Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine ‘Sheriff Fatman’

byMatt Parker

Along with co-conspirator Fruitbat, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine’s Jim Bob tells how they penned ‘Sheriff Fatman’, their ode to slum landlords, granny farming and “awfulness everywhere”.

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Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, ‘Enola Gay’

byMat Smith

Looking back through the mists of time to 1980, Andy Mccluskey talks us through the making of OMD’s smash hit single. Synths out of a catalogue, a scandal with ‘Swap Shop’, Airfix models – it’s a tale that’s got it all

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A Certain Ratio ‘Shack Up’

byRob Harris

Martin Moscrop talks us through A Certain Ratio’s cover version of Banbarra’s 1975 funk barnstormer, ‘Shack Up’

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Howard Jones ‘New Song’

byVel Ilic

Synthpop legend Howard Jones talks us through events that led to his 1983 breakthrough single, ‘New Song’

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Mike Score

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A flock of seagulls’ Mike Score looks back at the making of their breakout 1982 hit and mtv smash, ‘I ran (so far away)’

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Hula ‘Freeze Out’

byMat Smith

Ron Wright, from Sheffield’s second-wave industrial funkers Hula, talks us through the making of the 1986 Steel Town electro showstopper, ‘Freeze Out’

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Dominatrix

byJoe Roberts

A huge hit on New York’s 80s club scene, Dominatrix’s ‘The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight’ was an irresistible combination of new wave and electro. Mastermind Stuart Argabright tells us how it all came about

Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine ‘Sheriff Fatman’

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