Notes

Taped on two TDK D90 cassettes by Eric P, off the air from 99.5 WLOL-FM/Minneapolis, with no noise reduction. WLOL would count down their top 99-1/2 songs of the year, and these files include #37 to #1 in that countdown.

Transferred to the digital world in April 2008 by Ron Gerber, with pitch correction. Ron spliced portions of particular songs from CD to hide the places where the tapes were flipped. (They're painfully obvious, nonetheless.)

These files begin at 10:30 PM and extend until 1:26 AM, well after the new year started. The countdown was hosted by future radio legend Jay Philpott.

Track listings for each of the four segments:

37. DON'T CRY - Asia
36. ONE ON ONE (45 mix) - Daryl Hall and John Oates
35. WELCOME TO HEARTLIGHT - Kenny Loggins
34. I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES - Elton John
33. HOT GIRLS IN LOVE - Loverboy
32. IT MIGHT BE YOU - Stephen Bishop
31. YOU'RE DRIVING ME OUT OF MY MIND (45 edit) - Little River Band

Genesis coming to Twin Cities ad (:60)
Q Superette ad (:60)
"It happened in October" (:90)
30. MODERN LOVE (LP version) - David Bowie
29. ONLY YOU - Yaz
28. TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP (12"?) - Romantics
27. STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART - Bryan Adams
26. YOUR LOVE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY - Sammy Hagar
25. DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME (DJ edit w/o intro) - Culture Club
24. DANCING IN HEAVEN - Q-Feel
23. THIS TIME - Bryan Adams
22. BABY COME TO ME - Patti Austin with James Ingram
21. OVERKILL - Men At Work

Q Superette ad (:60)
Genesis coming to Twin Cities ad (:60)
"It happened in July" (:90)
20. LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD (12") - Pat Benatar
Jay Philpott stalls
19. YOU ARE - Lionel Richie
18. TELEFONE (LONG DISTANCE LOVE AFFAIR) - Sheena Easton
17. CAN'T SHAKE LOOSE (LP version) - Agnetha Faltskog
16. BREAK MY STRIDE - Matthew Wilder
15. SAY IT ISN'T SO - Daryl Hall and John Oates
14. WHEN I'M WITH YOU - Sheriff
13. MANIAC - Michael Sembello
12. DER KOMMISSAR (LP version) - After The Fire
11. ALL NIGHT LONG (ALL NIGHT) (LP version) - Lionel Richie

Don't drink and drive PSA (:30)
Genesis coming to Twin Cities ad (:60)
Q Superette ad (:60)
"It happened in February" (:90)
10. THE SAFETY DANCE (LP version) - Men Without Hats
9. TRUE - Spandau Ballet
8. ELECTRIC AVENUE - Eddy Grant
7. SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS) - Eurythmics
6. LITTLE RED CORVETTE - Prince
5. BILLIE JEAN - Michael Jackson
4. FLASHDANCE (WHAT A FEELING) - Irene Cara
3. TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART - Bonnie Tyler
2. BEAT IT - Michael Jackson
Very long "get me up with the music" jingle
1. EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE - The Police
tape ran out before Jay introduced 99.5 half-song: BANG THE DRUM ALL DAY - Todd Rundgren

Download the three PDF files below for an official list of the WLOL's Top 99-1/2 of 1983, plus two neato items from Jay Philpott's weekly countdown on WLOL.