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Record Mirror Disco Charts

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 asJames Hamilton’s Disco Pages 1975-1982. Each episode comes with its own playlist, so that you

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2:06:59

17th July 1976, with Peter Hook

Record Mirror Disco Charts ·

2025/10/31

Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order, The Light) joins Greg Wilson and Mike Atkinson for a countdown of a Record Mirror Disco Top 20 from the fabled long hot summer of 1976. As the country sweltered, Peter was finding his true path, having witnessed the Sex Pistols at Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall a month earlier. Meanwhile, this chart mixes pop and rock crossover hits with disco classics, funk tracks, three slowies and a couple of obscurities. But can we persuade Greg to bring back the

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1:54:41

8th May 1982, with Arthur Baker

Record Mirror Disco Charts ·

2025/09/29

For our second visit to 1982, Greg Wilson and Mike Atkinson are joined by Arthur Baker: producer, remixer, songwriter, DJ, and one of the prime architects of electro-funk (Planet Rock, Walking On Sunshine, Play At Your Own Risk, Confusion, IOU etc). In this Top 20 countdown, we can see these electronic elements starting to emerge, with some well-established funk acts already embracing the changes. Elsewhere, jazz-funk and Britfunk rub shoulders with pop crossovers, in a typically diverse snapshot of

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2:24:33

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

Record Mirror Disco Charts ·

2025/08/28

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

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1:37:09

2nd September 1978, with Irvine Welsh

Record Mirror Disco Charts ·

2025/07/31

Irvine Welsh joins Greg Wilson and Mike Atkinson to take a look at a Disco Chart from September 1978: a time when, in the wake of Saturday Night Fever's enormous success, certain UK DJs were starting to plot a different way forwards, with jazz-funk in particular emerging as a significant new force. As we discover, many of these US tunes, although huge on British dancefloors, did not enjoy the same success in their home country.Dividing his time between London punk clubs and Saturday night discos,

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1:47:55

28th June 1975, with Alexis Petridis

Record Mirror Disco Charts ·

2025/06/25

To mark the 50th anniversary of James Hamilton's first Disco Page in Record Mirror, Alexis Petridis (head rock & pop critic for The Guardian) joins Greg Wilson and Mike Atkinson for a countdown of the first ever Disco Chart that James compiled, based on DJ returns from around the UK.To accompany this episode,you can listen to this entire Top 20 in full, or alternatively asa shorter medley of snippets.Further listening:other tracks mentioned in this episode.(Spotify) // Bob Stanley's Hot

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1:53:17

25th July 1981, with Leee John

Record Mirror Disco Charts ·

2025/05/29

Leee John joins Greg Wilson and Mike Atkinson for a Disco Chart Top 20 countdown from July 1981. Already a committed clubber and an active member of the Britfunk community, Leee had just started to find success with his band Imagination, who had been signed to Morgan Khan’s R&B label, and so he has vivid memories of this particular period: a transitional time, when the disco era had ended, the electronic era had yet to emerge, but the beat went on, with a focus on skilled musicianship and

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1:50:34

8th December 1979, with Morgan Khan

Record Mirror Disco Charts ·

2025/04/23

Morgan Khan joins Greg Wilson and Mike Atkinson for a countdown of the biggest dance tracks of December 1979. As the disco backlash was taking hold in the USA, British dancefloors were experiencing a shift in styles, as dance music started to prepare itself tor the 1980s. Already a key figure in the UK music industry, well ahead of his success with the Street Sounds compilations that cemented his reputation, Morgan provides us with a unique first hand account of the era.To accompany this episode,you

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1:22:38

24th September 1977, with Jeff Young

Record Mirror Disco Charts ·

2025/03/26

Greg Wilson and Mike Atkinson are joined by Jeff Young: "funk mafia" DJ, presenter of BBC Radio One's first ever specialist dance music show, remixer, studio owner and music industry professional.To accompany this episode, 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.Further reading: James Hamilton's Disco Pages 1975-1982.Mike also hosts the podcast Which Decade Is Tops For Pops? Hosted on

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1:52:00

20th September 1980, with Dave Lee

Record Mirror Disco Charts ·

2025/02/27

Dave Lee joins Greg Wilson and Mike Atkinson, for a look at the biggest UK dance tunes of September 1980.To accompany this episode,you can listen to this entire Top 20 in full, or alternatively asa shorter medley of snippets.Further listening: other tracks mentioned in this episode.Further reading: James Hamilton's Disco Pages 1975-1982.Mike also hosts the podcastWhich Decade Is Tops For Pops? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:25:27

28th August 1982, with Norman Cook

Record Mirror Disco Charts ·

2025/01/29

Norman Cook joins Greg Wilson and Mike Atkinson, as we take a detailed look at what was happening on UK dancefloors in August 1982: a time of significant change, as the dominant post-disco sounds (retrospectively known as "boogie") were starting to make way for groundbreaking - and divisive - electronic innovations. With underground import tracks rubbing shoulders with crossover pop hits, this particular Record Mirror Disco Top 20 offers a fascinating snapshot of the period.Along the way, you'll

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