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 18 February 1982

By producercat

Stop dreaming of the quiet life, because Off The Chart is here again to whisk you back to this day in 1982! This week we’re looking at the Record Business singles chart, a top 100 no less, something the British Market Research Bureau could only dream of. That means we’ve got even more obscure, neglected…

Off The Chart Gold: Friday 3 December 1982

By producercat

December already! We’re heading back to this day in 1982 for this week’s Off The Chart, a time when Channel 4 was barely a month old, The Jam had just announced their split and Toto Coelo were already down the dumper. Join us for two hours of hits you might not remember, three of the…

Friday 1 October 1982

By producercat

It’s happening again, mother. We’re going back to 1982 on this week’s Off The Chart for two hours of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits. Mix in the usual selection of new entries from the album chart, the day’s news, TV, radio and gig highlights, a hit from the Dutch chart, lightly dust with the top…

Wednesday 10 September 1980

By producercat

Regrettably, we’re going all the way back to 1980 on this week’s Off The Chart as we take on the Record Business chart from forty-four years ago this week. That inevitably means a number of hits from the bottom of the RB top 100 that never got a sniff of the Official top 75, but…