Mike Atkinson
@whichdecadetops.bsky.social
Podcasts: Which Decade Is Tops For Pops?, Record Mirror Disco Charts
Book: James Hamilton's Disco Pages, 1975-1982
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Book: James Hamilton's Disco Pages, 1975-1982
https://linktr.ee/mikeatkinson1
July 1976: as the nation sweltered, Peter Hook was finding his true path, having seen the Sex Pistols live in Manchester a month earlier. Meanwhile, the RM Disco Chart mixed pop & rock crossover hits with soul, funk, disco and the ever-present "slowies". shows.acast.com/record-mirro...
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
July 1976: as the nation sweltered, Peter Hook was finding his true path, having seen the Sex Pistols live in Manchester a month earlier. Meanwhile, the RM Disco Chart mixed pop & rock crossover hits with soul, funk, disco and the ever-present "slowies". shows.acast.com/record-mirro...
Which Decade S5 E10: Roy Orbison, David Bowie, Lionel Richie, Eternal, Jamelia, James Blunt.
Three R&B-pop tunes rub up against three chaps of varying degrees of coolness, thus completing this season's selections.
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(Track listing in the ALT text)
Three R&B-pop tunes rub up against three chaps of varying degrees of coolness, thus completing this season's selections.
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(Track listing in the ALT text)
October 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Which Decade S5 E10: Roy Orbison, David Bowie, Lionel Richie, Eternal, Jamelia, James Blunt.
Three R&B-pop tunes rub up against three chaps of varying degrees of coolness, thus completing this season's selections.
shows.acast.com/which-decade...
(Track listing in the ALT text)
Three R&B-pop tunes rub up against three chaps of varying degrees of coolness, thus completing this season's selections.
shows.acast.com/which-decade...
(Track listing in the ALT text)
Which Decade Results: Cardiac Kimchi.
With a little bit of this, and a little bit of that - and even the occasional result - we review the voting from our last main episode.
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With a little bit of this, and a little bit of that - and even the occasional result - we review the voting from our last main episode.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Which Decade Results: Cardiac Kimchi.
With a little bit of this, and a little bit of that - and even the occasional result - we review the voting from our last main episode.
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With a little bit of this, and a little bit of that - and even the occasional result - we review the voting from our last main episode.
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Which Decade S5E9: a Heritage Chart comeback, some persistent shapeshifters, France's Candle In The Wind, diva-house's purple patch, Kid Rock's mate reveals multiple levels, and Parkycore in its purest form.
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Track listing in the ALT text.
Voting deadline: Mon Oct 20
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Track listing in the ALT text.
Voting deadline: Mon Oct 20
October 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Which Decade S5E9: a Heritage Chart comeback, some persistent shapeshifters, France's Candle In The Wind, diva-house's purple patch, Kid Rock's mate reveals multiple levels, and Parkycore in its purest form.
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Track listing in the ALT text.
Voting deadline: Mon Oct 20
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Track listing in the ALT text.
Voting deadline: Mon Oct 20
Which Decade Results: Dan joins us from Idaho, we find a damp biscuit in the back of the snack cupboard, and a whoops-excuse-me threatens to derail the entire episode.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Which Decade Results: Dan joins us from Idaho, we find a damp biscuit in the back of the snack cupboard, and a whoops-excuse-me threatens to derail the entire episode.
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If 20 year-old electro-funk fanatic me had known that one day he would be talking to Arthur Baker in granular detail about the music of 1982, he might have spontaneously combusted. This is a wonderful episode, and a particular thrill to publish.
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September 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
If 20 year-old electro-funk fanatic me had known that one day he would be talking to Arthur Baker in granular detail about the music of 1982, he might have spontaneously combusted. This is a wonderful episode, and a particular thrill to publish.
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NEW WHICH DECADE: Marcello Minerbi, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Princess, TLC, Kelly Clarkson, Lost Frequencies.
An accelerating plate-smasher, two country covers, a hidden rivalry revealed, "alternative is a relative concept", and a gateway-drug flat-smasher.
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An accelerating plate-smasher, two country covers, a hidden rivalry revealed, "alternative is a relative concept", and a gateway-drug flat-smasher.
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September 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
NEW WHICH DECADE: Marcello Minerbi, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Princess, TLC, Kelly Clarkson, Lost Frequencies.
An accelerating plate-smasher, two country covers, a hidden rivalry revealed, "alternative is a relative concept", and a gateway-drug flat-smasher.
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An accelerating plate-smasher, two country covers, a hidden rivalry revealed, "alternative is a relative concept", and a gateway-drug flat-smasher.
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Which Decade Results: Nick's Sweaty Brown Envelope.
New Patreon subscriber Mike joins us for a look at the voting for S5E6, where a last place sends Trev "incandescent with rage", a JLS/Morrissey hypocrisy is posited, and Nick takes delivery of a clammy gift.
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New Patreon subscriber Mike joins us for a look at the voting for S5E6, where a last place sends Trev "incandescent with rage", a JLS/Morrissey hypocrisy is posited, and Nick takes delivery of a clammy gift.
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September 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Which Decade Results: Nick's Sweaty Brown Envelope.
New Patreon subscriber Mike joins us for a look at the voting for S5E6, where a last place sends Trev "incandescent with rage", a JLS/Morrissey hypocrisy is posited, and Nick takes delivery of a clammy gift.
shows.acast.com/which-decade...
New Patreon subscriber Mike joins us for a look at the voting for S5E6, where a last place sends Trev "incandescent with rage", a JLS/Morrissey hypocrisy is posited, and Nick takes delivery of a clammy gift.
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For the latest episode of Record Mirror Disco Charts, @djpaulette.bsky.social joins us for a detailed look at a Futurist/Electro-Disco Top 20 from April 1981: an era when electronics, fashion and politics fused, and when our future fascinated us more than our past.
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August 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
For the latest episode of Record Mirror Disco Charts, @djpaulette.bsky.social joins us for a detailed look at a Futurist/Electro-Disco Top 20 from April 1981: an era when electronics, fashion and politics fused, and when our future fascinated us more than our past.
shows.acast.com/record-mirro...
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Here's our latest Which Decade episode in full - track listings are in the ALT text.
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August 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Here's our latest Which Decade episode in full - track listings are in the ALT text.
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I'll be playing 1980s gay classics (IN A LIBRARY!) in September, for the launch of CJ DeBarra's excellent history of Queer Nottingham (in which I am quoted several times, along with many other people who were there at the time).
August 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I'll be playing 1980s gay classics (IN A LIBRARY!) in September, for the launch of CJ DeBarra's excellent history of Queer Nottingham (in which I am quoted several times, along with many other people who were there at the time).
S5E7 Part 3/3: JLS, Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello.
Concluding this episode: an emotionally blackmailing eye-roller, and a steamy alleged long con.
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Your voting deadline is 6pm UK time, Sunday 31st August.
Concluding this episode: an emotionally blackmailing eye-roller, and a steamy alleged long con.
shows.acast.com/which-decade...
Your voting deadline is 6pm UK time, Sunday 31st August.
August 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
S5E7 Part 3/3: JLS, Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello.
Concluding this episode: an emotionally blackmailing eye-roller, and a steamy alleged long con.
shows.acast.com/which-decade...
Your voting deadline is 6pm UK time, Sunday 31st August.
Concluding this episode: an emotionally blackmailing eye-roller, and a steamy alleged long con.
shows.acast.com/which-decade...
Your voting deadline is 6pm UK time, Sunday 31st August.
Which Decade S5E7 Part 2/3: Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers, Ricky Martin.
Glenn Miller connects to hard house, and después de mí el diluvio!
(31 minutes, Part 3 drops tomorrow.)
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Glenn Miller connects to hard house, and después de mí el diluvio!
(31 minutes, Part 3 drops tomorrow.)
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August 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Which Decade S5E7 Part 2/3: Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers, Ricky Martin.
Glenn Miller connects to hard house, and después de mí el diluvio!
(31 minutes, Part 3 drops tomorrow.)
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Glenn Miller connects to hard house, and después de mí el diluvio!
(31 minutes, Part 3 drops tomorrow.)
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Which Decade S5E7 Part 1/3: Rolling Stones, Boomtown Rats.
An interstitial Brian Jones sandwich and Bob's prescient regret open our latest episode (24 minutes, Part 2 drops tomorrow).
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An interstitial Brian Jones sandwich and Bob's prescient regret open our latest episode (24 minutes, Part 2 drops tomorrow).
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August 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Which Decade S5E7 Part 1/3: Rolling Stones, Boomtown Rats.
An interstitial Brian Jones sandwich and Bob's prescient regret open our latest episode (24 minutes, Part 2 drops tomorrow).
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An interstitial Brian Jones sandwich and Bob's prescient regret open our latest episode (24 minutes, Part 2 drops tomorrow).
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Which Decade Results: The Clarinet Clarification, aka The Chapin Gateway, aka The Tennant Easter Egg. Tough week, tight scores, but a long overdue triumph!
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August 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Which Decade Results: The Clarinet Clarification, aka The Chapin Gateway, aka The Tennant Easter Egg. Tough week, tight scores, but a long overdue triumph!
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@irvinewelsh.bsky.social is our latest guest for the RMDC podcast, talking about a Disco Top 20 from September 1978, and answering a few questions about his new disco album, Men In Love (a soundtrack to his new novel of the same name)
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August 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
@irvinewelsh.bsky.social is our latest guest for the RMDC podcast, talking about a Disco Top 20 from September 1978, and answering a few questions about his new disco album, Men In Love (a soundtrack to his new novel of the same name)
shows.acast.com/record-mirro...
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If only this had actually happened (history suggests that it very nearly did!)
July 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
If only this had actually happened (history suggests that it very nearly did!)
We'll remember you for more than that, Ozzy.
(Record Mirror, 25th April 1987.)
(Record Mirror, 25th April 1987.)
July 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
We'll remember you for more than that, Ozzy.
(Record Mirror, 25th April 1987.)
(Record Mirror, 25th April 1987.)
Which Decade S5 E6: a proto-auto-erotic Brightside, Granny Atkinson's Theme Tune, Man Owns Ties: The Soundtrack, The Supergroup Conundrum, Indie Swedes do Millennial R&B, and Propagating The Species with Clive Owen.
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Voting deadline: Sunday 27 July, 6pm.
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Voting deadline: Sunday 27 July, 6pm.
July 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Which Decade S5 E6: a proto-auto-erotic Brightside, Granny Atkinson's Theme Tune, Man Owns Ties: The Soundtrack, The Supergroup Conundrum, Indie Swedes do Millennial R&B, and Propagating The Species with Clive Owen.
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Voting deadline: Sunday 27 July, 6pm.
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Voting deadline: Sunday 27 July, 6pm.
Which Decade Part 3/3: Indie Swedes do Millennial R&B, and Propagating The Species with Clive Owen.
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The voting deadline for this episode is 6pm UK time, Sunday 27th July
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The voting deadline for this episode is 6pm UK time, Sunday 27th July
July 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Which Decade Part 3/3: Indie Swedes do Millennial R&B, and Propagating The Species with Clive Owen.
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The voting deadline for this episode is 6pm UK time, Sunday 27th July
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The voting deadline for this episode is 6pm UK time, Sunday 27th July
In today's Which Decade Part 2: Man Owns Ties: The Soundtrack, and an all-star collab leads us to ponder The Supergroup Conundrum.
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July 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In today's Which Decade Part 2: Man Owns Ties: The Soundtrack, and an all-star collab leads us to ponder The Supergroup Conundrum.
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shows.acast.com/which-decade...
In Part 1 of the latest Which Decade: a proto-auto-erotic Brightside, and Granny Atkinson's Theme Tune.
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July 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In Part 1 of the latest Which Decade: a proto-auto-erotic Brightside, and Granny Atkinson's Theme Tune.
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I played a club set for Pride Month on Friday at Funk My Life in Harrogate, making my public debut on CDJ (it was DDJ-only until now), which was, quite frankly, a terrifying prospect - but it all went smoothly on the night: no fuck-ups, no floor-clearers, and the messages in the music were heeded.
June 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I played a club set for Pride Month on Friday at Funk My Life in Harrogate, making my public debut on CDJ (it was DDJ-only until now), which was, quite frankly, a terrifying prospect - but it all went smoothly on the night: no fuck-ups, no floor-clearers, and the messages in the music were heeded.
Fifty years ago this week, James Hamilton's first Disco Page was published in Record Mirror, along with the first weekly Disco Top 20. To mark the anniversary, Alexis Petridis joins us to take a detailed look. Expect the unexpected: it was a VERY different time!
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June 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Fifty years ago this week, James Hamilton's first Disco Page was published in Record Mirror, along with the first weekly Disco Top 20. To mark the anniversary, Alexis Petridis joins us to take a detailed look. Expect the unexpected: it was a VERY different time!
shows.acast.com/record-mirro...
shows.acast.com/record-mirro...
Here's the latest Which Decade episode in full - track titles are in the ALT text, and your voting deadline is Sunday 29th June.
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shows.acast.com/which-decade...
June 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Here's the latest Which Decade episode in full - track titles are in the ALT text, and your voting deadline is Sunday 29th June.
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