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ninety-six albums

A. C./ D. C. - Highway to Hell

Adam and the Antz - Dirk Wears White Sox

Art Bears - Winter Songs

Wild Willy Barrett - Call of the Wild

The Beat

The B-52's

Blondie - Eat to the Beat

David Bowie - Lodger

Cabaret Voltaire - Mix-Up

Cameo - Secret Omen

Candido - Dancin' and Prancin'

The Cars - Candy-O

Cheap Trick - Dream Police

Chic - Risqué

Alex Chilton - Like Flies on Sherbert

Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves

The Clash - London Calling

The Contortions - Buy

Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Armed Forces

Crass - Stations of the Crass

The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette

The Dickies - The Incredible Shrinking Dickies

Mikey Dread - African Anthem: The Mikey Dread Show Dubwise

Mikey Dread - Dread at the Controls

Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming

Earth, Wind and Fire - I Am

Dave Edmunds - Repeat when Necessary

Essential Logic - Beat Rhythm News

Marianne Faithfull - Broken English

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk

Robert Fripp - Exposure

Gang of Four - Entertainment!

Gloria Gaynor - Love Tracks

Godley and Creme - Freeze Frame

Buddy Guy - Blues Giant [Stone Crazy!]

Nina Hagen - Unbehagen

Ian Hunter - You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic

Michael Jackson - Off the Wall

The Jam - Setting Sons

Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces of Victory

Rickie Lee Jones

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

Led Zeppelin - In through the Out Door

Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust

Madness - One Step Beyond...

Matumbi - Point of View

Sugar Minott - Black Roots

A. More - Flying Doesn't Help

Motörhead - Overkill

Motörhead - Bomber

Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle

The Only Ones - Even Serpents Shine

Graham Parker and the Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes

Pink Floyd - The Wall

The Plugz - Electrify Me

The Pop Group - Y

Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box

The Raincoats

The Reds

Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - Back in Your Life

The Roches

The Ruts - The Crack

Shoes - Present Tense

The Skids - Scared to Dance

The Slits - Cut

Sparks - No. 1 in Heaven

The Specials - The Specials

Squeeze - Cool for Cats

Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material

Donna Summer - Bad Girls

Supertramp - Breakfast in America

Swell Maps - A Trip to Marineville

Talking Heads - Fear of Music

Telex - Looking for St. Tropez

This Heat

Throbbing Gristle Bring You 20 Jazz Funk Greats

The Tubes - Remote Control

Tubeway Army - Replicas

20/20

The U. K. Subs - Another Kind of Blues

The Undertones

Utopia - Adventures in Utopia

Van Halen II

Shina Williams and His African Percussionists - African Dances

The Wipers - Is This Real?

Wire - 154

XTC - Drums and Wires

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor

Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Live Rust

Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti

Frank Zappa - Orchestral Favorites

Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Act I

Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Act II and III

Z. Z. Top - Degüello

fifty-two singles and deep cuts

Bauhaus - 'Bela Lugosi's Dead'

The Bellamy Brothers - 'If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It against Me', The Two and Only

Pat Benatar - 'Heartbreaker', In the Heat of the Night

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown [E. P.]

Blackfoot - 'Highway Song', Strikes

The Boomtown Rats - 'I Don't Like Mondays', The Fine Art of Surfacing

Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers - 'Bustin' Loose', Bustin' Loose

Cabaret Voltaire - 'Nag Nag Nag'

The Captain and Tenille - 'Do That to Me One More Time', Make Your Move

The Clash - The Cost of Living [E. P.]

Christopher Cross - 'Sailing', Christopher Cross

The Crusaders - 'Street Life', Street Life

The Eagles - 'Heartache Tonight', The Long Run

The Eagles - 'The Long Run', The Long Run

Fatback - 'King Tim III (Personality Jock)', Fatback XII

Dan Fogelberg - 'Longer', Phoenix

The Gap Band - 'I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops!)', The Gap Band II

Rupert Holmes - 'Escape (The Piña Colada Song)', Partners in Crime

Joe Jackson - 'It's Different for Girls', I'm the Man

France Joli - 'Come to Me', France Joli

Joy Division - 'Transmission'

Kermit - 'Rainbow Connection', [Various artists] The Muppet Movie: Original Soundtrack Recording

Kiss - 'I Was Made for Lovin' You', Dynasty

Kleeer - 'Keeep Your Body Workin'', I Love to Dance

The Knack - 'My Sharona', Get the Knack

Kool and the Gang - 'Too Hot', Ladies' Night

Lipps Inc - 'Funkytown', Mouth to Mouth

M - 'Pop Muzik', New York-London-Paris-Munich

Machine - 'There but for the Grace of God Go I', Machine

Vaughan Mason and Crew - 'Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll', Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll [1980]

Paul McCartney - 'Wonderful Christmastime'

McFadden and Whitehead - 'Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now', McFadden & Whitehead

Bette Midler - 'The Rose', The Rose: The Original Soundtrack Recording

The Misfits - 'Horror Business'

Molly Hatchet - 'Flirtin' with Disaster', Flirtin' with Disaster

Robert Palmer - 'Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)', Secrets

The Police - 'Message in a Bottle', Reggatta de Blanc

Prince - 'I Wanna Be Your Lover', Prince

Pylon - 'Cool'

The Ramones - 'Rock 'n' Roll High School', [Various artists] Rock 'n' Roll High School: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack; End of the Century [1980]

The Residents - Babyfingers [E. P.]

The Romantics - 'What I Like About You', The Romantics [1980]

Roxy Music - 'Dance Away', Manifesto

The Ruts - 'In a Rut'

Sister Sledge - 'He's the Greatest Dancer', We Are Family

Sister Sledge - 'We Are Family', We Are Family

Slick - 'Space Bass', Slick

Gino Soccio - 'Dancer', Outline

Donna Summer - 'On the Radio', On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I and II; [Various artists] Music from the Motion Picture Foxes

The Village People - 'In the Navy', Go West

The Whispers - 'And the Beat Goes On', The Whispers

"Weird Al" Yankovic - 'My Bologna'; new version, "Weird Al" Yankovic [1983]

one archival and compilation album

The Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady