New Romantics Rule!

New Romantic Rules was a website I used to visit in the early 2010's which at the time was hosted on Blogger that specialized in things from acts noted for their 1980's hits although there would be entries from decades either side of it.
Controversially, it via server allowed downloads free of charge on the basis of 'research' before being shut down in that form around 2014.
I have been redoing from legal sources a couple of albums I had originally on tape  that i got from that site.

 1985's Crush album saw OMD continuing in much the same vein as their earliest albums outside Dazzle Ships with the hits Secret, Le femme accident and guitar driven 88 Seconds in Greensboro

 1986's The Pacific Age did better for them aided by the smooth Forever Live and Die and We Love You issued in early 1987 while notable track Southern had samples of Dr Luther King's speeches included.

Some of those early downloads used a primitive Mp3 encoder which could sound mushy and lacking in depth while my new versions use Lame which is the best Mp3 encoder out there.

The current version of the site, worth reading for its write ups on artists can be found Here