9 February 1981

It's an inadvertent '70s special on Off The Chart this week as we find ourselves right back at the start of the '80s but still having to deal with the last chart of the '70s. Still, along the way we discuss the best titles for Greatest Hits albums, how to get in touch with Swap Shop and the continu…

It's our 52nd weekly podcast, and we still haven't done a full year's worth. How does that work? Anyway, join us for a look at the UK charts of 26 January 1982, and stay for a lengthy discussion on Rubik Cube cheats, rubbish acronyms and a word we've never used before.

We're back for another go around the decade, starting at 1988 where a huge '80s band falls apart in court, a record banned in South Africa goes to number 1 in Zimbabwe, and a promising pop career is scuppered by the workers' control of factories.

It's our 50th podcast! But there's no time for frivolities as we discuss the UK charts from this day in 1985 and get inevitably sidetracked into breakdancing, the invention of opera and our grand plan to buy a Sinclair C5 piece by piece off eBay.