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Transmission celebrates 1984

Andy Summers and Sting of The Police performing onstage during the Synchronicity tour in Auckland, New Zealand, on February 29, 1984.
Andy Summers and Sting of The Police performing onstage during the Synchronicity tour in Auckland, New Zealand, on February 29, 1984.Shelley Watson/Getty Images
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by Jake Rudh

October 13, 2023

This week, I am here to talk to you about 1984. No, not the George Orwell novel. I'm talking about the year in music. Of course, Rolling Stone magazine recently went on record as saying 1984 was the greatest year ever for pop music. So I'm basically going to reinforce that this week by not only playing some of the best pop releases of that year, but college rock and modern rock records that stand up against the test of time as well.

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