaelBailey

KATE BUSH - THE WHOLE STORY (1986)

 TRACKLIST
01   Wuthering Heights (New Vocal)
02   Cloudbusting
03   The Man With The Child In His Eyes
04   Breathing
05   Wow
06   Hounds Of Love
07   Running Up That Hill
08   Army Dreamers
09   Sat In Your Lap
10   Experiment IV
11   The Dreaming
12   Babooshka







Released in 1986  "KATE BUSH - THE WHOLE STORY" was available thru EMI Records (CDP 7464142)

Available in various country's inc Europe/U.K/Canada/Sth Africa on original CD

COST - $10 - $20

LINKS (320kbps AAC)  Stream or Download

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BIaq2CXnmhonvcuS94_tsA8mG8BO4m6d?usp=sharing
On the Link Above (takes you to google drive page), click the "download all" (Top Right Corner) and save to your computer or the little arrow besides the album name

https://www.discogs.com/Kate-Bush-The-Whole-Story/master/28732

PERSONAL NOTE - Stunning collection of Kate Bush songs... All Hits, No Fillers

Worth a Listen

10/10

BONNIE POINTER (Pointer Sisters) DEAD AT 69

Hello and Welcome Back... Sad News with the death of Bonnie Pointer, a founding member of "The Pointer Sisters".

Bonnie started the Pointer Sisters with her sister "June Pointer" in 1969.

By the Late 70s Bonnie had left the Pointer Sisters for a solo career and was replace by sisters 'Ruth' and 'Anita'

Bonnie released 4 solo albums & 8 singles..

She was only 69 years young..

RIP


BONNIE POINTER - THE BEAST IN ME (Heavenly Bodies)

ADEVA - THE STORY BEHIND ADEVA

Hello and Welcome Back... Love, love, Love Adeva

I found this video interesting, about how House Music Diva "Adeva" came about...





ADEVA - WARNING



ADEVA - I THANK YOU



ADEVA / MONIE LOVE - RING MY BELL

#Adeva
#Electronic80s

UPDATE

Hello and Welcome Back... Finally some good news

So, last post, my drive failed but i did some research and seems there's a trick to get a SSD drive (my hard drive, kinda) working again..

You turn your computer on and leave it sit in BIOS for 30mins then, shut down and repeat and ...It Works.. My SSD drive now shows up again... only slower than before but its better than nothing..

I now can back up all my work..

Still got to replace the drive but al least its something...

Yay...

To the people who donated towards this, through the "Shout me a Coffee Fund"  a HUGE "Thank You".. It has helped heaps..

NEW MUSIC SOON

WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS

Hello and welcome back... I have tears..

Sadly, not only has my CD drive decided to pack it in.. Now my SSD drive has too

The SSD drive has windows, all my music programs I use, around 20 albums I was working on and my whole ITunes library

I am guttered..

I did a back up of music albums about 2 months ago

Just when I was perfecting my Remastering sound, this slap in the face happens...

Please, if you can, please donate a few $ so I can get back on my feet again and start posting more awesome albums..

Until then, sadly,

Hope to be back soon...

Michael Bailey

#helpneeded
#help
#cantstopcrying

MONDAY NIGHT 80S

Hi, just a quick note to let you guys / gals know that Monday Night 80s is Live from Georgia, U.S at 7PM U.S time
Australians can tune in on Tuesday morning at 9am

Be there or be square..


#MondayNight80s


LINKS

https://www.facebook.com/Monday-Night-80s-Podcast-285755974855893/

ICEHOUSE - 40 YEARS (Full Live Concert)

Hello and Welcome Back... This Is Magic

If you ever get the chance to see Icehouse, Live in Concert, I would Highly Recommend it...

For those (Like Me), who cant make it to concerts anymore, Icehouse has made available in 1080p HD...

Celebrating 40 years in the music industry, this concert was filmed at the Roche Estate in 2017...

Sit Back, Turn the Video up to 1080p (if your internet allows) and put on your best headphones and 'Turn it Up'...

PURE MAGIC

#Icehouse

PLAY LIST
Icehouse
Mr Big
Hey Little Girl
Crazy
No Promises
Electric Blue
Touch The Fire
Fatman
Don't Believe Anymore
The Kingdom
Man Of Colours
Miss Divine
Great Southern Land
Get It On
We Can Get Together
Can't Help Myself
Nothing Too Serious
Street Cafe

SANDRA - INTO A SECRET LAND (Remastered & Expanded)

Hello and Welcome Back... An excellent album given the Remastered Treatment "Exclusive to Electronic80s"

Originally released in 1988 by German singer 'Sandra'

Into a Secret Land released 4 singles including 'Secret Land'(#7 Gemany), 'We'll Be Together' (#9 Germany), 'Heaven can Wait' (#4 Austria) & 'Around my Heart' (#11 Germany)

This release by Nex-Gen Remasters has the original album and 6 bonus tracks added...

TRACK-LIST
01. Secret Land
02. We'll Be Together
03. Heaven Can Wait
04. Just Like Diamonds
05. Around My Heart
06. Crazy Juliet
07. La Vista De Luna
08. Celebrate Your Life
09. Children Of England
10. Secret Land (Reverse Mix) (Bonus Track)
11. Heaven Can Wait (U.S Remix) (Bonus Track)
12. Secret Land (12 Extended) (Bonus Track)
13. We'll Be Together (12 Extended) (Bonus Track)
14. Heaven Can Wait (12 Extended) (Bonus Track)
15. Around my Heart (12 Extended) (Bonus Track)


LINKS

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dIam1R1uQ5qHJ8l3leozYkkbBq-M2ulH?usp=sharing
Stream or Download (on the google drive page, click the down arrow to download and save to your computer)

https://www.discogs.com/Sandra-Into-A-Secret-Land/master/63948


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VIDEOS

SECRET LAND



WE'LL BE TOGETHER



HEAVEN CAN WAIT



AROUND MY HEART

#Sandra
#Electronic80s
#Nex-Gen
#Remasters
#MichaelBailey

1990 - HOT METAL (Remastered)

Hello and Welcome Back... Rock On Dude's & Dudette's

Released in 1990, 'HOT METAL' was a Various Artist , Australian Compilation available on Vinyl Record, CD & Audio Tape thru CBS Records

This album was also given away with Hot Metal Magazine circ 1990

This version is CD Quality, nearly all songs are from various CDs, Remastered / Auto-leveled so it sounds 'Heavy Man'

The only difference will be some songs are 'Album' versions and not 'radio' versions.

Radio versions were shorter to make them fit on the album.

Also Note, older albums sometimes have Vinyl mastered singles to CD on rare occasions, It was how the record company's brought out some CDs.


TRACK LIST
01  Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine  
02  Ozzy Osbourne - Miracle Man
03  Circus Of Power - Call Of The Wild
04  Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly
05  L.A. Guns - Sex Action
06  BB Steal - I Believe
07  Ratt - Way Cool Jr.
08  Mötley Crüe - Girls, Girls, Girls
09  Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
10  Cinderella - Don't Know What You've Got Till It's Gone
11  House Of Lords - I Wanna Be Loved
12  Britny Fox - Girlschool
13  Mortal Sin - Mayhemic Destruction
14  Yngwie Malmsteen - Heaven Tonight
15  Aerosmith - Rag Doll
16  Poison - Fallen Angel


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LINKS (320kbps AAC)

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Stream or Download (on the google drive page, click the down arrow to download and save to your computer)

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Hot-Metal-Volume-1/release/3391684

#1990
#HotMetal
#Electronic80s
#MichaelBailey
#Nex-Gen
#Remaster

FAR CORPORATION - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

Hello and Welcome Back... Led Zeppelin meets Phil Collins, Toto & Barclay James Harvest

Released in 1985, 'Stairway to Heaven' by U.K band Far Corporation was a rework of the famous track by Led Zepplin but with a twist...

Halfway into the 9min song, Drums suddenly become very 'Phil Collins' sounding, 'Big' is probably the word i would use, meanwhile members of Toto & Barclay Jame Harvest fill the rest with various Guitars, Synths, Angelic Voices and Vocals that sound Realllly Goood...

 The man behind the sound is Frank Farian (Boney M, Milli Vanilli)

This track has a real huge stadium sound and sounds amazing on a good set of headphones

Stairway to Heaven was track one on the album 'Division One'

Far Corporation was a shorten version of  'Frank Farian Corporation'

Take a Listen and 'Play Loud'


FAR CORPORATION - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN  (1985)


LINKS

https://www.discogs.com/Far-Corporation-Division-One-The-Album/master/81606

#FarCorporation
#StairwaytoHeaven
#Electronic80s
#1985
#80s

FIRE FIGHT AUSTRALIA CONCERT

Hello and Welcome Back... Bit of Nostalgia this afternoon

Today (Sunday 16th Feb 2020) something special is going to happen...

A concert is taking place in Sydney, NSW called Fire Fight Australia.

Acts include Queen (with Adam Lambert), Alice Cooper, K.D. Lang, Michael Bublé, Olivia Newton John, Icehouse, Daryl Braithwaite and heaps more.

Whats even more impressive (this takes me back to the 80s), this concert will be Simulcast on the 7 Network & Foxtel from 1PM

SET TIMES = https://firefightaustralia.com/set-times/


To Watch CH7 Live =

https://7plus.com.au/live-tv

https://www.freeview.com.au/watch-tv


#FireFightConcert
#Concert

TOP OF THE POPS - 1982

Hello and Welcome Back...

Found this interesting... This video (excellent quality) of 1982 episodes of U.K TV show 'Top of the Pops'

There's about 3 episodes in this video.

Huge thanks to 'sigizmund sigizmundovitchs' for uploading this brilliant video..


TOP OF THE POPS - 1982 (January x3)

NEIL PEART - DRUMMER FROM THE CANADIAN BAND 'RUSH' HAS DIED

Hello and Welcome Back... Sad News for Rush Fans

Drummer 'Neil Peart' from the Canadian Prog-Rock band 'Rush' has died.

He was 67 years young.

If you have never heard of the band 'Rush', then i suggest you start with the song that started my journey into this brilliant band.. 'Tom Sawyer'

TOM SAWYER


Brilliant i hear you say... How?

The fact that this band sounds like that there's at least 5 members when in reality, there's only 3 band members.

The way, their songs can change pitch & tempo effortlessly while the lead singer (Geddy Lee) not only sings but plays all synths and bass.

Drummer (Neil Peart) had a drum kit that really made your eyes pop, a small swiveled chair was his office, surrounded by drums

He once was rated the best drummer in the world.

May he Rest in Peace.


Please take some time out and browse through these videos and see what the world (and Rush Fans) have lost today.


WITCH HUNT (live)



EARLY DISTANT WARNING



MYSTIC RHYTHMS



THE BIG MONEY




FORCE TEN (LIVE)



TIME STANDS STILL


#Rush
#NeilPeartRIP
#80s
#Electronic80s


One of Neil Pearts drum kit from above

MERRY CHRISTMAS & UPDATE

Hello and Welcome Back...

Just wanted to wish listeners / readers of this awesome site a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year..

Hope you enjoyed the music.

I Also want to specially thank everyone who has donated to this site using the "Shout me a Coffee" button on this page, without you guys, i wouldn't be a able to buy the storage space needed to run this site....

so a huge...

On a Personal note..We are still surrounded by fire. Its calmed down at the moment.
The Northerly winds that were predicted, that i wrote about on the last post came late, so just as it was taking hold, the southerly kicked in...Sadly that fire has consumed the towns of Bilpin (about 1hour north of me) and Lithgow (about 2 hours west of me)... Each day, i check on the map and each day it edges closer..
Fingers crossed it rains and the firies can get a hold of it...


Once again ...

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR

See you Next Year.. Stay Safe

Michael Bailey

xx

ROXETTE MIXTAPE (Remastered)

Hello and Welcome Back... A Lost Tape has been revived.

A few posts back, I was writing about some Tapes and Discs i had found while looking for a album Cover... This is one of the Tapes

I made this Mixtape in the early 90s.

For me, the early 90s was a difficult / fun / scary / sad time.

My Grandfather had a series of heart attacks.

I left home for the first time and moved in with my then girlfriend.
Her name was Jodie Horne. She was a fun, exciting, gorgeous girl and i often asked myself "whats she doing with a guy like me"?..

It was around this time Roxette released their album 'Joyride' and for me, life was a joyride for a while.

Sadly it ended with said girlfriend, a mix of self doubt & trust issues. We were together for nearly 1.5 years?

After splitting with said girlfriend, i was living in my car for a while and moved once again, closer to where i was working at the time.

Found a awesome granny flat to live in..

Grandfather passed away..

As i sat in my car one afternoon, listening to this tape, tears streaming down my face, thinking how I lost my girlfriend, my Grandfather & my Family (they didn't want to talk to me at the time), I wondered what was to become of my life...

I then asked a friend to move into said granny-flat. She was to become my future wife.

Things Will Never Be The Same....

Remastering this album was difficult to say the least, not only the memories of that period in time but the recent passing of  lead singer "Marie Fredriksson"..

There were a few tears shed..

Moving on....

TRACK-LIST
01.  Things Will Never Be The Same  (From the album 'Joyride')
02.  I Could Never Give You Up   (From the album 'Look Sharp')
03.  Goodbye To You   (From the album 'Pearls of Passion')
04.  Chances   (From the album 'Look Sharp')
05.  The Look   (From the album 'Look Sharp')
06.  Dressed For Success    (From the album 'Look Sharp')
07.  Do You Get Excited    (From the album 'Joyride')
08.  Sleeping Single   (From the album 'Look Sharp')
09.  Dance Away    (From the album 'Look Sharp')
10.  The Big L    (From the album 'Joyride')
11.  Paint   (From the album 'Look Sharp')
12.  Fading like a Flower   (From the album 'Joyride')
13.  Soul Deep   (From the album 'Pearls of Passion')
14.  Listen To Your Heart   (From the album 'Joyride')
15.  Spending My Time   (From the album 'Joyride')

Sadly the song 'It Must of been Love' was not added due to time constraints of the tape and i was sick of hearing this song on radio all the time, stunning track but it was flogged so much.


LINKS  (320kbps AAC)  (Stream or Download)

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VIDEOS

DO YOU GET EXCITED



LISTEN TO YOUR HEART



FADING LIKE A FLOWER



SPENDING MY TIME

#Roxette
#80s
#Electronic80s
#MichaelBailey
#JodieHorne

MARIE FREDRIKSSON - LEAD SINGER OF ROXETTE HAS DIED

Hello and Welcome Back... Sad News This Morning

'Marie Fredriksson', lead singer for Swedish band 'Roxette' has passed away after a long battle with cancer.

She was only 61 years young.

RIP Marie xx

"You painted my black and white songs in the most beautiful colours. Things Will Never Be The Same" - Per Gessle (Roxette)

#Roxette
#PerGessle
#MarieFredriksson
#80s
#Electronic80s

MR M1STER - WELCOME TO THE R3AL WORLD (Remastered & Expanded)

Hello and Welcome Back... Magic album this..

Released in 1985, 'Welcome to the Real World' was the second album set free from U.S band "Mr Mister"

It hit the #1 spot soon after (U.S Billboard Charts). #6 U.K & #19 Australia

The album contains 2 massive hits, those being 'Broken Wings' & 'Kyrie' which also kissed the #1 spot on the U.S singles charts. The other single, 'Is It Love' made it to #8 in the U.S

The album on offer is the 2015 Collectors Edition / Remaster from Rock Candy Records and has 6 Bonus Tracks added.

TRACK-LIST
01  Black/White
02  Uniform Of Youth
03  Don't Slow Down
04  Run To Her
05  Into My Own Hands
06  Is It Love
07  Kyrie
08  Broken Wings
09  Tangent Tears
10  Welcome To The Real World

    BONUS TRACKS
11  Kyrie (Extended Version)
12  Broken Wings (Live)
13  Uniform Of Youth (Live)
14  Is It Love (Dance Mix)
15  Is It Love (Dub Mix)
16  Broken Wings (Extended Version)



LINKS  (320kbps AAC)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BYJj9Qq6hzOK1xRabGDaoZOQtcr2PHmv?usp=sharing
Stream or Download (on the google drive page, click the down arrow to download and save to your computer)

https://www.discogs.com/Mr-Mister-Welcome-To-The-Real-World/master/57692

#Electronic80s
#80s


BROKEN WINGS



KYRIE



IS IT LOVE

THE KINKS - COME DANCING

Hello and Welcome Back...

Not very electronic but this track reminds me a little, of the band 'U.K Squeeze'... Very crafty lyrics that tell an actual story.

The Kinks (also a U.K Band) released this song back in 1982 and was from the 1983 album 'State of Confusion'

The song was inspired by memories of the singers older sister, Rene, who died of a heart attack while dancing at a dance hall.
The lyrics, sung from the perspective of an "East End barrow boy," are about the boy's sister going on dates at a local Palais dance hall.

Take a Listen


THE KINKS - COME DANCING  (1982)  (Original Video)


TOP OF THE POPS VERSION



LYRICS  (Go on, sing along :))

They put a parking lot on a piece of land
When the supermarket used to stand
Before that they put up a bowling alley
On the site that used to be the local pally
That's where the big bands used to come and play
My sister went there on a Saturday
Come dancing
All her boyfriends used to come and call
Why not come dancing, it's only natural?
Another Saturday, another date
She would be ready but she's always make them wait
In the hallway, in anticipation
He didn't know the night would end up in frustration
He'd end up blowing all his wages for the week
All for a cuddle and a peck on the cheek
Come dancing
That's how they did it when I was just a kid
And when they said come dancing
My sister always did
My sister should have come in a midnight
And my mom would always sit up and wait
It always ended up in a big row
When my sister used to get home late
Out of my window I can see them in the moonlight
Two silhouettes saying goodnight by the garden gate
The day they knocked down the pally
My sister stood and cried
The day they knocked down the pally
Part of my childhood died, just died
Now I'm grown up and playing in a band
And there's a car park where the pally used to stand
My sister's married and she lives on an estate
Her daughters go out, now it's her turn to wait
She knows they get away with things she never could
But if I asked her I wonder if she would
Come dancing
Come on sister, have yourself a ball
Don't be afraid to come dancing
It's only natural
Come dancing
Just like the pally on a Saturday
And all her friends will come dancing
Where the big bands used to play

#TheKinks
#Electronic80s