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Probably two of the best 80’s mixes. 1997 I often heard both mixes at a roller skating rink in Davíd, Panama where they were played all the time. I even got the DJ to make me a tape of CD 2, which I did lose however. So in 2005 I went through some serious researching for the originals, which was kind of hard because I only remembered some of the tracks and I completely forgot the CD titles (but the vibe of the mixes is unforgettable as you will hear ). The title “Rock Hits” is also quite irritating because I wouldn’t file the first mix under typical Rock. I then somehow identified mix no. 2 by looking for appearances of Joan Jett and after some months of ebay searching I luckily got both CDs from an American ex-mobile DJ. The condition of both discs was ok, but the covers were cut on the sides (at least I found an alternative back pic for mix 2 on the web).

So here are the mixes - enjoy and share!

Perhaps someone would be so kind to enter the mixes into discogs!

Rock Hits of the Eighties Mix 1

Mixed by: Boom Boom Productions

Copyright: 1989, Alt Musique, France

41 Tracks (2 Mixes: The Journey Begins, The Adventure Continues), Total: 58min 26s

MP3 + Cuesheet +HiResPics: Rapidshare

Track List:

01. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
02. Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
03. Huey Lewis & The News - I Want A New Drug
04. Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
05. Simple Minds - Don’t You (Forget About Me)
06. Don Henley - All She Wants To Do Is Dance
07. Stevie Nicks - Stand Back
08. Cindi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
09. Phil Collins - Sussudio
10. Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
11. Duran Duran - The Reflex
12. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
13. Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight
14. A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV
15. Stevie Nicks - I Can’t Wait
16. The Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep
17. The Outfield - Your Love
18. Van Halen - Jump
19. Starship - We Built This City
20. Steel Breeze - You Don’t Want Me Anymore
21. Glenn Fry - The Heat Is On
22. Toni Basil - Mickey
23. Styx - Mr. Roboto
24. Billy Joel - Pressure
25. Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
26. Scandal - Goodbye To You
27. Devo - Whip It
28. Go-Go’s - We Got The Beat
29. The Pretenders - Middle Of The Road
30. The B-52’s - Private Idaho
31. A-ha - Take On Me
32. Kenny Loggins - Footloose
33. Billy Joel - Tell Her About It
34. Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
35. J. Geils Band - Freezeframe
36. Prince - Let’s Go Crazy
37. Stray Cats - Rock This Town
38. The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
39. Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
40. J. Geils Band - I Do
41. Ted Nudgent - Wango Tango

Rock Hits of the Eighties Mix 2

Mixed by: Jean Carlo Durieux

Copyright: 1996, Alt Musique Dimensione, France

46 Tracks (the tracklisting of mix 2 wrongly shows track 3 as the duplicated “Down Under” which is in fact “Shout”), Total: 73min 41s

MP3 + Cuesheet + HiResPics:: Rapidshare

Track List:

01. David Bowie - Let’s Dance
02. Foreigner - Urgent
03. Hall & Oates - Out Of Touch
04. ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag
05. Huey Lewis & The News - Power of Love
06. Falco - Der Kommissar
07. After The Fire - Der Kommissar
08. ABC - Look of Love
09. Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know
10. Patty Smith feat. Scandal - The Warrior
11. Pat Benatar - Hit Me With You Best Shot
12. Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now
13. Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
14. Pseudo Echo - Funkytown
15. Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
16. Thomson Twins - Lies
17. The B-52s - Love Shack
18. The Clash - Rock The Casbah
19. Billy Joel - Uptown Girl
20. Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover
21. Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
22. Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight
23. The Cars - You Might Think
24. The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another
25. Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart Of Rock & Roll
26. Toto - Rosanna
27. Rush - Tom Sawyer
28. Mr. Mister - Kyrie
29. Falco - Rock me Amadeus
30. Joan Jett - I Love Rock & Roll
31. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
32. George Michael - Monkey
33. Robbie Nevil - C’est la vie
34. Steve Winwood - Higher Love
35. Tears for Fears - Shout
36. Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
37. Men At Work - Down Under
38. U2 - Pride (In The Name of Love)
39. Rod Stewart - Infatuation
40. Survivor - Eye of The Tiger
41. INXS - Need You Tonight
42. Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
43. Rick Springfield - Celebrate Youth
44. Greg Kinh Band - Jeopardy
45. Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better
46. J. Geils Band - Centrefold