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Hardbook packaging. Four CD set. 1981 was a seismic year in pop music, with a huge number of new artists making unforgettable chart debuts. Welcome to THE VAULT for 1981, featuring 82 tracks. Some of the tracks included were Top 40 hits, some missed the chart completely. Some were representative of massive selling albums, and some were big hits in the U.S. and not in the U.K but all are part of the wonderful pop story of 1981. Includes tracks by Simple Minds, Spandau Ballet, Heaven 17, Eurythmics, Debbie Harry, Donna Summer, Gary Numan, John Foxx, Generation X, Hazel O'Connor, Bow Wow Wow, Honey Bane, Altered Images, Adam & the Ants, Squeeze, Split Enz, The Boomtown Rats, Hot Chocolate, Boney M, John Mellencamp, Steve Winwood, Elton John, Rush, Rainbow, Girlschool, Thin Lizzy, Gillan, The Psychedelic Furs, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, The Undertones, The Stranglers. Dexys Midnight Runners & Kevin Rowland, The Police, The Clash, and many others.