Rock Hits of the Eighties (Mix 1 and 2)
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 here they are - 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: Mediafire
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:: Mediafire
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
THIS IS EXCELLENT MUSIC LONG LIVE 80 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS MAKE ME HAPPY AND PLENTY OF YOUNG POWER
Comment made by David on August 14, 2008 @ 12:04 am
Exelente!!!
Escuche el Vol. 1 en un programa radial llamado “retro-mania” (1997), en una estación local de La Paz. Lo tuve grabado en un formato cassett, sin embargo, con el paso del tiempo y el frecuete uso, pasó a mejor vida.
Es una muy buena noticia encontrar esta pieza de arte en formato digital.
Comment made by Big_Surfer on November 18, 2008 @ 5:45 am
GRANDE MEGAMIX DE GRANDES CLÁSSICOS DE UM GRANDE SITE! PARABÉNS.
Comment made by GEONY MAXSONE on April 13, 2009 @ 10:18 pm
Hey hace años buscaba estos mixes lo escuhce en la radio aya por el año 1995 me encanto a la primera de ahy perdi el rastro y despues de 15 años los encuentro nuevamente , muchas gracias por compartir tamaña joya amigo …
Un favor el Mix 2 esta caido puede subirlo de nuevo .
Please Man Upload Rock Hits of the Eighties Mix 2 Rapidshare = Error
Comment made by Pusty on July 26, 2010 @ 8:03 pm
The original comment by Stan was lost, but this is from his email:”
Up until now I really thought I was the only person in the world that knew these CD’s existed!
I purchased Mix 2 in about 1999 from a local music store here in Port Elizabeth (South Africa). I then realised that another CD must exist, but my enquiries all resulted in dead ends.
In April last year I visited family in Belgium and Holland and I enquired about theses CD’s at every music store I came across, with no luck.
Mostly blank stares from the shop assistants!
You are quite right in your blog - these are probably the best 80’s mixes one will find.
I note that the cover of Mix 1 seems to be a different style to that of Mix 2. Have a look at the attachment I have sent - this is an alternative cover I found which is more along the lines of Mix 2.
Interestingly, from the cover it seems that this Mix may have originally been done by Abbot and Costello (Crazy Edits Records?) - is it possible that the rights to Mix 1 may have been bought by Alt Musique Productions who then continued with Mix 2?”
My answer to the last part:
“Regarding the alternative cover: I am not quite convinced that the
original mix is by Abbot/Costello (which is definitely a pseudonym).
But I faintly remember having seen the cover before when I got my
first tape copy of it - so it is probably as you said: the mix has
been licensed (or bootlegged). I will mention your find on my blog as soon as I find the time.”
Comment made by Stan B. on November 13, 2010 @ 9:21 pm
i have been looking for the first mix 13 years now thanks man!
Comment made by BMJ on April 25, 2011 @ 4:21 pm
waooo alguen sabra !!! si exissten mas de estos mixes muy buenos !!? los avia escuchado ase mucho tiempo !! mno pensaba volverlos a encontrar y en mp3 grasias exelente aportaso !!
Comment made by henrys87 on July 27, 2011 @ 2:06 am
bueno , yo tengo los 2 disco lo compre en paraguay en 1998 increible hasta hoy dia lo tengo en muy buen estado muy bien cuidado ,me gusta mucho lo considero una joya un tesoro …buenisimo trabajo.
Comment made by Jorge Acosta on September 1, 2011 @ 6:41 am