VARIOUS – 12” DANCE AUSTRALIAN 80s POP

Curated by former Smash Hits magazine clever cogs David Nichols (who interviewed INXS hunk Michael Hutchence while he was corrupting our Kylie), this is a loving retrospective of some of the best pop on the planet and all of it homegrown in Australia. The 37 tracks cover international hits like Real Life’s

Catch Me I’m Falling and Icehouse’s Hey Little Girl and scours forgotten faves from Kids In The Kitchen, Big Pig, Deckchairs Overboard and, importantly, Aboriginal act Yothu Yindi who broke through the race barrier in Australia. Elsewhere, marvel at the wackiness of Flash And The Pan, the proto-techno of Boxcar and so much wizardry from Oz it’s a wonder someone didn’t put a compilation like this together before.