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80's Music Videos Volume 1 6-Disc Box Set DVD
80's Music Videos Volume 1 gathers an enormous compilation of music videos from across the 1980s, drawing on the era's defining catalogue of new-wave, glam-metal, synth-pop, post-punk, and pop-rock work that filled the early MTV broadcast era and the broader music-video culture of the period. The compilation gathers 174 videos across 6 discs, organized loosely by disc and offering a deep cross-section of the decade's biggest hits, deeper cuts, and recognizable touchstones.
What stands out is the breadth of the compilation. The 1980s saw the rise of the music video as a primary cultural and promotional form, and this collection captures the breadth of that moment, from synthpop architects like The Buggles, Gary Numan, and Human League to glam-metal staples like Def Leppard, Whitesnake, and Motley Crue, from new-wave figures like Talking Heads, Eurythmics, and Devo to pop powerhouses like Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Prince. The compilation captures the era's particular visual sensibility and the variety of approaches that filled MTV broadcast hours.
In the broader era of music-video collecting and 1980s-music nostalgia, this kind of comprehensive compilation has long been a particular fixture, with multiple home-video releases attempting to bring the era's defining clips together for at-home viewing. It suited household evening viewing for fans of the decade's music, multi-generational viewing parties where the videos served as cultural touchstones, and the kind of deep-dive watching that 1980s music collecting traditionally supports. It pairs well with other era-specific music-video compilations.
Favorite videos include the era-defining Buggles "Video Killed The Radio Star," the synth-pop classic Human League "Fascination," the glam-metal anthem Def Leppard "Rock Of Ages," the Madonna milestones "Like A Virgin" and "Papa Don't Preach," the Prince centerpiece "1999," the Michael Jackson landmark "Billie Jean," the Peter Gabriel innovation "Sledgehammer," the Talking Heads classic "Burning Down The House," the Toto staple "Africa," the Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls," and the Tears For Fears anthem "Everybody Wants To Rule The World." This 6-disc set is the kind of comprehensive era-specific archive that disc ownership keeps available.
Disc 1 - The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star (1979)
Disc 1 - Gary Numan - Cars (1979)
Disc 1 - Journey - Faithfully (1983)
Disc 1 - Madonna - Like A Virgin (1984)
Disc 1 - Rick Springfield - What Kind Of Fool Am I (1982)
Disc 1 - The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another (1983)
Disc 1 - Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes (1981)
Disc 1 - Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok (1984)
Disc 1 - Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife (1983)
Disc 1 - Def Leppard - Rock Of Ages (1983)
Disc 1 - The Tubes - She's A Beauty (1983)
Disc 1 - Talking Heads - Burning Down The House (1983)
Disc 1 - Duran Duran - Save A Prayer (1982)
Disc 1 - INXS - The One Thing (1982)
Disc 1 - Human League - Fascination (1983)
Disc 1 - Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight (1986)
Disc 1 - Spandau Ballet - True (1983)
Disc 1 - The Go-Go's - Vacation (1982)
Disc 1 - The Knack - My Sharona (1979)
Disc 1 - Howard Jones - Everlasting Love (1989)
Disc 1 - John Cougar - Jack And Diane (1982)
Disc 1 - Baltimora - Tarzan Boy (1985)
Disc 1 - Berlin - Sex... I'm A (1982)
Disc 1 - Oingo Boingo - Weird Science (1985)
Disc 1 - Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy (1982)
Disc 1 - Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra (1982)
Disc 1 - Missing Persons - Destination Unknown (1982)
Disc 1 - Power Station - Bang A Gong / Get It On (1985)
Disc 1 - The Scorpions - No One Like You (1982)
Disc 2 - A Flock Of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song (1982)
Disc 2 - Naked Eyes - Promises Promises (1983)
Disc 2 - Level 42 - Something About You (1985)
Disc 2 - Talking Heads - And She Was (1985)
Disc 2 - Whitesnake - Still Of The Night (1987)
Disc 2 - Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking (1985)
Disc 2 - Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981)
Disc 2 - Kenny Loggins - Footloose (1984)
Disc 2 - Culture Club - Karma Chameleon (1983)
Disc 2 - Bryan Adams - Run To You (1984)
Disc 2 - Corey Hart - Never Surrender (1985)
Disc 2 - Bananarama - Venus (1986)
Disc 2 - Asia - Heat Of The Moment (1982)
Disc 2 - Madonna - Crazy For You (1985)
Disc 2 - Marillion - Kayleigh (1985)
Disc 2 - Honeymoon Suite - Feel It Again (1986)
Disc 2 - Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (1985)
Disc 2 - Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (1984)
Disc 2 - Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You (1984)
Disc 2 - Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know (1983)
Disc 2 - Great White - Once Bitten Twice Shy (1989)
Disc 2 - Foreigner - Say You Will (1987)
Disc 2 - REM - Losing My Religion (1991)
Disc 2 - Rod Stewart - Infatuation (1984)
Disc 2 - Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now (1983)
Disc 2 - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
Disc 2 - The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me (1980)
Disc 2 - The Church - Under The Milky Way (1988)
Disc 2 - T'Pau - Heart And Soul (1987)
Disc 3 - Loverboy - Queen Of The Broken Hearts (1983)
Disc 3 - Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes (1982)
Disc 3 - Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (1986)
Disc 3 - Devo - Whip It (1980)
Disc 3 - George Michael - I Want Your Sex (1987)
Disc 3 - J. Geils Band - Centerfold (1981)
Disc 3 - Heart - These Dreams (1985)
Disc 3 - Madonna - Dress You Up (1985)
Disc 3 - Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie (1982)
Disc 3 - Pat Benatar - We Belong (1984)
Disc 3 - Phil Collins - Against All Odds (1984)
Disc 3 - REO Speedwagon - Take It On The Run (1980)
Disc 3 - Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love (1985)
Disc 3 - Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It (1984)
Disc 3 - Toto - Africa (1982)
Disc 3 - The Bangles - Manic Monday (1986)
Disc 3 - Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut (1981)
Disc 3 - Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer (1986)
Disc 3 - Run DMC - Walk This Way (1986)
Disc 3 - Motley Crue - Home Sweet Home (1985)
Disc 3 - Huey Lewis - Heart And Soul (1983)
Disc 3 - Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town (1985)
Disc 3 - Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1981)
Disc 3 - Genesis - Invisible Touch (1986)
Disc 3 - Lionel Richie - Hello (1984)
Disc 3 - Mike & The Mechanics - All I Need Is A Miracle (1985)
Disc 3 - GTR - When The Heart Rules The Mind (1986)
Disc 3 - Ratt - Round And Round (1984)
Disc 3 - ZZ Top - Legs (1983)
Disc 4 - The Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again (1983)
Disc 4 - Simply Red - Holding Back The Years (1985)
Disc 4 - Herbie Hancock - Rockit (1983)
Disc 4 - Madonna - Into The Groove (1985)
Disc 4 - The Cars - You Might Think (1984)
Disc 4 - The Go-Go's - Head Over Heels (1984)
Disc 4 - Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart (1983)
Disc 4 - Prince - 1999 (1982)
Disc 4 - INXS - Devil Inside (1987)
Disc 4 - Debbie Gibson - Lost In Your Eyes (1989)
Disc 4 - Def Leppard - Foolin' (1983)
Disc 4 - M - Pop Music (1979)
Disc 4 - Loverboy - Lovin' Every Minute Of It (1985)
Disc 4 - Billy Squier - My Kinda Lover (1981)
Disc 4 - Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off (1986)
Disc 4 - Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (1987)
Disc 4 - Starship - We Built This City (1985)
Disc 4 - The Kinks - Come Dancing (1983)
Disc 4 - David Bowie - Modern Love (1983)
Disc 4 - Culture Club - (Time) Clock Of The Heart (1982)
Disc 4 - Van Halen - Jump (1984)
Disc 4 - Nick Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good (1984)
Disc 4 - Human League - Human (1986)
Disc 4 - Lou Gramm - Midnight Blue (1987)
Disc 4 - Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (1984)
Disc 4 - Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You (1986)
Disc 4 - Stevie Nicks - I Can't Wait (1985)
Disc 4 - The Pretenders - Middle Of The Road (1983)
Disc 4 - Talk Talk - Talk Talk (1982)
Disc 5 - Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (1987)
Disc 5 - INXS - Don't Change (1982)
Disc 5 - Joan Jett - I Love Rock N' Roll (1981)
Disc 5 - Quarterflash - Take Me To Heart (1983)
Disc 5 - Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (1986)
Disc 5 - Thompson Twins - Lies (1983)
Disc 5 - The Motels - Take The L (1982)
Disc 5 - The Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger (1983)
Disc 5 - Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart (1983)
Disc 5 - Winger - Seventeen (1988)
Disc 5 - Rainbow - Stone Cold (1982)
Disc 5 - Cyndi Lauper - She Bop (1984)
Disc 5 - Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69 (1984)
Disc 5 - Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone (1986)
Disc 5 - Loverboy - Hot Girls In Love (1983)
Disc 5 - Tom Petty - You Got Lucky (1982)
Disc 5 - Saga - On The Loose (1981)
Disc 5 - Real Life - Send Me An Angel (1983)
Disc 5 - Wham - Everything She Wants (1984)
Disc 5 - When In Rome - The Promise (1988)
Disc 5 - Duran Duran - The Reflex (1983)
Disc 5 - Madonna - Papa Don't Preach (1986)
Disc 5 - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (1983)
Disc 5 - ABC - Poison Arrow (1982)
Disc 5 - A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (1982)
Disc 5 - The Cars - Shake It Up (1981)
Disc 5 - Stray Cats - (She's) Sexy And 17 (1983)
Disc 5 - John Waite - Missing You (1984)
Disc 5 - Cheap Trick - The Flame (1988)
Disc 6 - Rainbow - Street Of Dreams (1983)
Disc 6 - Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now (1981)
Disc 6 - The Fixx - Saved By Zero (1983)
Disc 6 - Slade - Run Runaway (1984)
Disc 6 - Depeche Mode - People Are People (1984)
Disc 6 - The Cars - Magic (1984)
Disc 6 - Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days (1984)
Disc 6 - Hall And Oates - I Can't Go For That (1981)
Disc 6 - Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark (1984)
Disc 6 - Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (1982)
Disc 6 - Cinderella - Gypsy Road (1988)
Disc 6 - Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (1985)
Disc 6 - Toto - Rosanna (1982)
Disc 6 - Lionel Richie - You Are (1982)
Disc 6 - Madonna - Material Girl (1984)
Disc 6 - ABC - Look Of Love (1981)
Disc 6 - Animotion - Obsession (1984)
Disc 6 - Air Supply - Even The Nights Are Better (1982)
Disc 6 - Heart - Who Will You Run To (1987)
Disc 6 - Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl (1981)
Disc 6 - Til' Tuesday - Voices Carry (1985)
Disc 6 - The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer (1983)
Disc 6 - Kajagoogoo - Too Shy (1983)
Disc 6 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (1983)
Disc 6 - White Lion - Wait (1987)
Disc 6 - Frida - I Know There's Something Going On (1982)
Disc 6 - Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (1981)
Disc 6 - Van Halen - Panama (1984)
Disc 6 - Guns & Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (1987)
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