Episode 2: Sheffield Steel
Martin Fry considers the social and musical conditions that caused the Sheffield sound to storm the charts in the 1980s.
Martin Fry continues his seven-part series looking back at the New Romantic era of the early 1980s.
Three of the most notable bands of the period came from Sheffield - The Human League, ABC and Heaven 17. This programme explores the social and musical conditions that caused the Sheffield sound to storm the charts in the 80s.
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The Human League
Being Boiled
- Virgin.
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Cabaret Voltaire
Sensoria
- Radiation.
- Burning Airlines Pilot.
- Pilot-39.
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Cabaret Voltaire
Sensoria
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Kraftwerk
Trans-Europe Express
- Cleopatra.
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The Human League
The Path Of Least Resistance
- Reproduction.
- Virgin.
- CDVR-2133.
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The Human League
The Path Of Least Resistance
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Heaven 17
(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
- Virgin.
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The Human League
The Sound Of The Crowd
- Virgin.
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ABC
Poison Arrow
- Abc - The Lexicon Of Love.
- Mercury.
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The Human League
Don't You Want Me
- Dare!.
- Virgin.
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ABC
The Look Of Love
- And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
- Debutante.
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Disclosure
Help Me Lose My Mind (feat. London Grammar)
- PMR Records.
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Simple Minds
Love Song
- VIRGIN.
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The Beatles
Tomorrow Never Knows
- Parlophone.
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