VA - Hard to Find 45s on CD, Vol. 16: More 80s Essentials & Beyond [Remastered] (2016)

On MORE ’80s Essentials & Beyond we present exactly that sort of eclectic mix to the max – sharply remastered and smartly sequenced for the ultimate ’80s experience! Only in that biggest of decades could you hear George Thorogood’s blistering blues “Bad To The Bone” (presented for the first time on CD in its single version) next to Soft Cell’s synthesizer-soul medley “Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go” (heard here in its super-rare radio edit). Your head will spin as you jump from Roxette’s power ballad “Listen To Your Heart” to Modern English’s new wave anthem “I Melt With You” (the stereo single debut) to Inner Circle’s “Bad Boys,” which became one of TV’s most recognizable themes thanks to the show COPS. And, we’ve collected both of Suzanne Vega’s biggest hits – the D.N.A. remix of “Tom’s Diner” and perhaps the only #3 hit about child abuse, “Luka.”