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Jeff Shelton

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  • 2 hours 2 minutes
    Episode 245: 80s Underground Replay: Dec 18, 2018

    PSYCHEDELIC FURS “All That Money Wants” from All of This and Nothing (1986) 

    LOVE & ROCKETS “Here On Earth” from Earth Sun Moon (1987) 

    FIGURES ON A BEACH “Decay” from Swimming EP (1983) 

    RHYTHM CORPS “Broken Haloes” from Paquet de Cinq - EP (1982) 

    PETER MURPHY “Indigo Eyes” from Love Hysteria (1988) 

    TOOLS OF ROMANCE “I Won't Wait” from Tools of Romance EP (1985) 

    SOFT CELL “Heat” from The Art of Falling Apart (1983) 

    CCCP “American-Soviets” from American-Soviets - Single (1986) 

    THE FALL “Hit the North” from The Frenz Experiment (1988) 

    BLUE ORCHIDS “Agents of Change” from The Greatest Hit (1982) 

    MEKONS “Fantastic Voyage” from So Good It Hurts (1988) 

    GO-BETWEENS “Cattle and Cane” from Before Hollywood (1983) 

    THE VERLAINES “Doomsday” from Juvenilia (1987) 

    THE WEDDING PRESENT “What Did Your Last Servant Die Of ?” from George Best Plus (1987) 

    THE PROOF “It's Safe” from It's Safe (1980) 

    THE PLIMSOULS “How Long Will It Take?” from Everywhere at Once (1983) 

    THE SMITHEREENS “Yesterday Girl” from 11 (1989) 

    X “You” from See How We Are (Deluxe) (1987) 

    THE RAVE UPS “When the End Comes Before” from The Book of Your Regrets (1988) 

    GREEN ON RED “Easy Way Out” from Gas Food Lodging (1985) 

    THE WILD FLOWERS “Head of Nothing” from Sometime Soon (1988) 

    SCREAMING TRIBESMEN “I've Got a Feeling” from Bones + Flowers (1987) 

    LIONS & GHOSTS “Love & Kisses From the Gutter” from Velvet Kiss, Lick of the Lime (1987) 

    DRIVIN N CRYIN “The Whisper Tames the Lion” from Whisper Tames the Lion (1988) 

    MARY MY HOPE “Wildman Childman” from Museum (1989) 

    REDD KROSS “Lovedoll Superstar” from V/A Lovedolls Superstar (1987) 

    BLACK FLAG “Kicking n Sticking” from V/A Lovedolls Superstar (1987)

    19 December 2024, 12:26 am
  • 1 hour 57 minutes
    Episode 244: 80s Underground Replay: Dec. 10, 2019

    THE CURE "A Short Term Effect" from Pornography 1982

    SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES "Cities In Dust" from Tinderbox 1986

    DANSE SOCIETY "Belief" from Seduction - The Society Collection 1981

    RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY "Hollow Eyes" from Talk About the Weather 1985

    SECOND COMING "Scare Crows" from Single 1985

    GHOST DANCE "When I Call" from A Word to the Wise EP 1987

    NEW MODEL ARMY "Brave New World" from Great Expectations 1985

    SNAKE CORPS "Victory Parade" from Single 1986

    LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH "New Church" from The Lords of the New Church 1982

    BLUE IN HEAVEN "Julie Cries" from Single 1984

    GENE LOVES JEZEBEL "Treasure" from The House of Dolls 1987

    THE SOUND "Total Recall" from Heads and Hearts 1985

    ULTRAVOX "The Voice (Single Version)" from The Voice - EP 

    LOVE AND ROCKETS "Lucifer Sam" from single 1986

    MY DAD IS DEAD "Baby's Got a Problem" from Let's Skip the Details

    BITCH MAGNET "Motor" from Umber 1989

    LOOP "Collision" from Collision EP 1988

    KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION "Margaret's Injection" from Elephantine EP 1989

    SUDDEN AFTERNOON "Acid Rain" from Acid Rain - EP 1986

    CATERWAUL "Nevertheless" from Beholden - EP 1988

    BIG DIPPER "Meet The Witch" from Craps 1988

    THE PIXIES "Where Is My Mind?" from Surferrosa 1988

    DUMPTRUCK "Secrets" from Positively Dumptruck 1986

    THE PRIMITONS "All My Friends" from Don't Go Away1985

    LOVE TRACTOR "Buy Me a Million Dollars" from Love Tractor 1982

    GIANT SAND "Bloodstone" from Long Stem Rant 1989

    DAS DAMEN "Noon Daylight" from Mousetrap 1989

    THE FEELIES "It's Only Life" from Only Life 1988

    GUADALCANAL DIARY "Ghost On the Road" from Walking In the Shadow of the Big Man 1985

    11 December 2024, 2:34 am
  • 1 hour 58 minutes
    Episode 243: 80s Underground Replay: Dec. 12, 2018

    SAD LOVERS & GIANTS “Imagination” from Epic Garden Music (1982) 

    GANG OF FOUR “What We All Want” from Solid Gold (1981) 

    JESUS & MARY CHAIN “April Skies” from Darklands (1987) 

    FRONT 242 “Operating Tracks” from Geography (2004) [Re-mastered] (1982) 

    SKINNY PUPPY “Dead Lines” from Bites (1985) 

    GARY NUMAN “My Dying Machine” from Berserker (1984) 

    CRASH COURSE IN SCIENCE “It Costs to Be Austere” from Single (1981) 

    RE-FLEX “Something About You” from The Politics of Dancing (1983) 

    NEW ORDER “Dreams Never End” from Movement (1981) 

    THE TEARDROP EXPLODES “Bent Out of Shape” from Wilder (1981) 

    ALTERED IMAGES “Don't Talk to Me About Love” from Bite (1983) 

    PETER GODWIN “Images of Heaven” from Images of Heaven (1982) 

    DEPECHE MODE “A Question of Time” from Black Celebration (1986) 

    EIGHT SECONDS “Commissioner Street” from Almacantar (1986) 

    PYLON “Recent Title” from Gyrate (1980) 

    TRANSLATOR “Everywhere That I'm Not” from Heartbeats and Triggers (1982)

    THE GO-BETWEENS “Spring Rain” from Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express (1986) 

    LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS “Charlotte Street” from Rattlesnakes (1984) 

    CLOSE LOBSTERS “Just Too Bloody Stupid” from Foxheads Stalk This Land (1987) 

    R.E.M. “What If We Give It Away?” from Life's Rich Pageant (1986) 

    WIRE TRAIN “Skills of Summer” from Between Two Words (1985) 

    GUADALCANAL DIARY “Always Saturday” from Flip-Flop (1989) 

    DUMPTRUCK “Going Nowhere” from For the Country (1987) 

    HUXTON CREEPERS “Autumn Leaves” from 12 Days To Paris (1986) 

    HOODOO GURUS “The Other Side of Paradise” from Mars Needs Guitars! (1985) 

    UPS AND DOWNS “Lit by the Fuse” from Underneath the Watchful Eye (1988) 

    BOOM CRASH OPERA “The Best Thing” from These Here Are Crazy Times (1989)

    6 December 2024, 1:56 am
  • 2 hours 9 seconds
    Episode 242: Podcast Replay: Deep Cuts Edition (11/26/19)

    CHALK CIRCLE "This Mourning" from Mending Wall 1987

    CHAT SHOW "Red Skies" from 12" Single 1986

    QUITE SIMPLE "Victims" from Single 1987

    PLAY DEAD "Pale Fire" from Sacrosanct B-side 1985

    BREEDING GROUND "Reunion" from Single 1982

    CORN DOLLIES "Nothing of You" from Wrecked 1989

    THE PARACHUTE MEN "The Innocents" from The Innocents 1988

    THE ZIMMERMEN "Happy Heart (feat. John Dowler)" from Rivers of Corn 1986

    THE WIND "Wake Up" from Living in a New World 1986

    AFTER ALL "Bullets" from How High The Moon 1988

    KINGDOMS "Heartland" from Single 1984

    EVENING LEGIONS "Your Dimension" from Your Dimension 1985

    PRIMARY COLORS "Talking In My Sleep" from Paint Love Blue EP 1985

    ARMS OF SOMEONE NEW "Hollywood" from Promise 1988

    ASYLUM PARTY "Play Alone" from Borderline 1989

    PARTY DAY "Let Us Shine" from Single 1986

    THE RED "Promises" from The Red EP 1986

    KISS THE BLADE "Young Soldier" from 12" Single 1987

    BALAAM & THE ANGEL "She Knows" from The Greatest Story Ever Told 1987

    ZERO LE CRECHE "Last Year's Wife" from 12" Single 1984

    WHITE CHINA "Real World" from Single 1984

    LAVVI EBBEL "Much Ado About Nothing" from Albu Meth EP 1982

    BUSH TETRAS "Too Many Creeps" from Too Many Creeps 7" - Single 1980

    TWICE A MAN "Sense" from Single 1982

    UV PROM "Mobile Home Murder" from Field of Vision EP 1985

    THE DOWNSIDERS "My Only Reply" from The Downsiders 1987

    26 November 2024, 11:14 pm
  • 1 hour 59 minutes
    Episode 241: 80s Underground Replay: Nov 16, 2016

    SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - She's a Carnival (A Kiss in the Dreamhouse) 1982

    CHAMELEONS UK - One Flesh (What Does Anything...) 1985

    ABECEDARIANS - Dinner (Resin) 1987

    JOY DIVISION - Dead Souls (Still) 1981

    DANSE SOCIETY - Hide (Seductions) 1982

    THE CURE - A Hundred Years (Pornography) 1982

    CS ANGELS - Under The Influence (Chasing Shadows) 1987

    SHRIEKBACK - Nemesis (Oil & Gold) 1985

    JESUS & MARY CHAIN - Blues From a Gun (Automatic) 1989

    BAND OF SUSANS - You Were an Optimist (Hope Against Hope) 1988

    THE PRIMITONS - All My Friends (s/t EP) 1985

    DEEP SIX - Something/Nothing (s/t) 1986

    NOT SHAKESPEARE - Turnaround (s/t EP) 1986

    GO-BETWEENS - Love Goes On (16 Lovers Lane) 1988

    GRAPES OF WRATH - O Lucky Man (Treehouse) 1987

    THE DOWNSIDERS - I Wanna Drive (All My Friends are Fish) 1988

    THE LONG RYDERS - Prairie Fire (Two Fisted Tales) 1987

    RAIN PARADE - This Can't Be Today (Emergency Third Rail Power Trip) 1983

    THE FEELIES - Away (only Life) 1988

    THE NEIGHBORHOODS - W.U.S.A. (The High Hard One) 1986

    THE DANGTRIPPERS - Masquerade (Days Between Stations) 1989

    R.E.M. - Cuyahoga (Life's Rich Pageant) 1986

    GUADALCANAL DIARY - Winds of Change (2x4)

    THE 77's - Do It For Love (s/t) 1987

    DARLING BUDS - Uptight (Pop Said) 1988

    HOUSE OF LOVE - Christine (s/t) 1988

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

    WEATHER PROPHETS - Almost Prayed (Mayflower) 1987

    20 November 2024, 2:22 am
  • 1 hour 57 minutes
    Episode 240: 80s Underground Replay: Nov 12, 2019

    ENGLISH BEAT "Best Friend" from I Just Can't Stop It 1980

    OINGO BOINGO "Little Guns" from Good For Your Soul 1983

    THE B-52s "Wig" from Bouncing Off the Satellites 1986

    THE WAITRESSES "I Know What Boys Like" from The Best Of ... 1981

    THE STRANGLERS "Skin Deep" from Aural Sculpture 1985

    THE PAYOLA$ "Soldier" from Eyes of a Stranger - Single 1982

    TALK TALK "Dum Dum Girl" from It's My Life 1984

    THE CURE "A Forest" from Seventeen Seconds 1980

    PETE SHELLEY "Yesterday's Not Here" from Homosapien 1981

    LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH "Open Your Eyes" from s/t 1982

    ICICLE WORKS "Waterline" from Icicle Works 1984

    THE WATERBOYS "It Should Have Been You" from The Waterboys 1983

    BIG COUNTRY "The Great Divide" from Steeltown 1984

    RED ROCKERS "Fanfare for Metropolis" from Good As Gold 1983

    THE CHURCH "A Fire Burns" from The Blurred Crusade 1982

    LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS "Perfect Skin" from Rattlesnakes 1984

    PREFAB SPROUT "The Golden Calf" from From Langley Park to Memphis 1988

    THE FOUNTAINHEAD "Someone Like You" from Voice of Reason 1988

    XMAL DEUTSCHLAND "I'll Be Near You" from Devils 1989

    ETERNAL TRIANGLE "Nothing But a Friend" from Touch and Let Go 1984

    THE CHILLS "House With a Hundred Rooms" from 12" single 1987

    THE SERVANTS "Meredith" from The Sun a Small Star 1986

    THE WEDDING PRESENT "My Favourite Dress" from George Best Plus 1987

    THE MIGHTY LEMON DROPS "My Biggest Thrill" from Happy Head 1986

    O POSITIVE "With You" from Only Breathing EP 1985

    PURE JOY "Ocean" from Single 1986

    THE GO-BETWEENS "In the Core of a Flame" from Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express 1985

    12 November 2024, 8:25 pm
  • 1 hour 56 minutes
    Episode 239: Halloween Podcast (2018)

    An annual tradition for many years on the 80s Underground....the Halloween Podcast resurrects the most ghoulishly fitting tracks of the spooky season!

    30 October 2024, 2:20 am
  • 1 hour 58 minutes
    Episode 238: 80s Underground Replay: Oct 22, 2019

    THE CURE - Primary (Singles) 1981

    PLAY DEAD - Isabel (From The Promised Land) 1985

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

    ABECEDARIANS - Dinner (Resin) 1987

    DEATH IN JUNE - The Calling (MK II) 1985

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

    PETER GODWIN - Images Of Heaven (Single) 1982

    NAKED EYES - Emotion In Motion (s/t) 1983

    CHINA CRISIS - Highest High (Flaunt The Imperfection) 1985

    OMD - Secrets (Crush) 1984

    AZTEC CAMERA - The Boy Wonders (High Land Hard Rain) 1983

    MOTORCYCLE BOY - World Falls Into Place (singe) 1988

    THE SMITHS - Ask (Singles) 1986

    RAILWAY CHILDREN - Chrysalis (Recurrence) 1988

    MODERN ENGLISH - Hands Across The Sea (Ricochet Days) 198

    ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Bring on the Dancing Horses (Songs to Learn & Sing) 1985

    HARD RAIN - I Will Remember (single) 1987

    BEAUTY CONSTANT - Catching You (Like The Enemy) 1987

    THE REIVERS - It's About Time (End of the Day) 1989

    R.E.M. - World Leader Pretend (Green) 1988

    HOUSE OF FREAKS - Sun Gone Down (Tantilla) 1989

    DRIVIN N CRYIN - Can't Promise You The World (Whisper Tames The Lion) 1988

    THE NILS - River of Sadness (s/t) 1987

    CONCRETE BLONDE - Little Sister (s/t) 1986

    THE SAINTS - Massacre (Prodigal Son) 1989

    DREAM SYNDICATE - Out of the Grey (Out of the Grey) 1986

    22 October 2024, 10:51 pm
  • 1 hour 55 minutes
    Episode 237: 80s Underground Replay: Oct 16, 2018

    Oingo Boingo “Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Me” from Good for Your Soul (Rock, 1983)

    Devo “Gates of Steel (live)” from Live EP 1980 (1980) 

    Spizzenergi “Where's Captain Kirk?” from High Crusade Soundtrack (LP, 1979) 

    Toy Dolls “Nellie the Elephant” from Dig That Groove Baby (1983) 

    Lene Lovich “Lucky Number” from Rhythm On the Radio - Oval Records Singles 1974-1987 (1979)  

    The Flirts “Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)” from 10 Cents for a Dance (1982) 

    The Polecats “Make a Circuit with Me” from The Best Of Polecats (Rock, 1983)

    The Waitresses “I Know What Boys Like” from Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? (1982) 

    The Members “Working Girl” from Working Girl (Remastered) (1983) 

    Josie Cotton “He Could Be the One” from Convertible Music (1982) 

    A Flock of Seagulls “Telecommúnication” from A Flock of Seagulls (1981) 

    Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark “Radio Waves” from Dazzle Ships (1983)

    Altered Images “Happy Birthday” from Happy Birthday (Single, 1981) 

    The Icicle Works “Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) [Single Version] (1983) 
    The English Beat “Best Friend” from I Just Can't Stop It (1980)

    Thomas Dolby “Europa and the Pirate Twins” from Golden Age of Wireless (1982) 

    The Tenants “Look the Other Way” from The Tenants (1983)
    U2 “The Three Sunrises” from Under a Blood Red Sky (1985) 

    Horizontal Brian “Practicing First Aid” from Vertical (1983) 

    The Jam “Pretty Green” from Sound Affects (Remastered) (Rock, 1980) 

    The Plimsouls “Zero Hour” from The Plimsouls (1981) 

     Squeeze “In Quintessence” from West Side Story (1981) 

    Nick Lowe “The Rose of England” from The Rose of England (1985) 

    Kirsty MacColl “Terry” from Terry - Single (1983) 

    XTC “Generals and Majors” from Black Sea (Rock, 1980) 

    Gleaming Spires “Big Surprise” from Walk on Well Lighted Streets (1983) 

    Book Of Love “I Touch Roses (Long Stemmed Version)” from Book of Love (Rock, 1986)

    The B-52's “Wig” from Bouncing Off the Satellites (1986) 

    Almost Alone “Dancing to Kill” from Systems of Romance Vol. 8 (1984) 

    Yaz “Nobody's Diary” from You And Me Both (1983)

    Soft Cell “Mr. Self Destruct” from This Last Night In Sodom (1984)

    16 October 2024, 12:52 am
  • 1 hour 56 minutes
    Episode 236: 80s Underground Replay: Sep 24, 2014

    XTC - Dear God (Skylarking) 1986

    THE BONGOS - Roman Circus (Phantom Train) 1986

    LET'S ACTIVE - Room With a View (Afoot) 1983

    INXS - Golden Playpen (Shabooh Shoobah) 1982

    SPLIT ENZ - I Got You (True Colours) 1980

    THE PLIMSOULS - How Long Will It Take (Everywhere at Once) 1983

    THE LUCY SHOW - Land and the Life (Mania) 1986

    DRAGON - Rain (single) 1983

    PETE SHELLEY - XL-1 (XL-1) 1983

    SPARKS - All You Ever Think About is Sex (In Outer Space) 1983

    YAZ - Sweet Thing (You & Me Both) 1983

    NEW ORDER - 1963-1994 (single) 1986

    SPOONS - Nova Heart (Arias & Symphonies) 1982

    OMD - Messages (10" single) 1980

    KRAFTWERK - Computer World (Computer World) 1981

    NEW MODEL ARMY - White Coats (single) 1987

    UNDER TWO FLAGS - The Day After Dub (10" single) 1984

    JESUS & MARY CHAIN - Down on Me (Darklands) 1987

    XYMOX - Stranger (Clan of Xymox) 1985

    THE CURE - Primary (single) 1981

    LONDON COWBOYS - Dance Crazy (Relapse) 1988

    THE CULT - Judith (Revolution EP) 1985

    GENE LOVES JEZEBEL - Upstairs (Promise) 1983

    DANCING HOODS - Wild & The Lonely (12 Jealous Roses) 1985

    SCRUFFY THE CAT - My Baby She's Alright (Tiny Days) 1987

    THE YANKS - We Call Each Other Mine (Made in The States) 1983

    SWING SET - Blackout (Life Speeds Up) 1986

    25 September 2024, 1:13 am
  • 1 hour 59 minutes
    Episode 235: 80s Underground Replay: Sep 10, 2019

    LOVE & ROCKETS "Ball of Confusion" from Express 1986

    PLAY DEAD "Isabel" from From The Promise Land 1985

    CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE "Soldier" from This Can't Be Heaven EP

    FOR AGAINST "Shine" from Echelons 1987

    ULTRAVOX "Reap the Wild Wind" from Hymn 1982

    XYMOX "Evelyn" from Twist Of Shadows 1989

    GENE LOVES JEZEBEL "Heartache" from Discover 1986

    PINK INDUSTRY "Don't Let Go" from Low Technology 1983

    LITTLE HEROES "Whose Turn to Cry" from Watch the World 1983

    COMSAT ANGELS "After the Rain" from Fiction 1982

    RED ROCKERS "Just Like You" from Schizophrenic Circus 1984

    THE ALARM "Strength" from Strength 1985

    LIONS & GHOSTS "Wild Garden" from Wild Garden 1989

    DREAMS SO REAL "Rough Night In Jericho" from Rough Night In Jericho 1988

    ARMS AKIMBO "Dominique" from Arms Akimbo 1984

    GUADALCANAL DIARY "Litany (Life Goes On)" from 2X4 1987

    HOODOO GURUS "What's My Scene?" from Blow Your Cool 1987

    GREEN "Curry Your Favor" from Green 1986

    RAIN PARADE "You Are My Friend" from Explosions in the Glass Palace 1984

    R.E.M. "Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)" from Chronic Town - EP 1982

    RANK AND FILE "Rank & File" from Sundown 1982

    JASON & THE SCORCHERS "Absolutely Sweet Marie" from Fervor 1983

    THE GOLDEN PALOMINOS "Work Was New" from Blast Of Silence 1986

    SONIC YOUTH "Candle" from Daydream Nation 1988

    DAS DAMEN "Noon Daylight" from Mousetrap 1989

    JANE'S ADDICTION "Had a Dad" from Nothing's Shocking 1988

    10 September 2024, 11:53 pm
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