Thursday 19 March 1981

By producercat

All the way back to 1981 on Off The Chart this week, for two hours of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits, three tracks from they week’s new albums, a round-up of the day’s news, TV and radio highlights, gig guide, a hit from an unexpected international chart and the top five in full, all designed…

Wednesday 12 March 1986

By producercat

Right, fairly normal service is resumed on this week’s Off The Chart as we go back to this day in 1986 for two hours of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits! Throw in the usual mix of three new albums, news stories, gig listings, TV & radio highlights, a track from one of today’s Peel Sessions,…

Leap Year Chart Research Addendum

By producercat

Um, yeah, look, there’s been a bit of a cock-up. Not our fault, really, but adding in an extra day last week because of the leap year has thrown everything out of whack, with the result that the day we should be covering today, 5 March 1986, is a day we already did five years…

Saturday 27 February 1982

By producercat

We’re heading back some 42 years on this week’s Off The Chart to re-examine the UK singles chart from this day in 1982! As always we’ll bring you a truckload of obscure, neglected and forgotten hits, as well as tracks from three of the week’s new albums, a round-up of the day’s events, a hit…

Saturday 20 February 1988

By producercat

Yes, yes, we’re back! Although we haven’t actually been anywhere in the physical sense, but we’re back from a dexy’s worth of doing other stuff and we’re returning to regular, plain, vanilla, ready salted Off The Chart. This week we’re looking at the UK chart from today in 1988, with the usual complement of obscure,…