Now That's What I Call Stuart's Favourite Music 75 - A-ha - The Sun Always Shines on TV

Ranking alongside Take On Me as one of my all-time favourite 80s tracks.  It was A-ha's follow-up single and third from their album "Hunting High and Low".  Despite not being as popular as Take on Me, it still managed to perform really well, achieving number 1 in the UK charts on the 28th of December 1985 where it remained for 2 weeks.

Another defining music track from the 1980s.

Now That's What I Call Stuart's Favourite Music 74 - Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

A classic track from 1982 makes it to number 74 on my list of favourite music.  Come on Eileen was released on the 25th of June 1982 and was Dexy's Midnight Runners 2nd UK number one following Geno in 1980.  Released as a single from their second studio album Too-Rye-Ay, it did pretty well in America too, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Whenever I hear this song, it always takes me back to a childhood memory of visiting some sort of fate with my grandma and I vividly remember a stall that had a game where I had to place a toy car in a slot, and then let it roll down.  Whoever's car reached the bottom first won the game.

Happy memories from a simpler time.  Enjoy.

The Trek F1 2023 Season - Round 01

The Trek F1 2023 Season begins with the first race in Phoenix, US.  Despite starting in pole position, Dr Julian Bashir lost out to Michael Burnham but still achieved an impressive 2nd place.  Join us at Interlagos, Brazil in 2 weeks time.  Team Disco leads in the Constructors points. 

Game Covers - Virtual Worlds (Commodore Amiga)

In just five years Incentive Software have built a reputation for producing the very finest in 3D exploration games.  Their development systems Freescape and Freescape 2 have become synonymous with quality, depth and playability.  These four games represent the pinnacle of their success.  We hope you enjoy them.

What the press have said:

DRILLER

One of the best ever - 90% - ZZAP! 64

Dazzlingly original - 963 - ACE

Generation 4 (France) - 98%

TOTAL ECLIPSE

All the addiction and challenge you can handle - 907 - ACE

Incentive have done it again - 93% - CRASH

Micro Hobby (Spain) - 90%

CASTLE MASTER

The best Freescape game yet - 90% - C&VG

Easily the best - 90% - THE ONE

Joystick (France) - 96%

THE CRYPT

The Crypt has never before been released.  An immaculate follow-on from Castle Master, Incentive at their very best.

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Now That's What I Call Stuart's Favourite Music 73 - Super Furry Animals - Juxtapozed with U

I love this song.  Probably the only song I do like from Super Furry Animals.  It was released in July 2001 and reached number 14 in the UK singles chart.

Two music videos were produced for the track, but my favourite one is this one,featuring three people walking through the streets of Hammersmith, dressed in cardboard costumes of a camcorder, clapperboard and microphone. Weird!

I can't really say much else about it other than it's a great song and worth a listen if you've never heard it before.

Now That's What I Call Stuart's Favourite Music 72 - Tim Souster - Journey of the Sorcerer

Famously used as the theme tune to the brilliant BBC television adaption of Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Journey of the Sorcerer was in fact a song originally written and performed by the American rock band "Eagles" (yes, Hotel California) from their 1975 album entitled "One of These Night", and it was that version which was used as the theme to the original Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series in 1978 

Of course, for me the best version was this one, arranged and recorded by Tim Souster for the 1981 television series.  It actually takes me back to the mid-80s when my Dad introduced me to the series.  

Composer Joby Talbot did a marvellous version for the Hitchikers movie in 2005, but I must admit to preferring the early 80s synth/electronic sounds of Tims version.

Enjoy!

 And here's the original version by The Eagles.