Another shiny shiny episode this week as we continue into early 1983. Ian Astbury discovers a band in his cellar, China Crisis emulate Eno, Haysi Fantayzee dance around the apocalypse, the Alan Parsons Project causes the Mixtaper to have a wobbly bottom lip, Level 42 have Alan Partridge eating the Chinese Way and the Belle Stars leave us with the sign of the times. What an ep! (seriously though, bring your tissues for the Alan Parsons section, it all gets a bit dusty).

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8. The Southern Death Cult - Fatman

9. China Crisis - Christian

10. Haysi Fantayzee - Shiny Shiny

11. The Alan Parsons Project - Old And Wise

12. Level 42 - The Chinese Way

13. The Belle Stars - Sign Of The Times

Welcome to 1983 and year 4 of our quest! Playlist 53 starts with Wham! celebrating unemployment, we travel the high and low roads with Runrig and meet Billy Griffin. Joe Jackson takes us for a night on the town before the Stranglers get all Parisian. Men at Work have an iconic 80s moment and we pop and lock our way to the end of the show courtesy of Grandmaster Flash.

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Links to Playlist 53:

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1. Wham! - Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)

2. Runrig - Loch Lomond

3. Billy Griffin - Hold Me Tighter In The Rain

4. Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out

5. The Stranglers - European Female

6. Men At Work - Down Under

7. The Furious Five & Grandmaster Flash - Scorpio

Merrrrry retro Christmas and a Happy 1983! And we have some gifts as we finish playlist 52 with some magic tricks and a blue story! Then we're into the celebrations proper as we reflect back on the year that was 1982, hand out some awards and then look forward to all the treats 1983 has in store!

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Links to Playlist 52:

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In case the hyperlinks don't work, the tracks are:

8. Whodini - Magic's Wand

9. Pete Wylie and the Mighty Wah - The Story Of The Blues