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Jeff Shelton

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  • 1 hour 55 minutes
    Episode 291: 80s Underground Replay: Feb 24, 2016

    NEW ORDER - Your Silent Face (Power Corruption & Lies) 1983

    OMD - Telegraph (Dazzle Ships) 1983

    COMSAT ANGELS - Do The Empty House (single) 1981

    MARCH VIOLETS - Religious As Hell (Natural History) 1984

    BALAAM & THE ANGEL - She Knows (Greatest Story Ever Told) 1987

    SKELETAL FAMILY - She Cries Alone (Futile Combat) 1985

    XMAL DEUTSCHLAND - Matador (Viva) 1987

    COCTEAU TWINS - Athol-Brose (Blue Bell Knoll) 1988

    THE ESSENCE - Only For You (single) 1988

    PREFAB SPROUT - Faron Young (Steve McQueen) 1985

    MORRISSEY - Every Day Is Like Sunday (Viva Hate) 1988

    HUNTERS & COLLECTORS - Talking to a Stranger (single) 1982 *request*

    THOMAS DOLBY - Europa & The Pirate Twins (Golden Age of Wireless) 1982

    THE STRANGLERS - All Roads Lead to Rome (Feline) 1982

    B-52s - Mesopotamia (Mesopotamia) 1982

    1000 MEXICANS - The Art of Love (single) 1983

    ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - The Puppet (Songs to Learn & Sing) 1980

    THE HOUSEMARTINS - Anxious (London O Hull 4) 1986

    THE WEDDING PRESENT - My Favourite Dress (George Best Plus) 1987

    LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS - Rattlesnakes (Rattlesnakes) 1984

    KIRSTY MACOLL - Innocence (Kite) 1989

    DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR - Vanishing Girl (Psonic Psunspot) 1987

    ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE EGYPTIANS - Another Bubble (Fegmania) 1985

    SQUEEZE - Hourglass (Babylon & On) 1987

    THE FIXX - Running (Reach The Beach) 1983

    DANNY ELFMAN - Gratitude (So-Lo) 1984

    THE NAILS - Voices (Dangerous Dreams) 1986

    THE REPLACEMENTS - Kiss Me on the Bus (Tim) 1985

    R.E.M. - Letter Never Sent (Reckoning) 1984

    25 February 2026, 12:46 am
  • 1 hour 57 minutes
    Episode 290: 80s Underground Replay: Feb 20, 2013

    THE STRANGLERS – All Roads Lead To Rome (Feline) 1982

    PETE SHELLEY – Qu’est Ce Que Ce Ca (Homosapien) 1981

    THE MOOD – Watching Time (Singles) 1982

    ALTERED IMAGES – Pinky Blue (Pinky Blue) 1982

    SPLIT ENZ – Clumsy (Waiata) 1981

    MEN WITHOUT HATS – I Like (Rhythm Of Youth) 1983

    MADNESS – Baggy Trousers (Absolutely) 1980 *request*

    GARY NUMAN – Observer (Pleasure Principle) 1979

    CHEER – I Don’t Even Know What I Want (s/t EP) 1984

    THE WATERBOYS – Church Not Made With hands (A Pagan Place) 1984

    THE JAM – Funeral Pyre (single) 1981

    CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE – The Picture (This Can’t Be Heaven) 1987

    MIDNIGHT OIL – Sometimes (Diesel and Dust) 1988

    THE FIX(x) – Acrobats (unreleased track) 1980

    THE THREE O’CLOCK – Her Head’s Revolving (Arrive Without Travelling) 1985 *request*

    NEW ORDER – Leave Me Alone (Power Corruption & Lies) 1983

    ULTREAVOX – White China (Lament) 1984

    MARCH VIOLETS – Snake Dance (single) 1985

    LOVE & ROCKETS – An American Dream (Express) 1986

    BLEACHED BLACK – Will (Wrist Slashing Romance EP) 1984

    REM – Box Cars (Chronic Town) 1982

    THE REPLACEMENTS – I Will Dare (Let It Be) 1984

    X – Fourth of July (See How We Are) 1987

    JAVIER ESCOVEDO – The Rain Won’t Help You (Por Vida: AE tribute) 2004

    THE SMITHEREENS – Elaine (Green Thoughts) 1988

    UPS AND DOWNS – The Living Kind (single) 1987

    GAME THEORY – 24 (Real Nighttime) 1985

    19 February 2026, 1:44 am
  • 2 hours 14 seconds
    Episode 289: 80s Underground Replay: Feb 10, 2016

    THE DAMNED - In Dulce Decorum (Anything) 1986

    CHAMELEONS UK - Pleasure & Pain (12" single) 1985

    ULTRAVOX - Reap The Wild Wind (Hymn) 1982

    OMD - Messages (10" single) 1980

    U2 - Treasure/Pete The Chop (b-side "New Years Day") 1983

    THE ALARM - Absolute Reality (Strength) 1985

    THE CULT - Judith (Revolution EP) 1984

    THE TRUTH - Playground (Playground) 1985

    TEN TEN - When It Rains (Walk On) 1986

    INXS - Johnson's Aeroplane (The Swing) 1984

    VISAGE - The Damned Don't Cry (single) 1982

    ALTERED IMAGES - Another Lost Look (Bite) 1983

    DRAMARAMA - Scenario (Cinema Verite) 1985

    HOODOO GURUS - In The Wild (Mars Needs Guitars) 1985

    HUXTON CREEPERS - Rack My Brains (Keep To The Beat) 1988

    DIVINYLS - Only Lonely (Desperate) 1983

    ROCKPILE - Teacher Teacher (Seconds of Pleasure) 1980

    THE PRIMITONS - Don't Go Away (Happy All The Time) 1987

    BIG DIPPER - Al Going Out Together (Supercluster comp. ) 1987

    THE LONG RYDERS - Still Get By (Native Sons) 1984

    R.E.M. - Ages Of you (Dead Letter Office) 1987

    SWIMMING POOL Qs - Pull Back My Spring (s/t) 1984

    TRANSLATOR - Beyond Today (No Time Like Now) 1983

    CHINA CRISIS - Working With Fire & Steel (s/t) 1983

    THE STRANGLERS - Souls (Aural Sculpture) 1985

    THE SMITHS - What Difference Does It Make (Singles) 1984

    CABARET VOLTAIRE - White Car (C.O.D.E.) 1987

    WIRE - Ahead (The Ideal Copy) 1987

    JOY DIVISION - Dead Souls (Still) 1980

    11 February 2026, 2:13 am
  • 1 hour 58 minutes
    Episode 288: 80s Underground Replay: Feb 4, 2020

    JULIAN COPE "Saint Julian" from Saint Julian 1987

    ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN "The Game" from Echo the Bunnymen 1987

    DANCING HOODS "She May Call You Up Tonight" from 12 Jealous Roses 1985

    THE SILENCERS "I See Red" from A Letter to St. Paul 1987

    GANG OF FOUR "Why Theory?" from Solid Gold 1981

    THE STRANGLERS "All Roads Lead To Rome" from Feline 1982

    THE DAMNED "Wait for the Blackout" from The Best of The Damned 1980

    THE JAM "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)" from Snap 1982

    SQUEEZE "In Quintessence" from East Side Story 1981

    SPLIT ENZ "I Don't Wanna Dance" from Waiata 1981

    NICK HEYWARD "When It Started to Begin" from North of a Miracle 1983

    ENGLISH BEAT "Too Nice To Talk To" from What Is Beat? 1983

    MADNESS "Tomorrow’s (Just Another Day)" from The Rise & Fall 1982

    GLEAMING SPIRES "Big Surprise" from Walk on Well Lighted Streets 1983

    SPARKS "I Predict" from Angst in My Pants 1982

    THE REVILLOS "Rev Up" from Sixteen Candles Soundtrack 1983

    THE CRAMPS "What's Inside a Girl?" from A Date with Elvis 1986

    THE GUN CLUB "Sex Beat" from Fire of Love 1981

    THE SLICKEE BOYS "Here To Stay" from Single 1982

    NINE NINE NINE "Obsessed" from Concrete 1981

    THE AFFORDABLE FLOORS "The Sounding" from The Sounding 1986

    TALK TALK "Such A Shame" from It's My Life 1984

    BLANCMANGE "Waves" from Happy Families 1982

    COCTEAU TWINS "Garlands" from Garlands 1983

    THE OPPOSITION "A Day in the Future" from Intimacy 1982

    A CERTAIN RATIO "Your Blue Eyes" from Single 1989

    THE JACK RUBIES "Be With You" from Fascinatin' Vacation 1988

    EASTERHOUSE "Whistling in the Dark" from Contenders 1986

    THAT PETROL EMOTION "Sooner Or Later" from End Of The Millenium Psychosis Blues 1988

    4 February 2026, 12:57 am
  • 1 hour 59 minutes
    Episode 287: 80s Underground Replay: Jan 24, 2018

    THE CHURCH - Constant In Opal (Remote Luxury) 1984

    THE LUCY SHOW - Ephemeral (Remain) 1985

    SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - The Passenger (Through The Looking Glass) 1987

    FAITH GLOBAL - Love Seems Lost (single) 1984

    THE CLASH - Guns Of Brixton (London Calling) 1979

    999 - Silent Anger (Concrete) 1981

    RUDI - When I Was Dead (single) 1981

    THE DAMNED - Drinking About My Baby (s/t) 1980

    THE FALL - 2x4 (Wonderful & Frightening World) 1984

    THE MEKONS - Only Darkness Has The Power (Rock n Roll) 1989

    GUN CLUB - Sex Beat (Fire Of Love) 1981

    LEAVING TRAINS - She Knows The Rain (Well Down Blue Highway) 1984

    HUSKER DU - Celebrated Summer (New Day Rising) 1985

    ADOLESCENTS - Who Is Who (s/t) 1981

    DINOSAUR JR. - Just Like Heaven (You're Living All Over Me) 1987

    MEAT PUPPETS - Bad Love (Huevos) 1987

    BLOW UP - Good For Me (single) 1987

    HOUSE OF LOVE - Real Animal (single) 1987

    WEATHER PROPHETS - Almost Prayed (Mayflower) 1987

    INSPIRAL CARPETS - Joe (single) 1989

    THE WONDERSTUFF - Unbearable (8 Legged Groove Machine) 1988

    THE OTHER ONES - All The Love (s/t)

    RE-FLEX - Keep In Touch (Politics of Dancing) 1983

    TRANS-X - Living On Video (single) 1983

    CABARET VOLTAIRE - I Want You (7" single) 1985

    REVOLTING COCKS - We Shall Cleanse The World (Big Sexy Land) 1986

    GANG OF FOUR - Independence (Hard) 1983

    GARY NUMAN - I Die: You Die (Telekon) 1980

    DEVO - Time Out For Fun (Oh No, It's Devo!) 1982

    THE FALL - Bombast (This Nation's Saving Grace) 1985

    28 January 2026, 1:51 am
  • 1 hour 55 minutes
    Episode 286: 80s Underground Replay: Jan 23, 2013

    THE DAMNED - Street of Dreams (Phantasmagoria) 1985

    DANSE SOCIETY - Red Light Shine (Heaven Is Waiting) 1984

    THE SOUNDS - Sense of Purpose (From the Lion's Mouth) 1982

    ICICLE WORKS - Understanding Jane (If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy) 1987

    THE JAZZ BUTCHER - Looking for Lot 49 (Fishcoteque) 1986

    THE DENTISTS - She Dazzled Me With Basil (Down & Out in Chatham and Paris) 1986

    THE WAKE - O Pamela (Here Comes Everybody) *request*

    ULTRA VIVID SCENE - Mercy Seat (s/t) 1988

    THE JACK RUBIES - Good Morning Heartache (See the Money in My Smile) 1989

    XTC - Dear God (Skylarking) 1987

    ULTRAVOX - All Stood Still (Collection) 1981 *request*

    THE MOOD - Watching Time (Singles) 1982

    SPANDAU BALLET - To Cut a Long Story Short (Singles Collection) 1980

    IGGY POP - Blah Blah Blah (Blah Blah Blah) 1986 *request*

    DUMPTRUCK - Walk Into Mirrors (D is For Dumptruck) 1986

    GRAPES OF WRATH - Not The Way It Is (Now and Again) 1989

    WIRE TRAIN - Love, Love (Between Two Words) 1985

    LET'S ACTIVE - Every Dog Has Its Day (Every Dog Has Its Day) 1988

    THE 3 O'CLOCK - Stupid Einstein (16 Tambourines) 1983

    THE LILAC TIME - Return to Yesterday (s/t) 1988

    THE SMITHS - Boy With a Thorn In His Side (The Queen Is Dead) 1986

    THE FOUNTAINHEAD - Sometimes (The Burning Touch) 1986

    HUNTERS & COLLECTORS - Towtruck (Payload EP) 1982

    CACTUS WORLD NEWS - The Bridge (Urban Beaches) 1986

    DRIVIN N' CRYIN - The Friend Song (Whisper Tames The Lion) 1988

    REM - Ages of You (Dead Letter Office) 1987

    TOAD THE WET SPROCKET - Way Away (Bread and Circus) 1989

    RHYTHM CORPS - Broken Haloes (Paquet Du Cinq) 1984

    21 January 2026, 12:58 am
  • 1 hour 57 minutes
    Episode 285: 80s Underground Replay: Jan 15, 2014

    THE DAMNED - Shadow Of Love (Phantasmagoria) 1985

    UNTIL DECEMBER - Forgive & Forget (s/t) 1986

    GENE LOVES JEZEBEL - Drowning Crazy (House of Dolls) 1987

    LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH - Livin on Livin (s/t) 1982

    THE STRANGLERS - All Roads Lead to Rome (Feline) 1982

    KON KAN - I Beg Your Pardon (single) 1988 *request*

    NEW ORDER - Sunrise (Low Life) 1985

    FLESH FOR LULU - So Strange (s/t) 1984

    DRAMARAMA - Scenario (Cinema Verite) 1985

    THAT PETROL EMOTION - Big Decision (Babble) 1987

    WANG CHUNG - Fire in the Twilight (Breakfast Club soundtrack) 1984 *request*

    THE MEMBERS - Working Girl (s/t) 1982

    ENGLISH BEAT - Two Words (I Just Can't Stop it) 1980

    MADNESS - Missing You/Mrs. Hutchinson (Madness 7) 1981

    CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN - Good Guys & Bad Guys (s/t) 1986

    GALAXIE 500 - Parking Lot (Today) 1988

    YO LA TENGO - Clunk (New Wave Hot Dogs) 1987

    THE FELIES - Away (Only Life) 1988

    28th DAY - Burnsite (s/t) 1985

    THE OPPOSUMS - My Thing (Marsupial Eruptus) 1989

    LET'S ACTIVE - Easy Does (Cypress) 1984

    WIRE TRAIN - Love Against Me (In a Chamber) 1983

    PURE JOY - Standing on a Bridge (Unsung) 1988

    GRAPES OF WRATH - Stay (Now & Again) 1989

    WINTER HOURS - Hyacinth Girl (Wait Til the Morning EP) 1986

    O POSITIVE - With You (Only Breathing EP) 1985

    THE SPLIFFS - Never Say Goodbye (House of Seven) 1987

    THE REDUCERS - Let's Go (Let's Go) 1984

    14 January 2026, 6:28 am
  • 1 hour 55 minutes
    Episode 284: 80s Underground Replay: Jan 6, 2016

    NEW ORDER - Procession (single) 1981
    CHAMELEONS UK - Looking Inwardly (What Does Anything...) 1985
    SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - Belladonna (Hyaena) 1984
    FOR AGAINST - Get On With It (Echelons) 1987
    HOUSE OF LOVE - Destroy The Heart (single) 1988
    ULTRAVOX - Man Of Two Worlds (Lament) 1984
    GARY NUMAN - Berzerker (Berzerker) 1987
    MOEV - Rotting Geraniums (12" single) 1982
    DREAM ACADEMY - Edge of Forever (s/t) 1985
    REAL LIFE - Catch Me I'm Falling (12" single) 1983
    BOW WOW WOW - Aphrodisiac (When the Going Gets Tough...) 1983
    OINGO BOINGO - Controller (Only a Lad) 1981
    ADAM ANT - Strip (single) 1983
    PSYCHEDELIC FURS - Mr. Jones (Talk Talk Talk) 1981
    DOLCE VITA - Beginning All Over (s/t EP) 1984
    R.E.M. - Auctioneer (Fables of the Reconstruction) 1985
    LOVE TRACTOR - Chilly Damn Willy (s/t) 1982
    LET'S ACTIVE - Easy Does (Cypress) 1984
    THE PLIMSOULS - How Long Will It Take? (Everywhere At Once) 1983
    HOODOO GURUS - Show Some Emotion (Mars Needs Guitars) 1985
    MIDNIGHT OIL - No Reaction (Head Injuries) 1979
    COMSAT ANGELS - Be Brave (Sleep No More) 1981
    RHYTHM CORPS - Solidarity (s/t EP) 1982
    U2 - Like a Song (War) 1983
    CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE - The Picture (This Can't Be Heaven) 1987
    McCARTHY - Red Sleeping Beauty (single) 1986
    CLOSE LOBSTERS - Skyscrapers (Headache Rhetoric) 1988
    THE FLATMATES - My Empty Head (single) 1988 

    7 January 2026, 12:45 am
  • 2 hours 1 minute
    Episode 283: 80s Underground Replay: Dec 17, 2014

    PETE SHELLY - On Your Own (Heaven & The Sea) 1986

    ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Over Your Shoulder (Bring on the Dancing Horses b-side) 1985

    MODERN ENGLISH - Blue Waves (Ricochet Days) 1984

    HOUSE OF LOVE - Destroy The Heart (single) 1988

    NEW MODEL ARMY - Courage (Poison Street 7" b-side) 1987

    XYMOX - Blind Hearts (Twist of Shadows) 1989

    MINISTRY - Same Old Madness (single) 1982

    SOFT CELL - Heat (The Art of Falling Apart) 1983

    HUMAN LEAGUE - Fascination (Keep Feeling) single 1983 *request*

    SPLIT ENZ - Missing Person (True Colours) 1980

    MIDNIGHT OIL - No Reaction (Head Injuries) 1979

    WALL OF VOODOO - Far Side of Crazy (Seven Days in Sammystown) 1985

    JOE JACKSON - It's Different for Girls (I'm The Man) 1979

    LET'S ACTIVE - Every Word Means No (Afoot) 1983

    THE JAM - Boy About Town (Sound Affects) 1980

    ENGLISH BEAT - Sole Salvation (Special Beat Service) 1982

    ADAM ANT - Stand & Deliver (Prince Charming) 1981

    GANG OF FOUR - Paralysed (Solid Gold) 1981

    PYLON - Recent Title (Gyrate) 1980

    ROMEO VOID - Present Tense (Never Say Never EP) 1981

    HARD RAIN - I Will Remember (single) 1987

    CACTUS WORD NEWS - Years Later (Urban Beaches) 1986

    SWIMMING POOL Qs - Pull Back My Spring (s/t) 1984

    MIRACLE LEGION - Glad (Glad) 1987

    R.E.M. - #11 Untitled (Green) 1988

    GUADALCANAL DIARY - Pray For Rain (Jamboree) 1986

    GRAPES OF WRATH - O Lucky Man (Treehouse) 1987

    THE THREE O'CLOCK - I Go Wild (Baroque Hoedown) 1982

    HUXTON CREEPERS - Autumn Leaves (12 Days to Paris) 1986

    18 December 2025, 12:33 am
  • 1 hour 56 minutes
    Episode 282: 80s Underground Replay: Dec 11, 2013

    DANSE SOCIETY - Somewhere (Heaven Is Waiting) 1984

    BREEDING GROUND - Reunion (Revisited) 1983

    XMAL DEUTSCHLAND - Augin.Blick (Tocsin) 1984

    CHAMELEONS UK - Looking Inwardly (What Does Anything...) 1985

    LEAGUE OF NATIONS - Fade (Music for the New Depression) 1984

    MOEV - Alibis (Dusk & Desire) 1986

    ULTRAVOX - Dancing With Tears in My Eyes (Lament) 1984

    PICTURES LIKE THIS - A Night's Vendetta (Single) 1983

    SLOW CHILDREN - Vanessa Vacillating (Mad About Town) 1982

    MAGAZINE - A Song From Under the Floorboards (After the Fact) 1980

    DOLCE VITA - Beginning All Over (s/t EP) 1984

    U2 - Rejoice (October) 1981

    INXS - One Thing (Shabooh Shoobah) 1982

    MIDNIGHT OIL - Only The Strong (10-1) 1983

    LOVE & ROCKETS - Mirror People (Earth.Sun.Moon) 1987 *request*

    RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY - Generation (Chance 12" single) 1985

    LITTLE NEMO - Blue Years (Private Life EP) 1988

    THE CURE - Primary (Singles-Staring at the Sea) 1981

    A CERTAIN RATIO - The Fox (To Each) 1981

    GANG OF FOUR - I Find That Essence Rare (Entertainment) 1979

    SYSTEM 56 - Life on a Cool Curve (single) 1983

    PETE SHELLEY - Waiting For Love (Heaven and the Sea) 1986

    SHRIEKBACK - Lined Up (Care) 1984 *request*

    THE THE - Infected (Infected) 1986 *request*

    SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - The Killing Jar (Peepshow) 1988

    SPLIT ENZ - Hard Act to Follow (Waiata) 1981

    THE UNDERTONES - Fascination (Positive Touch) 1981

    9 December 2025, 11:47 pm
  • 1 hour 57 minutes
    Episode 281: 80s Underground Replay: Dec. 2, 2015

    NEW ORDER - The Perfect Kiss (Low Life) 1985

    THE CURE - Baby Screams (Head On The Door) 1985

    KILLING JOKE - Change (s/t) 1980

    THE SOUND - Sense of Purpose (From The Lion's Mouth) 1982

    XMAL DEUTSCHLAND - Augen-Blick (Tocsin) 1984

    WIRE - Map Ref (154) 1979

    THE CHURCH - NIGHT Of Light (Heyday) 1985

    ICEHOUSE - Break These Chains (Fresco EP) 1983

    JULIAN COPE - Charlotte Anne (My Nation Underground) 1988

    PETER MURPHY - Blind Sublime (Love Hysteria) 1988

    MINISTRY - Same Old Madness (single) 1982

    KINGDOMS - Heartland (single) 1984

    RAILWAY CHILDREN - History Burns (Reunion Wilderness) 1987

    THE SMITHS - What Difference Does It Make (Singles) 1984

    THE HOUSEMARTINS - Happy Hour (London O Hull 4) 1986

    CLOSE LOBSTERS - Skyscrapers (Headache Rhetoric) 1989

    JAMES - So Many Ways (Stutter) 1986

    XTC - Sgt. Rock Is Going To Save Me (The Black Sea) 1980

    RANK AND FILE - Tell Her I Love Her (Long Gone Dead) 1984

    X - You (See How We Are) 1987

    THE BLASTERS - Crazy Baby (American Music) 1980

    THE NILS - When Love Puts On a Sad Face (s/t) 1987

    THE DICKIES - Stutkas Over Disneyland (Stutkas Over Disneyland) 1983

    THE YANKS - We Call Each Other Mine (Made In The States EP) 1984

    SCRUFFY THE CAT - You Dirty Rat (Boom Boom Boom Bingo EP) 1987

    SCREAMING TRIBESMEN - Casualty Of Love (Bones + Flowers) 1987

    HOODOO GURUS - Leilani (Stoneage Romeos) 1984

    JASON & THE SCORCHERS - Absolutely Sweet Marie (Fervor) 1984

    3 December 2025, 3:50 am
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