Tuesday 8 April 1980

By producercat

Some people might say my life is in a rut, but they probably didn’t listen to last week’s Off The Chart which was so confusing and all over the place that you’d be happy to return to the usual comfortable rut this week. Except it’s actually another exciting and unpredictable show, because it’s 1980 and…

Thursday 15 October 1981

By producercat

Ridicule is nothing to be scared of, which is probably just as well as there are some frankly ridiculous records on this week’s Off The Chart! We’re looking at the UK singles chart from this day in 1981, which means the usual two hours of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits, tracks from three new entries…

Thursday 4 June 1987

By producercat

We’re heading back to the early summer of 1987 on Off The Chart this week, with the usual two hours of obscure, neglected and forgotten hits, as well as three new entries from the album chart, a look at the day’s (depressingly familiar election-related) news, the TV & radio listings, the day’s gigs, 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,…

Saturday 31 October 1987

By producercat

Trick or treat? Well, treat of course, because it’s Off The Chart and we’ve got two hours of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits from 1987 for you, plus tracks from three of the week’s new albums, a look at what was going on in the world, a hit from the French chart and the top…