Tales Of Topographic 80s Vol. 24 - Missed European Locations

[Rissan]

Normally I would start with: "It is the last Friday of December and the musical journey continues with a visit to ..."

But since Second Christmas day in the Netherlands is on a Friday this year, and I am celebrating the Holidays from the 24th, I decided to throw this volume in today.

The story behind this Volume. Since I scanned almost every song about European cities for this volume, which was supposed to close the European book and move further out into the world, the result
was a four CD volume with a mix of tracks found of cities already featured before with their own volume (Paris, London, Berlin), cities (Rotterdam, Bilbao, Madrid, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Manchester, Sofia) which didn't meet the minimum hour of music in FLAC but still yielded enough tracks to present to you here and a bunch of stand alone city tracks.

To be honest I am very pleased with this volume which was almost two years in the making.

As a result I decided to move two European volumes to next year. One of them is already waiting to be released since the start of this series and at first was planned to finish the European leg of the journey.
The second one is the postponed Milan Volume, which will be presented in the month they host the Olympic Games.

Give it a listen and enjoy the holidays.

Be Aware the tracks may vary in loudness.

Please note, this in NO way is intended to take away sales from any of the artists included here
but rather a way to discover or rediscover these timeless masterpieces.
Please support these artists and bands if they should have material available! They deserve all the credit!

I will be back on the second of January with a new volume of "The Continuous Beauty Of The Unknown 80s".

Up until the last Friday of January 2026.

The tracks:

CD01

01. Kenso - Prelude In Sofia (9:37)
02. Bel Ami - Gece Berlin' De (Berlin bei Nacht) (4:23)
03. Gary Numan & Hugh Nicholson - London Times (radio mix) (3:43)
04. Band Apart - Marseille (3:17)
05. Peter Ericson - Rotterdam (5:25)
06. Data - Bilbao (3:20)
07. Ultranite - Streets Of Rome (4:28)
08. Adam And The Ants - Young Parisians (2:47)
09. Trespasser W - Living In The Hague (3:55)
10. Doctor Deseo - Bilbao (2:24)
11. Pepé Le Moko - Sofia (2:35)
12. Klaus Schultze & Rainer Bloss - Gdansk (15:47)
13. Salford Jets - Manchester Boys (3:07)
14. Alan Williams - Queen Of Aberdeen (2:46)
15. La Bamboche - En Passant Par Lyon (3:32)
16. Gina X - Londra (3:30)
17. Kortatu - Cartel en CC. Viejo de Bilbao (2:45)
18. Division Technique - Rotterdam (1:17)

CD02

01. Flairck - Sofia (7" remix) (3:18)
02. 20-20 Systems - Dresden (2:55)
03. Fania - Bilbao (3:17)
04. Peter Buffett - Aberdeen (7:52)
05. 7º Sello - Mecamadrid (4:07)
06. Garbo - A Berlino…Va Bene (4:03)
07. Carte de Séjour - Blue de Marseille (4:23)
08. The Staff - Paris Mixed Up (2:51)
09. Duran Duran - Tel Aviv (5:17)
10. Dov - Missing You In Paris (3:58)
11. Ludwig von 88 - Bilbao (panoramix) (2:08)
12. The Freshies - I’m In Love With The Girl On The Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk (2:50)
13. Alan Clayson And The Argonauts - Days In Old Rotterdam (2:56)
14. Gina X - Londra II (4:42)
15. Litfiba - Rotterdam (5:03)
16. Frizz - Rom brennt (3:30)
17. Sébastien - Un Soir A Sofia (3:24)
18. Marine - Léningrad In Winter (3:08)
19. Ira Stein & Russell Walder - Marseille (5:37)

CD03

01. Aqsak Maboul - Age Route Brral (radio Sofia) (2:55)
02. Danny Wilson - Aberdeen (2:26)
03. sergio Bassi - Rotterdam Station (4:43)
04. Foyes Des Arts - Toulouse-Lautrec (4:18)
05. Orchester Claude Pinot - Italy - Serenata Napolitana (1:56)
06. Musumeci - Berlino (3:16)
07. Jean Go Solo - In Salford The Sun Doesn’t Shine (2:43)
08. Logic System - Sofia (4:21)
09. The Associates - Strasbourg Square (4:48)
10. La Otxoa - Agua De Bilbao (5:11)
11. The Beautifuls - Bordeaux - Bilbao (3:46)
12. Hue And Cry - Mother Glasgow (live) (2:19)
13. Cathe'drale - Paris Is Calling (4:03)
14. Kontakt Microfoon Orkest - Living In Rotterdam (2:47)
15. Berlin Blondes - Marseille (3:53)
16. The Weathermen - Let Them Come To Berlin (5:58)
17. Marrakech Casino - Una Noche A Paris (3:31)
18. Red Baron - Antwerp (2:28)
19. Bene Gesserit - And They Danced In Gdansk (2:39)
20. Etienne Daho - Week-end À Rome (4:12)

CD04

01. Hauser Orkater - The Beatles in Oud-IJmuiden (2:32)
02. Mike Korb - Dancing Queen In Aberdeen (3:40)
03. TV•2 - Bordeaux - Bilbao (2:12)
04. Nightshift - Sofia (6:02)
05. Orchester Claude Pinot - Scotland - Aberdeen, The Silver City (2:30)
06. The Badge - London Paradise (3:00)
07. Al Sigmund - Glasgow Girls (3:06)
08. Imperiet - Blå från Berlin (4:16)
09. Billy Joel - Leningrad (4:06)
10. Vini Reilly - Sketch For A Manchester Summer (2:45)
11. Max Goldt - Salzburg, Hilton 1972, An einem Sommerabend (4:36)
12. Flairck - Sofia (12" remix) (5:47)
13. Lǎ Uniøn - Lobo-Hombre en Paris (3:52)
14. James Taylor - From Ankara To Izmir (live) (5:32)
15. Steve Kilbey - Napoleon's Army, Christmas Eve, Outside Moscow (2:39)
16. Massimo Boldi - Mago Di Napoli (4:49)
17. Band Apart - Marseille (2:56)
18. La Otxoa - Bilbao, Bilbao (3:53)
19. Style - Dover-Calais (2:56)
20. Noodweer - Rotterdam bijvoorbeeld (4:51)

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Enjoy!

[jetmensud]

Hi Rissan
A commendable effort to complete this tour of European capitals, I can't wait for the assholes cities "de la France"...
04. Foye(R)s Des Arts - Toulouse-Lautrec..., this one's not about Toulouse city, TL is an alcoholic painter among other creative qualities, contemporary of Van Gogh, whom he also frequented - Those were the good old days !

You put it twice "Band Apart - Marseille (3:17)" - Ris, are you an Olympic de Marseille fan ...the OM's slogan is "Paris, we'll fuck you" ... Yes I'm french, that's what friendship is

Merry Christmas Eveybody and see you next year

[Rissan]

It is there twice because of the length of both tracks, that differ. Just like the 7" and 12" versions of Flairck's Sofia of which the Kenso track is a cover.

[FrostInn]

Thanks for sharing your extensive knowledge of music with us. I still can't fathom how much music is out there that without your help would never of crossed my ears.

Merry Christmas Rissan !