THEY say nothing succeeds like excess and the Eighties music scene is a case in point.

And you can celebrate this glorious decade, when the phrase ‘over the top’ was just another hairstyle, with the six CD collection 12”/80s Chilled/New Wave

As those of us 50-somethings who lived through it and still have some semblance of memory will vaguely recall, it was the era of the extended 12" remix, with bands and producers trying to outgun each other with their epic and convoluted knob-twiddling: there’s the club mix, the dance mix, the tidal wave mix, the dub mix, the disco mix and I defy anyone to get through Level 42’s enormous eight-minute Full Length Mix of Love Games and still say it’s not all about the bass.

All the usual suspects are included, with your Spandaus, your Durans, your Frankies, your Minds, your Leagues, your Seagulls and even your Kajagoogoos, all doing what they did in their heyday: party big style If you’re planning on having an Eighties revival party, this is the only soundtrack you’ll need.

Now pass me the hairspray and the leg warmers…