25th April 1981 Futurist/Electro-Disco, with DJ Paulette

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Record Mirror Disco Charts

Mike Atkinson

10 episodes

5 days ago

Greg Wilson, Mike Atkinson and a special guest discuss a randomly selected Record Mirror Disco Top 20, from any week between 1975 and 1982. These charts were compiled by dancefloor reaction reports, sent in by DJs from across the UK. We'll also look at how they were reviewed at the time by Record Mirror's legendary James Hamilton, whose columns from this period have recently been published in book form as James Hamilton’s Disco Pages 1975-1982. Each episode comes with its own playlist, so that you can listen to all the tracks continuously.

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25th April 1981 Futurist/Electro-Disco, with DJ Paulette

Record Mirror Disco Charts

2 hours 24 minutes 33 seconds

2 months ago

25th April 1981 Futurist/Electro-Disco, with DJ Paulette

DJ Paulette joins Greg Wilson and Mike Atkinson for a detailed look at the last of James Hamilton's short-lived Futurist/Electro-Disco charts, from April 1981. Not only an award-winning DJ, but also a writer and broadcaster, Paulette's earliest clubbing roots lie within the Futurist/New Romantic scene, in which she was an active and enthusiastic participant. This gives her a unique personal insight into an era when electronics, fashion and politics combined in radical new ways, and when our future fascinated us more than our past.

To accompany our discussion, you can listen to this entire Top 20 in full, or alternatively as a shorter medley of snippets.

Further listening: other tracks mentioned in this episode.(Spotify)

Further reading 1) Welcome To the Club: The Life and Lessons of a Black Woman DJ (DJ Paulette, 2024)

Further reading 2) James Hamilton's Disco Pages 1975-1982.(550 page hardback book)

Mike also hosts the podcast Which Decade Is Tops For Pops?

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