More Lost K-Tel Albums from 1982

Our friend Brandon Hixson, who just released his new album Picture Of You in August featuring several Eighties-sounding songs, including this one (watch/listen) and this one (watch/listen), has also found some time to unearth and upload these two mixtapes he made when he was much younger and post them on his YouTube channel.

Originally, Night Waves '82 was flagged for copyright violation by Sony Music Entertainment (SME) within a couple of days after Brandon first uploaded it back in September 2016. In April 2017, he re-posted it with a slightly different tracklist and artwork. 

Night Waves '82
2016 original tracklisting
Listen to Spotify playlist

1. Who Can It Be Now? – Men At Work
2. Hold Me – Fleetwood Mac
3. Wasted on The Way – Crosby, Stills & Nash
4. Holdin’ On – Tane Cain
5. You Keep Running Away – 38 Special
6. Nice Girls – Eye To Eye
7. Somebody’s Baby – Jackson Browne
8. Only Time Will Tell – Asia
9. You Can Do Magic – America
10. Night Shift – Quarterflash
11. So Much In Love – Timothy B Schmit
12. Your Daddy Don’t Know – Toronto
13. What About Me? – Moving Pictures
14. Up Where We Belong – Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes

Night Waves '82
the 2017 revised tracklisting - track 13 has been excised from video to keep rest of mix posted
Listen to Spotify playlist

1. Who Can it Be Now – Men At Work
2. Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) – Donna Summer
3. Wasted On The Way – Crosby, Stills & Nash
4. Holdin’ On – Tane Cain
5. You Keep Running Away – 38 Special
6. Nice Girls – Eye To Eye
7. Somebody’s Baby – Jackson Browne
8. Only Time Will Tell – Asia
9. You Can Do Magic – America
10. Night Shift – Quarterflash
11. So Much In Love – Timothy B. Schmit
12. Your Daddy Don’t Know – Toronto
13. Hot In The City – Billy Idol
14. Up Where We Belong – Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

Radio Daze '82
Listen to Spotify playlist

1. My Girl – Donnie Iris
2. I Know What Boys Like – The Waitresses
3. What Do All The People Know – The Monroes
4. Kids In America – Kim Wilde
5. Hurts So Good – John Cougar
6. I Really Don’t Need No Light – Jeffrey Osborne
7. Island Of Lost Souls – Blondie
8. Still They Ride – Journey
9. Right Kind Of Love – Quarterflash
10. Out Of Work – Gary U.S. Bonds
11. Forget Me Nots – Patrice Rushen
12. Man On Your Mind – Little River Band
13. If The Love Fits – Leslie Pearl
14. Even The Nights Are Better – Air Supply

Because Brandon's picks are purely personal, his choices did not depend on chart positions so each album above includes at least three or four songs that failed to make the Top 40 altogether as well as a couple of songs that just barely squeaked into the Top 40. He says he tends to like "the songs better when they're more obscure!" There was a smattering of chart crossover action on the AC, Rock, and R&B charts but not nearly enough to overcome the paucity of big hit songs - there are just eight Top 10 songs between the two albums so neither one did particularly well on the hits-oriented K-Tel Scale. Aside from that, both of these albums are great listens and I combined them into one 101 minute playlist below for your listening pleasure. Keep them coming, Mr. Hixson.