Top 40 Music on CD Forum : Collecting 1983 on compilations https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 05 May 2026 22:24:29 +0000 Sat, 15 Aug 2020 08:56:59 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=7822 <![CDATA[Top 40 Music on CD Forum]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ <![CDATA[Collecting 1983 on compilations : Additionally, the edit of Air...]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7822&PID=55290&title=collecting-1983-on-compilations#55290 Author: David Pro
Subject: 7822
Posted: 15 August 2020 at 8:56am

Additionally, the edit of Air Supply's "Making Love
Out of Nothing At All" included on Rhino's
Billboard Top Hits: 1983 is also a wrong
recreation.

Regarding the David Bowie songs "China Girl" and
"Modern Love", the versions you listed in Sounds of
the Eighties: 1983 and Rockin' USA
respectively are not the true 45 versions. They are
wrong recreations which first appeared on
Changesbowie (1990) alongside the wrong
recreation of the "Let's Dance" 45 edit.

Ron, since you have already covered the Ryko "Let's
Dance" edit in another thread, here is the description
of the Ryko edits of "China Girl" and "Modern Love"
posted in a Bowie forum:

Quote
The Ryko China Girl edit is in a different spot just
before the outro.
The Ryko Modern Love edit has the drum beats between
the first chorus and instrumental section, whereas
they are edited out of the original single.


The only way to get the correct 45 versions of "Let's
Dance", "China Girl" and "Modern Love" is on the
following Bowie compilations:

  • Virgin's Best of Bowie (2002, either
    the LP version or the true 45 edit of "Modern Love" is
    included depending on the country of release)
  • EMI's 3-CD The Platinum Collection (2005)
  • EMI's The Best of David Bowie: 1980-
    1987     (2007, it has the same tracklisting and
    mastering as the third disc of The Platinum
    Collection    , but also comes with a DVD featuring
    Bowie's music videos from the 1980's era)

  • Legacy's Nothing Has Changed (2014)

  • Legacy's 2-CD Bowie Legacy (2016)


]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2020 08:56:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7822&PID=55290&title=collecting-1983-on-compilations#55290 <![CDATA[Collecting 1983 on compilations : This much is true! I haven&#039;t...]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7822&PID=55279&title=collecting-1983-on-compilations#55279 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 7822
Posted: 14 August 2020 at 8:54am

This much is true!

I haven't updated any of these monstrous posts to include that information. You'll find that there are many, many, many of these large posts sprinkled throughout the forum.

The most up-to-date info is on the page for the individual song, which is the one you found for "True".

There's one additional page with links that show what's in my personal library. You might find the lists informative.]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2020 08:54:35 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7822&PID=55279&title=collecting-1983-on-compilations#55279 <![CDATA[Collecting 1983 on compilations : Ron, in the thread about Spandau...]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7822&PID=55278&title=collecting-1983-on-compilations#55278 Author: David Pro
Subject: 7822
Posted: 14 August 2020 at 8:28am

Ron, in the thread about Spandau Ballet's "True", Aaron
posted that the version included on Rhino's Billboard
Top Hits: 1983 is not the correct 45 version due to
a slightly different edit in comparison to the proper
commercial 45 edit.]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2020 08:28:26 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7822&PID=55278&title=collecting-1983-on-compilations#55278 <![CDATA[Collecting 1983 on compilations : Here are all the compilations...]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7822&PID=39919&title=collecting-1983-on-compilations#39919 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 7822
Posted: 13 December 2013 at 10:08am

Here are all the compilations (regardless of sound quality) that I own that include 3 or more hits that peaked in the top 40 in 1983. I know I missed a few, and those are on order - I'll update this post when I they come in.

83 top 40 hits in 1983

  • swaitek's 50-CD promo The A List (1994)
26 top 40 hits in 1983

  • Rhino's 7-CD Like Omigod (2002)
18 top 40 hits in 1983

  • Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 3 1983 (1994)
14 top 40 hits in 1983

  • Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 1 1982-1983 (1999)
12 top 40 hits in 1983

  • Madacy's Rock On 1983 Sweet Dreams (1998)
  • Madacy's Rock On 1983 Vol. 2 (2005)
11 top 40 hits in 1983

  • EMI PolyGram Virgin's 2-CD Now 1983 (1993)
  • Madacy's Rock On 1983 (1996)
10 top 40 hits in 1983

  • Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1983 (1992)
  • Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 8 Early '80s (2000)
  • Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 11 1983-1984 (1995)
  • Disky Europe 8-CD Greatest Hits Of The '80s (2002)
9 top 40 hits in 1983

  • Warner Special Products/ Silver Eagle's 3-CD After Hours (1990)
  • Razor & Tie's 2-CD Awesome '80s (1994)
  • EMI Australia's 5-CD Eighties Complete Vol. 1 (1997)
  • EMI Australia's 5-CD Eighties Complete Vol. 2 (1999)
8 top 40 hits in 1983

  • Cema's 2-CD Cool Rock (1995)
  • Realm's Gold And Platinum Vol. 1 (1986)
  • Universal's More Pure 80's (2000)
  • Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 26 Rolling Stone 1982-1983 (1995)
7 top 40 hits in 1983

  • Razor & Tie's 2-CD Forever '80s (1994)
  • Disky (Europe) 8-CD Greatest Hits Of The '80s (1998)
  • Time-Life's single disc Modern Rock '80s Grooves (1999)
  • Disky (Europe) 8-CD More Greatest Hits Of The '80s (2000)
  • Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 16 The Early '80s (1996)
6 top 40 hits in 1983

  • Razor & Tie's 2-CD Everything '80s (1995)
  • Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 8 (1994)
  • Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 21 Club '80s (2001)
  • EMI UK's 2-CD Now The Millennium Series 1982 (1999)
  • Warner Special Products' 2-CD Punk (1996)
  • Realm's 3-CD Greatest Hits Of The '80s Vol. 1 (1995)
  • PolyTel Canada's Rock With The '80s (1990)
  • Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 18 The Early '80s Take Two (1996)
  • Razor & Tie's 2-CD Totally '80s (1993)
5 top 40 hits in 1983

  • Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 10 (1994)
  • Rhino's Millennium New Wave Party (1999)
  • Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 5 Dance (1999)
  • Simitar's Number Ones Eighties Rock (1998)
  • Universal's Pure '80s (1999)
  • Sony's 2-CD Read The Hits (1994)
  • Realm's 3-CD Greatest Hits Of The '80s Vol. 3 (2002)
  • Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 22 1980-1983 (1997)
  • EMI UK's Time To Remember 1983 (1997)
4 top 40 hits in 1983

  • Rhino's Billboard Top Dance Hits 1983 (1998)
  • Cema's Greatest Hits Of The 80's Vol. 1 Turbo Mania (1994)
  • Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 11 (1994)
  • EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 1 (1993)
  • Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 12 1980-1984 (2000)
  • EMI UK's 2-CD Now Smash Hits Of The '80s (1987)
  • Sony Germany's 2-CD Pop And Wave Vol. 2 (1992)
  • EMI Australia's 5-CD Pop Complete (1999)
  • Universal's Retro Lunchbox Squeeze The Cheeze (1997)
  • Sony's Seems Like Yesterday Vol. 4 (1990)
3 top 40 hits in 1983

  • Razor & Tie's Back To The '80s (1994)
  • Rhino's Billboard Hot R&B Hits 1983 (1996)
  • Time-Life's 2-CD Body Talk Vol. 8 On My Mind (1996)
  • Time-Life's 2-CD Classic Soft Rock Vol. 10 Heat Of The Moment (2007)
  • Warner Special Products' 18 Modern Rock Classics (1996)
  • Time-Life's Gold And Platinum Vol. 4 (1997)
  • Time-Life's Guitar Rock Vol. 20 The '80s (1995)
  • Cema's Greatest Hits Of The 80's Vol. 4 New Wave Hits (1994)
  • PolyGram's Hear The Light Vol. 1 (1984)
  • Time-Life's 2-CD Heart Rock (1988)
  • PolyGram Europe's Hits On CD Vol. 1 (1984)
  • Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 6 (1994)
  • Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 9 (1994)
  • EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 4 (1994)
  • Warner Special Products' 2-CD Lost In Love (1994)
  • MCA's 4-CD promo MCA Hits Sampler (1988)
  • JCI's Only Dance 1980-1984 (1995)
  • Sony Germany's 2-CD Pop And Wave Vol. 1 (1992)
  • Sony Germany's 2-CD Pop And Wave Vol. 3 (1993)
  • Sony Germany's 2-CD Pop And Wave Vol. 6 (1996)
  • Warner Special Products' 2-CD Reflections Of Love (1996)
  • Richard Blade's Flashback Favorites Vol. 4 (1994)
  • Priority's Rock Of The '80s Vol. 2 (1992)
  • Priority's Rock Of The '80s Vol. 5 (1993)
  • Priority's Rock Of The '80s Vol. 6 (1993)
  • Priority's Rock Of The '80s Vol. 15 (1994)
  • Columbia's Rock Of The 80's (1988)
  • Sandstone's Rock The First Vol. 6 (1992)
  • Warner Special Products' 2-CD Rockin' USA (1994)
  • Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 1 The Rockin' Eighties (1994)
  • Warner Special Products' 3-CD Secret Love (1987)
  • Sony's This Ain't No Disco (1994)
  • Warner Special Products' 2-CD Touched By Love (1997)


86 compilations listed]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:08:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7822&PID=39919&title=collecting-1983-on-compilations#39919 <![CDATA[Collecting 1983 on compilations : Here are the artists that had...]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7822&PID=39918&title=collecting-1983-on-compilations#39918 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 7822
Posted: 13 December 2013 at 10:07am

Here are the artists that had three or more hits that peaked in the top 40 in 1983:

7 top 40 hits in 1983

Michael Jackson
  • Billie Jean
  • Beat It
  • Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
  • Human Nature
  • P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
  • The Girl Is Mine (w Paul McCartney)
  • Say Say Say (w Paul McCartney)
4 top 40 hits in 1983

Culture Club
  • Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
  • Time (Clock Of The Heart)
  • I'll Tumble 4 Ya
  • Church Of The Poison Mind
Duran Duran [all sound superb on Decade]
  • Hungry Like The Wolf
  • Rio
  • Is There Something I Should Know
  • Union Of The Snake
Journey [all sound superb on 3-CD Time]
  • Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
  • Faithfully
  • After The Fall
  • Send Her My Love
Men At Work
  • Down Under
  • Overkill
  • It's A Mistake
  • Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive
3 top 40 hits in 1983

Bryan Adams
  • Straight From The Heart
  • Cuts Like A Knife
  • This Time
Pat Benatar
  • Little Too Late
  • Looking For A Stranger
  • Love Is A Battlefield
Daryl Hall And John Oates
  • One On One
  • Family Man
  • Say It Isn't So
David Bowie
  • Let's Dance
  • China Girl
  • Modern Love
Def Leppard [all sound very nice on Pyromania]
  • Photograph
  • Rock Of Ages
  • Foolin'
Billy Joel
  • Allentown
  • Tell Her About It
  • Uptown Girl
Little River Band
  • The Other Guy
  • We Two
  • You're Driving Me Out Of My Mind
Naked Eyes
  • Always Something There To Remind Me
  • Promises Promises
  • When The Lights Go Out
Police [all sound nice, to my ears, on 4-CD Message In A Box, but I may be in the minority]
  • Every Breath You Take
  • King Of Pain
  • Synchronicity II
Prince [all sound superb on Hits 1 and Hits 2]
  • Little Red Corvette
  • 1999
  • Delirious
Lionel Richie
  • You Are
  • My Love
  • All Night Long (All Night)
Kenny Rogers
  • All My Life
  • We've Got Tonight (w Sheena Easton)
  • Islands In The Stream (w Dolly Parton)
Bob Seger
  • Shame On The Moon
  • Even Now
  • Roll Me Away
Rick Springfield
  • Affair Of The Heart
  • Human Touch
  • Souls
Stray Cats
  • Stray Cat Strut
  • (She's) Sexy + 17
  • I Won't Stand In Your Way
]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:07:15 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7822&PID=39918&title=collecting-1983-on-compilations#39918 <![CDATA[Collecting 1983 on compilations : In the spirit of the Collecting...]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7822&PID=39917&title=collecting-1983-on-compilations#39917 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 7822
Posted: 13 December 2013 at 10:05am

In the spirit of the Collecting 1982 on compilations thread, I dug out my notes from 1983.

I did A/B comparisons with every CD version I own of every song that peaked on the Hot 100 in 1983, plus lossless versions from libraries that others have assembled. I was able to assemble a pretty solid library of songs, with (in my opinion) the best-sounding versions of everything. I'll share some of my results, in case you want to hunt down some of the compilations that I used.

From the solid 1983 library, for each song, I identified compilations having comparable sound quality to my preferred version. In this case, comparable means a digital clone with a level change, a digital clone with an EQ change, or a version that used the same analog transfer. Adding compression/limiting or noise reduction automatically disqualifies a track from being comparable.

Then, I rounded up all the comparable versions, and identified all compilations that include 3 or more top 40 hits from 1983 that have sound quality comparable to my preferred version. These are versions that I'd be happy to use in my own library.

Then, I ranked them by number of comparable tracks, in descending order.

What I got is a pretty solid listing of some really good-sounding compilations. Some are remarkably inexpensive, a few are pricey. I couldn't test every disc ever made, of course, but I think I tested most or all of the common compilations that you'll ever be able to find.

Bottom line: if you own any of the discs I list below, you can be assured that the song I list from that disc sounds as good as any copy that I could find on CD.

Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 3 1983 (1994, 12 tracks)

  • CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Quiet Riot [LP version; same analog transfer as Sony's 2-CD Read The Hits (1994)]
  • ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER - The Fixx [LP mix; same analog transfer as MCA's Greatest Hits One Thing Leads To Another (1989)]
  • (SHE'S) SEXY AND 17 - Stray Cats [LP version; same analog transfer as EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 1 (1993)]
  • CHINA GIRL - David Bowie [45 version or possibly an incorrect recreation of the 45 version; same analog transfer as Ryko's Changesbowie (1990)]
  • MANIAC - Michael Sembello [soundtrack mix; same analog transfer as Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1983 (1992)]
  • ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME - Naked Eyes [hit mix with drums intro; same analog transfer as EMI's Best Of (1991) and Promises Promises The Very Best Of (1994) and Living In Oblivion Vol. 1 (1993)]
  • AFRICA - Toto [45 version; same analog transfer as Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1983 (1992)]
  • STAND BACK - Stevie Nicks [45 version]
  • JEOPARDY - Greg Kihn Band [same analog transfer as Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1983 (1992)]
  • COME DANCING - Kinks
  • TOO SHY - Kajagoogoo [LP version; same analog transfer as EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 1 (1993)]
  • TRUE - Spandau Ballet [45 version; same analog transfer as Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1983 (1992)]
Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1983 (1992, 10 tracks)

  • DOWN UNDER - Men At Work
  • AFRICA - Toto [45 version]
  • STRAY CAT STRUT - Stray Cats
  • MANIAC - Michael Sembello [soundtrack mix]
  • ELECTRIC AVENUE - Eddy Grant
  • TRUE - Spandau Ballet [45 version]
  • TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART - Bonnie Tyler [45 version]
  • JEOPARDY - Greg Kihn Band
  • DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME - Culture Club [LP and long single version]
  • MAKING LOVE OUT OF NOTHING AT ALL - Air Supply [45 version]
Madacy's Rock On 1983 (1996, 10 tracks)

  • LET'S DANCE - David Bowie [incorrect recreation of 45 edit; digitally exactly 0.1 dB quieter than Ryko's Changesbowie (1990)]
  • ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME - Naked Eyes [hit mix with drums intro; digitally exactly 0.4 dB louder than Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 3 1983 (1994) and same analog transfer as EMI's Best Of (1991) and Promises Promises The Very Best Of (1994) and Living In Oblivion Vol. 1 (1993)]
  • ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER - The Fixx [LP mix; digitally exactly 1.9 dB quieter than Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 3 1983 (1994) and same analog transfer as MCA's Greatest Hits One Thing Leads To Another (1989)]
  • LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD - Pat Benatar [LP version; digitally exactly 1.6 dB quieter than Chrysalis's Best Shots (1989)]
  • STRAY CAT STRUT - Stray Cats [digitally exactly 1.1 dB quieter than Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 1 The Rockin' Eighties (1994) and same analog transfer as Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1983 (1992)]
  • SHE'S A BEAUTY - Tubes [LP version; digitally exactly 1.1 dB louder than Cema's 2-CD Cool Rock (1995)]
  • MAKING LOVE OUT OF NOTHING AT ALL - Air Supply [LP version; uses same analog transfer as Cema's Greatest Hits Of The 80's Vol. 5 Power Ballads (1994)]
  • TOO SHY - Kajagoogoo [LP version; digitally exactly 0.3 dB quieter than Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 3 1983 (1994) and same analog transfer as EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 1 (1993)]
  • TELEFONE (LONG DISTANCE LOVE AFFAIR) - Sheena Easton [digitally exactly 1.4 dB louder than EMI's Best Of (1989) and 10 Best Series (1995)]
  • SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER - Motels [differently EQ'd digital clone of Sandstone's Rock The First Vol. 5 (1992)]
Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 1 1982-1983 (1999, 7 tracks)

  • DOWN UNDER - Men At Work [digitally exactly 0.5 dB quieter than Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 1 The Rockin' Eighties (1994) and same analog transfer as Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1983 (1992)]
  • COME ON EILEEN - Dexy's Midnight Runners [includes fiddle intro; digitally exactly 1.5 dB quieter than Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 8 (1994)]
  • HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF - Duran Duran [differently EQ'd digital clone of Sandstone's Rock The First Vol. 2 (1992)]
  • (SHE'S) SEXY AND 17 - Stray Cats [LP version; digitally exactly 1 dB louder than Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 3 1983 (1994) and same analog transfer as EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 1 (1993)]
  • TRUE - Spandau Ballet [LP version; may be a digital clone of True]
  • ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME - Naked Eyes [hit mix with drums intro; digitally identical to Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 3 1983 (1994) and same analog transfer as EMI's Best Of (1991) and Promises Promises The Very Best Of (1994) and Living In Oblivion Vol. 1 (1993)]
  • GOODY TWO SHOES - Adam Ant [differently EQ'd digital clone of Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 16 The Early '80s (1996)]
Rhino's 7-CD Like Omigod (2002, 6 tracks)

  • SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS) - Eurythmics [LP and 45 version]
  • THE SALT IN MY TEARS - Martin Briley [LP and commercial 45 version]
  • MAJOR TOM (COMING HOME) - Peter Schilling [45 version in English]
  • CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Quiet Riot [45 version]
  • MR. ROBOTO - Styx [45 version]
  • BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG - Pretenders
Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 8 (1994, 5 tracks)

  • COME ON EILEEN - Dexy's Midnight Runners [includes fiddle intro]
  • JEOPARDY - Greg Kihn Band [digitally identical to Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1983 (1992)]
  • SHE'S A BEAUTY - Tubes [45 version]
  • LIES - Thompson Twins [LP and 45 version]
  • WHIRLY GIRL - Oxo
Cema's 2-CD Cool Rock (1995, 5 tracks)

  • ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME - Naked Eyes [hit mix with drums intro; differently EQ'd digital clone of EMI's Promises Promises GH and Best Of]
  • TIME (CLOCK OF THE HEART) - Culture Club [differently EQ'd digital clone of Cema's Ten Best Series (1994)]
  • SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER - Motels [differently EQ'd digital clone of Sandstone's Rock The First Vol. 5 (1992)]
  • SHE'S A BEAUTY - Tubes [LP version; differently EQ'd digital clone of Cema's Greatest Hits Of The 80s Vol. 4]
  • BABY COME TO ME - Patti Austin With James Ingram [same analog transfer as Priority's Eighties Greatest Rock Hits Vol. 13]
Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 8 Early '80s (2000, 5 tracks)

  • STRAY CAT STRUT - Stray Cats [digitally exactly 1 dB quieter than Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 1 The Rockin' Eighties (1994) and Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1983 (1992)]
  • PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ - Taco [LP version; differently EQ'd digital clone of RCA's Nipper's Greatest Hits The '80s(1990)]
  • SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER - Motels [differently EQ'd digital clone of Sandstone's Rock The First Vol. 5 (1992)]
  • RIO - Duran Duran [LP version; digitally identical to Capitol's Decade (1989) for first 1:37 and 0.4 dB louder than Decade after 1:37]
  • WISHING (IF I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU) - A Flock Of Seagulls [differently EQ'd digital clone of Jive's Best Of]
EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 1 (1993, 4 tracks)

  • TOO SHY - Kajagoogoo [LP version; probably a differently EQ'd digital clone of White Feathers CD]
  • ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME - Naked Eyes [hit mix with drums intro; differently EQ'd digital clone of EMI's Best Of (1991)]
  • (SHE'S) SEXY AND 17 - Stray Cats [LP version]
  • SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE - Thomas Dolby [promo 45 version]
Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 10 (1994, 4 tracks)

  • (KEEP FEELING) FASCINATION - Human League
  • OUR HOUSE - Madness
  • WISHING (IF I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU) - A Flock Of Seagulls [45 version; cuts off a bit of opening downbeat, but easily fixable]
  • PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ - Taco [45 version]
Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 18 The Early '80s Take Two (1996, 4 tracks)

  • HEART AND SOUL - Huey Lewis And The News [LP length; differently EQ'd digital clone of Chrysalis's The Heart Of Rock and Roll Best Of (1992)]
  • SAVED BY ZERO - The Fixx [differently EQ'd digital clone of MCA's Greatest Hits One Thing Leads To Another (1989)]
  • MAKING LOVE OUT OF NOTHING AT ALL - Air Supply [45 version; differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1983 (1992)]
  • BABY COME TO ME - Patti Austin With James Ingram [differently EQ'd digital clone of Cema's 2-CD Cool Rock (1995) and same analog transfer as Priority's Eighties Greatest Rock Hits Vol. 13]
Warner Special Products' 2-CD Punk (1996, 4 tracks)

  • ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER - The Fixx [LP mix; same analog transfer as MCA's Greatest Hits One Thing Leads To Another (1989)]
  • SHE'S A BEAUTY - Tubes [45 version; same analog transfer as Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 8 (1994)]
  • STRAY CAT STRUT - Stray Cats [same analog transfer as Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1983 (1992)]
  • JEOPARDY - Greg Kihn Band [same analog transfer as Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1983 (1992)]
Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 22 1980-1983 (1997, 4 tracks)

  • I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON - Frida [45 version; may be digital clone of Rhino's The Big '80s]
  • LIES - Thompson Twins [LP and 45 version; digitally exactly 3 dB quieter than Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 8 (1994)]
  • YOUR LOVE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY - Sammy Hagar [LP and commercial 45 version; differently EQ'd digital clone of Time-Life's Guitar Rock Vol. 20 The '80s (1995)]
  • TELEFONE (LONG DISTANCE LOVE AFFAIR) - Sheena Easton [digitally exactly 1 dB quieter than EMI's Best Of (1989) and 10 Best Series (1995)]
Madacy's Rock On 1983 Sweet Dreams (1998, 4 tracks)

  • WHITE WEDDING - Billy Idol [LP version; digitally exactly 0.5 dB louder than The Right Stuff's Sedated In the Eighties No. 2 (1994)]
  • UNION OF THE SNAKE - Duran Duran [digitally identical to Capitol's Decade (1989)]
  • LITTLE TOO LATE - Pat Benatar [45 version; probably digital clone of All Fired Up]
  • TIME (CLOCK OF THE HEART) - Culture Club [digitally exactly 0.235 dB louder than Cema's Ten Best Series (1994)]
Time-Life's 2-CD Modern Rock Vol. 21 Club '80s (2001, 4 tracks)

  • LET'S DANCE - David Bowie [incorrect recreation of 45 edit; differently EQ'd digital clone of Ryko's Changesbowie (1990)]
  • (KEEP FEELING) FASCINATION - Human League [diff EQ than Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 10 (1994)]
  • MAJOR TOM (COMING HOME) - Peter Schilling [diff EQ than EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 5 (1995)]
  • RIO - Duran Duran [LP version; differently EQ'd digital clone of Capitol's Decade (1989)]
Cema's Greatest Hits Of The 80's Vol. 1 Turbo Mania (1994, 3 tracks)

  • ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME - Naked Eyes [hit mix with drums intro; differently EQ'd digital clone of EMI's Best Of (1991)]
  • SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER - Motels [digitally exactly 0.864 dB louder than Sandstone's Rock The First Vol. 5 (1992)]
  • TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART - Bonnie Tyler [LP version; probably a differently EQ'd digital clone of Faster Than The Speed Of Night]
Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 11 (1994, 3 tracks)

  • IN A BIG COUNTRY - Big Country [45 version]
  • JUST GOT LUCKY - JoBoxers [45 version]
  • ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER - The Fixx [45 mix]
Sony's 2-CD Read The Hits (1994, 3 tracks)

  • TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART - Bonnie Tyler [LP version; probably a differently EQ'd digital clone of Faster Than The Speed Of Night]
  • CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Quiet Riot [LP version; probably uses same analog transfer as Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply]
  • HOT GIRLS IN LOVE - Loverboy [differently EQ'd digital clone of Columbia's Big Ones (1989)]
Warner Special Products' 2-CD Rockin' USA (1994, 3 tracks)

  • MODERN LOVE - David Bowie [possibly incorrect recreation of 45; same analog transfer as Ryko's Changesbowie (1990)]
  • STRAY CAT STRUT - Stray Cats [same analog transfer as Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1983 (1992)]
  • DOWN UNDER - Men At Work [same analog transfer as Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1983 (1992)]
Razor & Tie's 2-CD Everything '80s (1995, 3 tracks)

  • BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE - Talking Heads [same analog transfer as JCI's Only Dance 1980-1984 (1995)]
  • STRAY CAT STRUT - Stray Cats [same analog transfer as Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1983 (1992)]
  • CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Quiet Riot [LP version; same analog transfer as Sony's 2-CD Read The Hits (1994)]
Realm's 3-CD Greatest Hits Of The '80s Vol. 1 (1995, 3 tracks)

  • TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART - Bonnie Tyler [LP version; probably a differently EQ'd digital clone of Faster Than The Speed Of Night]
  • FALL IN LOVE WITH ME - Earth Wind And Fire [LP version]
  • CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - Quiet Riot [LP version; differently EQ'd digital clone of Sony's 2-CD Read the Hits (1994)]
Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 11 1983-1984 (1995, 3 tracks)

  • ELECTRIC AVENUE - Eddy Grant [differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Billboard Top Hits 1983 (1992)]
  • PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ - Taco [45 version; differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 10 (1994)]
  • SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER - Motels [differently EQ'd digital clone of Sandstone's Rock The First Vol. 5 (1992)]
Rhino's Billboard Hot R&B Hits 1983 (1996, 3 tracks)

  • AIN'T NOBODY - Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan [45 version; uses same analog transfer as Rhino's Video Soul but a teeny bit faster]
  • TRY AGAIN - Champaign
  • SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY - Donna Summer [45 version]
Time-Life's Sounds Of The Eighties Vol. 16 The Early '80s (1996, 3 tracks)

  • HOT GIRLS IN LOVE - Loverboy [differently EQ'd digital clone of Columbia's Big Ones (1989)]
  • GOODY TWO SHOES - Adam Ant
  • PASS THE DUTCHIE - Musical Youth [differently EQ'd digital clone of Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 7 (1994)]
Simitar's Number Ones Eighties Rock (1998, 3 tracks)

  • SAVED BY ZERO - The Fixx [same analog transfer as MCA's Greatest Hits One Thing Leads To Another (1989)]
  • SHE'S A BEAUTY - Tubes [45 version; same analog transfer as Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 8 (1994)]
  • (SHE'S) SEXY AND 17 - Stray Cats [LP version; same analog transfer as EMI's Living In Oblivion Vol. 1 (1993)]
Rhino's Millennium New Wave Party (1999, 3 tracks)

  • COME ON EILEEN - Dexy's Midnight Runners [same analog transfer as Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 8 (1994)]
  • OUR HOUSE - Madness [same analog transfer as Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough Vol. 10 (1994)]
  • THE SAFETY DANCE - Men Without Hats [same analog transfer as Varese's Lost 45s Of The '70s And '80s (1998)]
I also recommend picking up some single-artist Greatest Hits collections released in the late '80s and early '90s - those can usually be found for cheap, and they tend to sound really nice.

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