Radio Caroline Album Top 30
30th October 1983.

On 30th October 1983 Radio Caroline began running a Top 30 album chart show every Sunday afternoon. This is the first Top 30. Our thanks to Brian Nichols from Felixstowe and Harry Alferink from Nijmegen for the information.
 
The album Top 30 show ran until June 1984. From Sunday 1st July it was replaced by ‘Caroline Top Tracks’.


Radio Caroline Album Top 30   30th October 1983
 
Presented by Peter Clark

this
week



 

 
1

Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
2

Snap
The Jam
3

Genesis
Genesis
4

Labour Of Love
UB40
5

North of a Miracle
Nick Heyward
6

Monument
Ultravox
7

Voice of the Heart
The Carpenters
8

No Parlez
Paul Young
9

In Your Eyes
George Benson
10

Thriller
Michael Jackson
11

Fantastic
Wham!
12

Nightline
Randy Crawford
13

All the Way Strong
Third World
14

Rock 'N Soul, part 1
Daryl Hall & John Oates
15

Born To Love
Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack
16

Reach the Beach
The Fixx
17

The Crossing
Big Country
18

Let's Dance
David Bowie
19

Too Low For Zero
Elton John
20

An Innocent Man
Billy Joel
21

Get Out and Walk
The Farmer's Boys
22

Standing In the Light
Level 42
23

David Grant
David Grant
24

The Wild Heart
Stevie Nicks
25

True
Spandau Ballet
26

Cuts Like A Knife
Bryan Adaams
27

Alive She Cried
The Doors
28

Chasanova
Chas Jankel
29

The Luxury Gap
Heaven 17
30

Ritmo
Judie Tzuke






click to hear audio Peter Clark on the first Top 30 Album Chart show on Radio Caroline, 30th October 1983. This clip is taken from a recording shared on www.azanorak.com by Brian Nichols. Our thanks to him and Ray Robinson (duration 2 minutes 4 seconds)

The links from the songs on this page lead to the Amazon MP3 Store where you can hear short audio clips of the tracks and customers in the UK can buy downloads. Please see this note.
 
There are a number of other offshore charts listed on The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame. Full details here.
 
The next Radio Caroline Top 30 album chart we have is from 15th January 1984.


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