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…

Wednesday 8 October 1986

By producercat

If you’ll be our bodyguard, we can play you some long lost records from 1986 on this week’s Off The Chart! We’re going back 38 years to unearth some forgotten, neglected and obscure hits from the dark reaches of the UK singles chart. We’ll also have tracks from three of the week’s new albums, a…

Monday 3 September 1984

By producercat

We’re going back a full forty years on this week’s Off The Chart to examine the UK singles chart from today in 1984! As usual we’ll be ignoring the obvious stuff in favour of the less-remembered, obscure and neglected hits, plus we’ll have three new entries from the album chart, a look at some news…

Monday 25 June 1984

By producercat

It’s the middle of 1984 on Off The Chart and one of the most 1984est charts there ever was. Join us for two hours of obscure, neglected and forgotten hits, plus three new entries from the album chart, some of the day’s news stories, some TV and radio highlights, a guide to the day’s gigs,…

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…