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sixty-six albums

Accept - Balls to the Wall

Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain

The B-52's - Whammy!

David Bowie - Let's Dance

The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge

Clannad - Magical Ring

Def Leppard - Pyromania

The Dicks - Kill from the Heart

Dio - Holy Diver

Dumptruck - D Is for Dumptruck

Echo and the Bunnymen - Porcupine

E. S. G. - Come Away with E. S. G.

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Eurythmics - Touch

The Fall - Perverted by Language

Fun Boy Three - Waiting

Genesis

The Go-Betweens - Before Hollywood

Heaven 17 - The Luxury Gap

Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind

Daniel Johnston - Yip/ Jump Music

Daniel Johnston - Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album

Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual

Huey Lewis and the News - Sports

Madonna

Mercyful Fate - Melissa

Metallica - Kill 'Em All

Midnight Star - No Parking on the Dance Floor

The Minutemen - What Makes a Man Start Fires?

Mötley Crüe - Shout at the Devil

New Order - Power, Corruption and Lies

Stevie Nicks - The Wild Heart

Night Ranger - Midnight Madness

N. R. B. Q. - Grooves in Orbit

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Dazzle Ships

Robert Plant - The Principle of Moments

The Pointer Sisters - Break Out

The Police - Synchronicity

The Proletariat - Soma Holiday

Psychic T. V. - Dreams Less Sweet

Pylon - Chomp

The Rain Parade - Emergency Third Rail Power Trip

R. E. M. - Murmur

The Replacments - Hootenanny

Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Scream - Still Screaming

Severed Heads - Since the Accident

Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster

Sonic Youth - Confusion Is Sex

Sparks - In Outer Space

Mark Stewart and Maffia - Learning to Cope with Cowardice

Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues

Têtes Noires

The The - Soul Mining

The Three O'Clock - Sixteen Tambourines

Richard Thompson - Hand of Kindness

U2 - War

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Texas Flood

Violent Femmes

Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones

The Wipers - Over the Edge

Yes - 90125

Paul Young - No Parlez

Buckwheat Zydeco/ Ils Sont Partis Band - 100% Fortified Zydeco

Z. Z. Top - Eliminator

sixty-one singles and deep cuts

Bryan Adams - 'Cuts like a Knife', Cuts like a Knife

The Alarm - 'Sixty Eight Guns', Declaration [1984]

Big Country - 'Fields of Fire (400 Miles)', The Crossing

Lindsey Buckingham - 'Holiday Road, [Various artists] National Lampoon's Vacation: Original Motion Picture Sound Track

Irene Cara - 'Flashdance... What a Feeling', What a Feelin'; [Various artists] Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture

Class Action - 'Weekend'

The Culture Club - 'Karma Chameleon', Colour by Numbers

The Cure - 'The Walk'

The Cure - 'The Love Cats'

Dirty Rotten Imbeciles - Dirty Rotten EP

Exile - 'High Cost of Leaving', Exile

The Fall - 'The Man Whose Head Expanded'

The Fall - 'Kicker Conspiracy'

Fant - Landshark! [E. P.]

The Fixx - 'One Thing Leads to Another', Reach the Beach

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - 'Relax', Welcome to the Pleasuredome [1984]

Daryl Hall/ John Oates - 'Say It Isn't So', Rock 'n Soul Part 1

Corey Hart - 'Sunglasses at Night', First Offense

The Human League - '(Keep Feeling) Fascination'

Hüsker Dü - Metal Circus [E. P.]

Billy Idol - 'Rebel Yell', Rebel Yell

Billy Idol - 'Eyes Without a Face', Rebel Yell

Elton John - 'I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues', Too Low for Zero

Elton John - 'I'm Still Standing', Too Low for Zero

Journey - 'Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)', Frontiers

Kajagoogoo - 'Too Shy', White Feathers

The Kinks - 'Come Dancing', State of Confusion

Bob Marley and the Wailers - 'Buffalo Soldier', Confrontation

Paul McCartney/ Michael Jackson - 'Say Say Say', [Paul McCartney] Pipes of Peace

John Cougar Mellencamp - 'Pink Houses', Uh-Huh

Minor Threat - Out of Step [E. P.]

The Minutemen - Buzz or Howl under the Influence of Heat [E. P.]

Mtume - 'Juicy Fruit', Juicy Fruit

Nena - '99 Luftballons', Nena

Randy Newman - 'I Love L.A.', Trouble in Paradise

New Order - 'Blue Monday', Substance

New Order - 'Confusion'; new version, Substance [1987]

Ozzy Osbourne - 'Bark at the Moon', Bark at the Moon

Quiet Riot - 'Cum On Feel the Noize', Metal Health

Real Life - 'Send Me an Angel', Heartland

Kenny Rogers/ Dolly Parton - 'Islands in the Stream', [Kenny Rogers] Eyes That See in the Dark

The Romantics - 'Talking in Your Sleep', In Heat

Rufus and Chaka Khan - 'Ain't Nobody', Live - Stompin' at the Savoy

Peter Schilling - 'Major Tom (Coming Home)', Error in the System

The Scientists - Blood Red River [E. P.]

Michael Sembello - 'Maniac', Bossa Nova Hotel; [Various artists] Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture

Shannon - 'Let the Music Play', Let the Music Play [1984]

Shriekback - 'Lined Up', Care

Ricky Skaggs - 'Uncle Pen', Don't Cheat in Our Hometown

The Smiths - 'This Charming Man'

Spandau Ballet - 'True', True

Styx - 'Mr. Roboto', Kilroy Was Here

Suicidal Tendencies - 'Institutionalized', Suicidal Tendencies

Donna Summer - 'She Works Hard for the Money', She Works Hard for the Money

The System - 'You Are in My System', Sweat

The Thompson Twins - 'Hold Me Now', Into the Gap

Trans-X - 'Living on Video', Living on Video

Bonnie Tyler - 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', Faster Than the Speed of Night

U. B. 40 - 'Red Red Wine', Labour of Love

Wall of Voodoo - 'Mexican Radio', Call of the West

Wang Chung - 'Dance Hall Days', Points on a Curve

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