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Presenter and international club DJ Dave Pearce guides us through another amazing year in the history of dance music. It's 1982. Dance music was developing, shimmying away from the disco sound that had dominated for so long and into a fresh and new electronic groove.

57 minutes

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Wed 22 Oct 201422:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Blancmange

    Feel Me

    • The Best Of Blancmange.
    • London.
    • 3.

  • The Clash

    Rock The Casbah

    • The Singles.
    • Epic.

  • D‐Train

    You're The One For Me

    • The Greatest 80's Soul W/Ender (Va).
    • Warner Strategic Market.

  • Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

    The Message

    • (CD Single).
    • Deep Beats.

  • Gwen Guthrie

    It Should Have Been You

  • Madonna

    Everybody

    • Celebration CD1.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 6.

  • Man Parrish

    Hip Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop)

    • The Best Of 12" Gold: 8 Dance Greats Volume.
    • Ninja Tune.
    • 10.

  • Pigbag

    Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag

    • The Best Of.
    • Fire Records.

  • Sharon Redd

    Beat The Street

    • Dance Classics CD2.
    • Crimson.
    • 6.

  • Rockers Revenge

    Walking On Sunshine

    • Soul Weekender (Various Artists).
    • Crimson.

  • Thompson Twins

    In the Name of Love

    • The Edge Of The Eighties (Various Artists).
    • Sony BMG.

  • The Universal Robot Band

    Barely Breaking Even

    • John Morales: The M&M Mixes CD1.
    • Barely Breaking Even.
    • 10.

  • Yazoo

    Don't Go

    • Electronic 80's (Various Artists).
    • EMM.

Broadcast

  • Wed 22 Oct 201422:00
    BBC Radio 2