Click here to listen to the audio:
https://www.mixcloud.com/djmarkdevlin/the-class-of-85/
Taking it back 40 years, I had great nostalgic fun putting together this showcase of 1985’s best dance-oriented music. This was a year where the soul and funk styles of the first half of the decade rubbed shoulders with some electro funk moments, plenty of pop-dance remixes of Top 40 chart hits, and when the very early days of house music began to make themselves apparent.
This is my third year of compiling such mixes. Here’s where to find the 1984 instalment:
https://www.mixcloud.com/djmarkdevlin/the-spirit-of-1984/
And the 1983 episode:
https://www.mixcloud.com/djmarkdevlin/the-spirit-of-83/
- Wally Badarou: Chief Inspector
- RAH Band: Clouds Across The Moon
- Commodores: Nightshift
- Ashford And Simpson: Solid
- Jenny Burton: Bad Habits (12” Version)
- Princess: Say I’m Your Number One
- Change: Lets Go Together (Extended Mix)
- Midnight Star: Curious
- Jaki Graham: Round and Around (Extended Version)
- Loose Ends: Hangin’ On A String
- Mai Tai: History
- Cool Notes: Spend The Night
- Barbara Pennington: On A crowded Street
- Skipworth & Turner: Thinking About Your Love
- René And Angela: I’ll Be Good
- Prince: Paisley Park
- Maze: Twilight
- Cameo: Single Life
- Aretha Franklin: Who’s Zoomin’ Who
- Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King: Your Personal Touch
- Total Contrast: Takes A Little Time
- Steve Arrington: Feels So Real
- Debarge: Rhythm of The Night
- Five Star: All Fall Down
- Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam: I Wonder If I Can Take You Home
- Doug E Fresh: The Show
- Madonna: Into The Groove
- Cool Notes: In Your Car
- Steve Arrington: Dancin’ In The Key of Life
- D-Train: You’re The One For Me (A Paul Hardcastle Labour Of Love Mix)
- Paul Hardcastle: 19 (Dance Mix)
- Harold Faltermeyer: Axel F
- Van Twist: Shaft
- Conway Brothers: Turn It Up
- Curtis Hairston: I Want Your Lovin (Just a Little Bit)
- Stephen ‘Tin Tin’ Duffy: Kiss Me
- Little Benny & The Masters: Who Comes To Boogie
- Aurra: Like I Like It
- Prince: Raspberry Beret
- Cashmere: Can I
- 400 Blows: Movin’
- Colonel Abrams: Trapped (12” Vocal Mix)
- Ready For The World: Oh Sheila
- Sheila E: The Belle of St Mark