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Lynval Golding of Fun Boy Three and The Specials guests - plus, there's a 2 Tone Mastermix and we head to 1985 on your Best Summer, Ever!

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sat 29 Jul 202320:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Lotus Eaters

    First Picture Of You

    • New Frontiers (Various Artists).
    • Temple Records.

  • Inner City

    Big Fun

    • Now 13, Part 2 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Kool & the Gang

    Big Fun

    • Collected.
    • Mercury Records.
    • 4.

  • Care

    Flaming Sword

    • Diamonds And Emeralds.
    • RCA Camden.
    • 4.

  • THE MASTERMIX - 2 TONE

    • The Specials

      Free Nelson Mandela

      • Now That's What I Call Music 1984 (Various Artists).
      • Now.
      • 4.

    • The Bodysnatchers

      Let's Do Rock Steady

      • Two Tone.

    • Rico Rodriguez

      Jungle Music

      • 2 Tone.

    • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

      I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down

      • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
      • Columbia.

    • Madness

      Baggy Trousers

      • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
      • Disky.

    • Bad Manners

      Lip Up Fatty

      • The Best Reggae Album In The World....
      • Virgin.

    • The Selecter

      Three Minute Hero

      • 2 Tone.

    • The Specials

      Too Much Too Young

      • Too Much Too Young.
      • Chrysalis Records.
      • 1.

    • The Beat

      Mirror In The Bathroom

      • The Beat - Beat This!.
      • Sire.

  • Pete Carpenter & Mike Post

    A-Team Theme

    • Music From The Original Score The A-Team.
    • Indiana Records.
    • 1.

  • The Gap Band

    Big Fun

    • NOW That's What I Call Music! 9 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Fun Boy Three

    The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)

    • The Best Of.
    • Chrysalis Records.
    • 3.

  • MY 80S MOMENTS - LYNVAL GOLDING

    • The Specials

      Why

      • EMI.

    • Fun Boy Three

      The Pressure of Life (Takes the Weight Off the Body)

      • CHRYSALIS.

    • Bananarama & Fun Boy Three

      Really Saying Something

      • Bananarama - Deep Sea Skiving.
      • London.

    • The Specials

      Ghost Town

      • The Ultimate Eighties (Various).
      • Hit Records.

  • GARY'S BIT IN THE MIDDLE

    • Sinéad O’Connor

      Troy

      • Lion and the Cobra.
      • Chrysalis Records.
      • 6.

  • Kate Bush

    Cloudbusting

    • Remastered Part I.
    • Fish People.

  • Eric B. & Rakim

    I Know You Got Soul

    • Hip House (Various Artists).
    • Telstar TV.
    • 5.

  • R.E.M.

    These Days

    • Life's Rich Pagent.
    • Capitol Records.
    • 2.

  • LISTENER MY 80S - COLM MANNIX

    • Genesis

      That's All

      • Genesis - Turn It On Again.
      • Virgin.

    • The Cure

      Just Like Heaven

      • The Cure - Galore.
      • Fiction.

    • Paula Abdul

      Straight Up

      • Choose 80's Dance (Various Artists).
      • BMG.

    • Guns N’ Roses

      Sweet Child O' Mine

      • The Hits Album 10 (Various Artists).
      • Hits Album.

  • BEST SUMMER, EVER! - 1985

    • Duran Duran

      A View To A Kill

      • The Best Of James Bond 30th Anniversa.
      • EMI.

    • The Pointer Sisters

      Dare Me

      • Contact.
      • RCA.

    • The Cars

      Drive

      • The Greatest Love (Various Artists).
      • Telstar.

    • Scritti Politti

      The Word Girl

      • Dancing On Sunshine - 22 Reggae Hits.
      • Polygram Tv.

    • Dire Straits

      Money For Nothing

      • Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
      • Vertigo.

  • THE SLOPPY BIT

    • Prince

      I Wish U Heaven

      • Prince - Lovesexy.
      • Paisley Park/Warner Bros.

  • Big Fun

    Blame It On the Boogie

    • A Pocketful of Dreams.
    • Sony Music CG.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Sat 29 Jul 202320:00
    BBC Radio 2