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1984 was probably the year with the most new Italo Disco releases of any year. In part 2, we’ll continue digging into more of the songs that were released that year. DJ Dez Disco continues the dig through the history of Italo Disco, year by year, single by single. This week’s show focuses on some of the other “hits” we didn’t get to play in Part 1.

#	Title	Artist	Time	Release Date	Country
1	Music Colours	Cellophane	06:49	1984	Italy
2	Silent Smiles	Ram Band	03:44	1984	Italy
3	Cause I need you, ’cause I love you’	De-De-Mo	05:35	1984	Italy
4	Firelight	Ghecko	04:13	1984	Italy
5	Magic Carillon	Rose	06:03	1984	Italy
6	Driving	Sensitive	07:09	1984	Italy
7	Get Closer	Valerie Dore	06:02	1984	Italy
8	Zorro	My Mine	03:51	1984	Italy
9	Basic	MC1	04:37	1984	Italy
10	Body Heat	Fokewulf 190	06:32	1984	Italy
11	The World Is You	Miko Mission	05:35	1984	Italy
12	Love Attack	Tom Hooker	05:24	1984	Italy
13	Heaven Is…	Patricia Harris	07:09	1984	Italy
14	Queen Of Discoteque	Sissy	03:44	1984	Italy
15	Right By The Moon	K. Barré	06:42	1984	Italy
16	I Am Sure	The Radiators	06:01	1984	Italy
17	Don’t Runaway	Myxoma	05:50	1984	Italy
18	Sexy Films	Kroma	06:56	1984	Italy
19	I Wish	Bolero	03:18	1984	Italy
20	I’m gonna dance (take me tonight)	Ryvon D.J.	06:01	1984	Italy
21	Occhi su di me	Robert Sandrini	04:19	1984	Italy
22	Happy Birthday (To My Mammy)	Baby’s Gang	04:58	1984	Italy

  

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1984 is possibly the year with the most Italo Disco releases of any year.

According to Discogs.com, there were over 3,200 Italo-Disco records released in 1984. This includes different variations in different countries, so actual individual releases is probably somewhere around 500 or 600 releases.

In 1985, there were over 3,700 Italo-Disco records released, however, if you take into account that some of those are re-releases from the years prior, it seems like 1984 may have seen the highest production of Italo Disco in history.

#	Title	Artist	Time	Release Date	Country
1	Sky Walking	Dee D. Jackson	04:27	1984	UK
2	Tarzan Boy	Baltimora	06:19	1984	Italy
3	Shine On Dance	Carrara	03:52	1984	Italy
4	Polaris	Cyber People	05:40	1984	Italy
5	People From Ibiza	Sandy Marton	03:09	1984	Croatia / Italy
6	Hey Hey Guy	Ken Laszlo	05:48	1984	Italy
7	Sandy Eyes	Zwischenfall	05:47	1984	Germany
8	Self Control	RAF	04:01	1984	Italy
9	Distant Planet	The Voyagers	06:22	1984	Italy
10	Eyes	Clio	06:39	1984	Italy
11	Dancing Therapy	International Music System	06:05	1984	Italy
12	Under the Ice	Topo & Roby	07:13	1984	Italy
13	Turbo Diesel	Albert One	03:43	1984	Italy
14	Comanchero	Moon Ray	03:58	1984	Italy
15	Mad Desire	Den Harrow	04:38	1984	Italy
16	The Night	Valerie Dore	05:47	1984	Italy
17	Disco band	Scotch	05:01	1984	Italy
18	How Old Are You	Miko Mission	05:06	1984	Italy
19	Color My Love	Fun Fun	04:07	1984	Italy
20	No Escape	Max Him	06:12	1984	Italy
21	On Fire	G. Race	05:19	1984	Italy
22	Challenger	Baby’s Gang	05:18	1984	Italy

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Some more first releases from 1983 including:

• Koto
• Hipnosis
• Elena Ferreti (as Helen)
• Alexander Robotnick
• Xenon
• Stopp
• Charlie
• Mirage
• Jago
• Video
• Paul Paul
• Mike Cannon
• Topo

#	Title	Artist	Time	Country
1	I’m Hungry	Stopp	06:03	Italy
2	Spacer Woman	Charlie	07:30	Italy
3	Witch	Helen	07:00	Italy
4	Japanese War Game	Koto	03:57	Italy
5	The Rule to Survive	N.O.I.A.	04:41	Italy
6	Rainy Day	Brando	04:02	Italy
7	Believe in Yourself	The Creatures	04:08	Italy
8	Problèmes d’Amour	Alexander Robotnick	07:00	Italy
9	Heroes	Big Ben Tribe	06:54	Italy
10	Woman	Mirage	05:07	Italy
11	Somebody (Hey Girl)	Video	06:17	Italy
12	I’m Going to Go	Jago	05:16	Italy
13	You… See	Helicon	06:36	Italy
14	Good Times	Paul Paul	05:56	Italy
15	Chinese Revenge	Koto	06:20	Italy
16	Galaxi	Xenon	06:47	Italy
17	Higher	Vivien Vee	03:54	Italy
18	Voices In The Dark	Mike Cannon	03:07	Italy
19	Ba Ba Go, Go	Topo	04:41	Italy
20	Pulstar	Hipnosis	05:53	Italy
21	Turbo Time	Daniele Patucchi	04:04	Italy

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Lots of first releases in today’s show:

• Den Harrow
• Ryan Paris
• Fun Fun
• My Mine
• Righeira
• Joe Yellow
• Savage
• P. Lion
• J.D. Jaber
• Scotch
• Italo Boot Mix

#	Title	Artist	Time	Country
1	Italo Boot Mix Vol 1 Side A	ZYX Records	10:39	Germany
2	I Like Chopin	Gazebo	04:52	Italy
3	No Tengo Dinero	Righeira	03:21	Italy
4	Dolce Vita	Ryan Paris	03:55	Italy
5	To Meet Me	Den Harrow	06:09	Italy
6	Sexiness	Travel Sex	07:10	Italy
7	Happy Station	Fun Fun	05:55	Italy
8	Hypnotic Tango	My Mine	03:45	Italy
9	Happy Song	Baby’s Gang	05:36	Italy
10	Another Life	Kano	03:52	Italy
11	Cybernetic Love	Casco	06:09	Italy
12	I Want You	Gary Low	08:33	Spain
13	Lover To Lover (For Sale)	Joe Yellow	04:20	Italy
14	Plastic Love	Zed	05:01	Italy
15	Vamos A La Playa	Righeira	03:40	Italy
16	Don`t Cry Tonight	Savage	06:49	Italy
17	Happy Children	P.Lion	05:56	Italy
18	Come On Closer	The Pineapples	06:28	Italy
19	Don’t Stop Lovin’	J.D. Jaber	07:11	Italy
20	Penguin Invasion	Scotch	06:15	Italy

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In today’s episode, we’re going year-by-year through 1980s Italo Disco. Today’s episode is 1982!

Every song in this episode is from Italy. And every song is from 1982.

Some key names or songs in this episode:

• Pierluigi Giombini (wrote You Are a Danger and Masterpiece)
• Dirty Talk influenced New Order’s Blue Monday
• Paul Micioni as Bo Boss and Trilogy
• Stefano Pulga of Kano in Pink Project and Dharma
• Franco Rago, Gigi Farina, and X. Monneret of Expansives, Lectric Workers, and Wanexa
• Claudio Simonetti and Giancarlo Meo are still involved in a bunch of production

#	Title	Artist	Time	Release	Country
1	You Are a Danger	Gary Low	08:40	1982	Italy
2	Masterpiece	Gazebo	04:05	1982	Italy
3	Dirty Talk	Klein & M.B.O.	05:36	1982	Italy
4	Tequila	Bo Boss	04:50	1982	Italy
5	Take Me to the Top	Advance	06:17	1982	Italy
6	Space Operator	4 M International	04:25	1982	Italy
7	Disco Project	Pink Project	05:05	1982	Italy
8	Bad Passion	Steel Mind	06:34	1982	Italy
9	Stop	Valery Allington	04:34	1982	Italy
10	Life With You	Expansives	06:53	1982	Italy
11	I Need Love	Capricorn	04:33	1982	Italy
12	Not Love	Trilogy	07:35	1982	Italy
13	For You	Ago	05:54	1982	Italy
14	I’m a Vocoder	Gay Cat Park	07:27	1982	Italy
15	The Man From Colours	Wanexa	06:43	1982	Italy
16	Plastic Doll	Dharma	06:29	1982	Italy
17	Catch	Sun-la-shan	06:58	1982	Italy
18	Robot Is Systematic	Lectric Workers	07:42	1982	Italy
19	Feels Good	Electra ft. Tara Butler	06:15	1982	Italy
20	Lemonsweet	Bagarre	07:05	1982	Italy
21	Girls on Me	Amin Peck	09:59	1982	Italy
22	Hookey	Sylvi Foster	06:31	1982	Italy

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We’re digging through Italo Disco year-by-year in the 1980s. In this episode we dive into 1981.

#	Title	Artist	Time	Release Date	Country
1	Wake Up	The Clocks	04:16	1981	Italy
2	Fotofinish	Gin & Tonic	03:22	1981	Italy
3	Baby Not Tonight (Short Version)	Kano	03:52	1981	Italy
4	Strange Desires (Vocal)	Peter Richard	05:21	1981	Italy
5	Gioca jouer (USA Version)	Claudio Cecchetto	03:48	1981	Italy
6	Just Your Love	J.M.T. Band	07:25	1981	Belgium
7	Love Is Gonna Be on Your Side (Single Version)	Firefly	04:15	1981	Italy
8	The Night They Invented The Disco	D.D. Sound	06:07	1981	Italy
9	My Mind (Vocal)	Korja	04:31	1981	Italy
10	Love is magic	Sunflower	06:20	1981	Italy
11	Give Me	Range	07:12	1981	Italy
12	Wake Up In The Night	D.D. Sound	04:40	1981	Italy
13	Can’t Hold Back (Your Loving)	Kano	04:45	1981	Italy
14	Wallet Woman	Tileface	06:40	1981	Italy
15	Walkman	Kasso	05:24	1981	Italy
16	You Make Me Do It	Ago	05:45	1981	Italy
17	Pow Pow Pow	Capricorn	05:43	1981	Italy
18	J’ai jamais dit ça!	Mino	03:19	1981	Belgium
19	Silver Spoon	Danielle Devred	06:50	1981	Belgium
20	Venus	Russell Russell	05:09	1981	Italy
21	Midnight	Passengers	05:00	1981	Italy
22	Love Stars	Caelestium	06:03	1981	Italy

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