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…

Global Off The Chart 4

By producercat

This week the increasingly confusing Global Off The Chart juggernaut rolls into Italy for a look at the Italian chart today in 1989, and then onwards to Canada to examine their singles chart from today in 1984. Join Steve and Julian for two hours of even more obscure hits than usual, plus a few familiar…

Friday 28 November 1980

By producercat

We’re going all the way back to 1980 on Off The Chart this week, a terrifyingly long time ago but we’ve still managed to cobble together two hours of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits, tracks from three of the week’s new albums, a round up of news stories, TV, radio and gig highlights, a hit…

Thursday 28 February 1985

By producercat

Incredibly this week’s Off The Chart is the 350th edition! Not that we’re dong anything special to celebrate, we’re too busy cramming in all the usual obscure, forgotten and neglected hits from this week in 1985, as well as three of the week’s new albums, a round-up of the day’s news, TV, radio and gigs,…

Monday 31 January 1983

By producercat

It’s Julian’s birthday, so as a special birthday treat we’re going back to this day in 1983 on Off The Chart (just like we would have been doing anyway) for two hours of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits, plus tracks from three of the week’s new albums (we finally have three new albums to play…