I have many mixtapes of 80's music.
Back in mid 2000's, I started doing mixtapes of 80's music.
It was a passion project of mine I called 80's Beats, Volumes 1-12.
The intent was to do a compilation album in the vein of many K-Tel compilation records like K-Tel's Radio Active, Sound Explosion, Star Tracks, Chart Hits and so on.
And true to the form of many of those compilation records, I compiled them as one artist for every title, like if I had one song by let's say... Duran Duran, I couldn't put a second song by the same group on the same tape because I wanted to keep the playlist as diverse as possible.
Some of the artists featured on these mix tapes include songs by Asia, The Human League, Joan Jett and the Blachhearts, Split Enz, Little River Band, Yes, Eurythmics, The Police, The Parachute Club, Styx, The Motels, Sheena Easton, Culture Club, Gary U.S. Bonds, Dead or Alive, Gary Numan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Genesis, Robert Palmer, Dire Straits, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams, Corey Hart, Rush, Gowan, Thomas Dolby, The Outfield, Night Ranger, Rough Trade, The Payola$, Grace Jones, Tears For Fears, Joy Division, New Order, Bonnie Tyler, Laura Branigan, Eddy Grant, Irene Cara, Robert Palmer, Prince and the Revolution, Murray Head, Hall and Oates, Blondie, David Bowie and Ray Parker Jr, to name a few.
