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Founding member of Dire Straits John Illsey joins Sara Cox.

John Illsey bass guitarist and founding member of Dire Straits is Sara's special guest. Plus there's a reminder of the top 5 this week back in 1984 and a classic 80s 12" single.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Music Played

  • Animal Nightlife

    Mr Solitaire

  • Bucks Fizz

    Talking In Your Sleep

    • I Hear Talk: The Definitive Edition.
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 006.
  • Cameo

    Word Up

    • Platinum - The Definitive R&B Collection (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music TV.
  • Duran Duran

    Girls On Film

    • Duran Duran - Decade.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Calling America

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.
  • The Human League

    Louise

    • Anthology - A Very British Synthesizer Group.
    • UMC.
  • Iron Maiden

    Run To The Hills

    • run to the hills.
    • EMI.
  • Janet Jackson

    Rhythm Nation

    • Janet Jackson - Design Of A Decade.
    • A&M.
  • Michael Jackson

    Bad 12" version

  • Billy Joel

    I Go To Extremes

    • Billy Joel - The Ultimate Collection.
    • Columbia.
  • Billy Joel

    We Didn't Start The Fire

    • Billy Joel - The Ultimate Collection.
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • Billy Joel

    Leningrad

    • Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Volume III.
    • Columbia.
  • Hazel O’Connor

    Eighth Day

    • Beyond The Breaking Glass.
    • SECRET RECORDS.
  • Talk Talk

    It's My Life

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.
  • Toyah

    I Want To Be Free

    • The Indie Scene 1981 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur.
  • Wah!

    The Story Of The Blues (Part 1)

    • Once In A Lifetime (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
  • Wham!

    Bad Boys

    • Wham! - Fantastic.
    • Epic.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 11 Oct 2014 22:00
  • Wed 15 Oct 2014 03:00