This must rank as one of the unlikeliest musical collaborations ever – soul brother Jermaine Jackson and jerky New Wave weirdoes Devo.

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The legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins dipped his toe in the waters of rock’n’roll when he agreed to record with The Rolling Stones.

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Scottish funkster Jesse Rae might not have made a name for himself but he did write the huge hit Inside Out for Odyssey.

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I loved this song, with its retro jazz vibe, when it came out in 1983 and I must still have the 12-inch single gathering dust in my vinyl collection.

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Tena Stelin is a UK singer who was a pioneer of the roots revival that began in reggae music at the end of the 1980s. This was his first release.

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Electro-funk would not have existed without this landmark tune from back in 1982, blending krautrock with the embryonic genre of hip-hop.

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Revolting Cocks paid tribute to Blade Runner in the Chicago band’s thunderous party anthem Attack Ships On Fire.

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The Sugarcubes put Iceland on the music map and introduced us to the unique strangeness of Björk with their 1987 single Birthday.

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I just stumbled across this great performance by a band called Tappi Tíkarrass, featuring an all-too-familar face and voice from Iceland.

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Narcosis were short-lived pioneers of the underground Peruvian punk scene in Lima in the early 1980s.

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