Pop & Wave: The Hits of the 80’s

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Annotation

This is a special 3-disc set. Be careful when linking or merging as there's a couple of confusingly similarly named compilations.

Reference: http://samplerinfos.de/sampler_popwave_sp.htm

Annotation last modified on 2014-05-10 07:14 UTC.

Tracklist

▼CD 1: The Hits of the 80s
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Sounds Like a Melody
recording engineer and mixer:
Wolfgang Loos (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
assistant programming:
Boris Balin and Thomas Beck (technical assistant, likely German)
programming:
Wolfgang Loos
producer:
Andreas Budde, Wolfgang Loos and Colin Pearson (producer and violinist)
additional keyboard:
Wolfgang Loos (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
drum machine:
Bernhard Lloyd (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
keyboard:
Bernhard Lloyd (from 1984-07 until 1984-08) and Frank Mertens (German synthpop keyboardist Frank Sorgatz) (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
strings:
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
lead vocals:
Marian Gold (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
arranger:
Alphaville (German synth pop band) and Wolfgang Loos
recorded at and mixed at:
Studio 54 (Berlin recording studio) in Germany (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
recording of:
Sounds Like a Melody
lyricist:
Marian Gold
composer:
Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd and Frank Mertens (German synthpop keyboardist Frank Sorgatz)
publisher:
Rolf Budde Musikverlag (aka Budde Music)
Alphaville4:27
2P‐Machinery
engineer:
Bobby Kraushaar
producer:
S. J. Lipson
mixer:
Horn and Lipson
performer:
Claudia Brücken, Michael Mertens (German musician & producer), Ralf Dorper and Suzanne Freytag
recording of:
p:Machinery
miscellaneous support:
David Sylvian
lyricist:
Ralf Dörper
composer:
Claudia Brücken, Ralf Dörper, Susanne Freytag and Michael Mertens (German musician & producer)
Propaganda43:50
3Hey Little Girl
recording of:
Hey Little Girl
lyricist and composer:
Iva Davies
Icehouse2.54:17
4Who Can It Be Now
producer:
Peter McIan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1982)
recording of:
Who Can It Be Now?
lyricist and composer:
Colin Hay
Men at Work4.453:21
5We Need Protection
recording of:
We Need Protection
lyricist:
Geoff Bastow, Eckart Debusmann and Edwin Hind
composer:
Eckart Debusmann and Edwin Hind
Picnic at the Whitehouse6:24
6Goody Two Shoes
producer:
Adam Ant (English new wave singer and actor) and Marco Pirroni (British musician and producer)
acoustic guitar and bass guitar:
Adam Ant (English new wave singer and actor)
drums (drum set):
Bogdan Wiczling
saxophone:
Jeff Daly
trumpet:
Martin Drover
vocals:
Adam Ant (English new wave singer and actor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1982)
recorded at:
The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1982-06)
remixed at:
Alchemy Studio (London studio owned by Kenny Jones) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1982-06)
music videos:
Goody Two Shoes by Adam Ant
part of:
The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 149)
recording of:
Goody Two Shoes
writer:
Adam Ant (English new wave singer and actor) and Marco Pirroni (British musician and producer)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Universal Music Publishing MGB Limited and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated) (in 1982)
Adam Ant2.353:30
7Feels Like Heaven
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1983)
recording of:
(Feels Like) Heaven
lyricist and composer:
Eddie Jordan (songwriter) and Kevin Patterson (songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp.
Fiction Factory43:30
8Don’t Be So Shy
recording of:
Don't Be So Shy
lyricist:
Richard Palmer‐James
composer:
Tissy Thiers
Moti Special3:29
9You (maxi)
recording of:
You
lyricist:
Peter Sawatzki and Holger Wobker
composer:
Peter Sawatzki
Boytronic7:05
10Girls Just Want to Have Fun
additional engineer:
John Jansen (US recording engineer and producer) and Rod O’Brien
assistant engineer:
John Agnello
engineer:
William Wittman
associate producer:
William Wittman
producer:
Rick Chertoff
bass:
Eric Bazilian
electric guitar:
Rick DiFonzo
electronic drum set:
Anton Fig
keyboard [keyboards] and synthesizer [synthesizers]:
Rob Hyman
background vocals:
Krystal Davis, Ellie Greenwich, Cyndi Lauper, Jules Shear, Maretha Stewart and Diane Wilson (vocals)
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1983) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1983, in 1994)
produced for:
Red Sox Music Productions, Inc.
recorded at:
The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
music videos:
Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper
recording of:
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
lyricist and composer:
Robert Hazard
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 and Heroic Music (publisher) (in 1983)
Cyndi Lauper4.13:50
11Girls Got a Brand New Toy
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH (not for release label use! for © & ℗ or distributor only, defunct since 2005/03/09) (in 1985)
recording of:
Girl’s Got a Brand New Toy
lyricist and composer:
Ken Taylor
publisher:
CBS Songs, Chartbreaker Musikverlag GmbH (publisher) and EMI Kick Musikverlag GmbH
T.X.T.3:52
12Cars & Girls
producer:
Jon Kelly (engineer at Air London Studios) and Paddy McAloon
mixer:
Richard Moakes
keyboard:
Gary Moberley, Prefab Sprout and Paul Wickens
percussion:
Luis Jardim
lead vocals:
Paddy McAloon
part of:
Cachitos Nochevieja 2022 (number: 53)
recording of:
Cars and Girls
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd.
Prefab Sprout44:26
13Love & Pride
producer:
Richard James Burgess
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1984)
recording of:
Love & Pride
writer:
Paul King (British-Irish singer/musician/VJ) and Mick Roberts
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd. and King Songs
King43:21
1425 Years
recording of:
25 Years
lyricist and composer:
Don Snow
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) (in 1983)
The Catch3:54
151980‐F
additional engineer:
Pete Hammond (UK producer aka "Mixmaster")
engineer, producer and mixer:
Mack (German rock producer/engineer Reinhold Mack)
additional producer:
Tony Mansfield (producer & songwriter)
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Andy Piercy
drums (drum set):
Pete King (UK drummer for After the Fire/BAP)
guitar:
John Russell (British guitarist, member of After The Fire)
synthesizer:
Memory Banks (keyboard player)
background vocals:
Memory Banks (keyboard player) and John Russell (British guitarist, member of After The Fire)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1980)
mixed at and engineered at:
Utopia Studios (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
additionally engineered at:
TMC Studios (Recording studio, active in the 1970s and 80s in Tooting, London) in Tooting, Wandsworth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
produced at:
Utopia Studios (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
1980-F
composer:
Peter Banks (keyboard player)
After the Fire2:33
16Rage Hard
recording of:
Rage Hard
lyricist and composer:
Peter Gill (UK drummer for Frankie Goes to Hollywood), Holly Johnson, Brian Nash (British guitarist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) and songwriter) and Mark O’Toole (former bassist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood5:04
▶CD 2: More Hits of the 80s
▶CD 3: Neue Deutsche Welle