An evening with the mix tape box
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Early last year, much to the amusement of the Significant Other and my family, I dedicated a substantial part of my suitcase to carting my complete collection of lovingly compiled mix tapes back to the UK from Australia.
After a recent post on this site about vinyl brought up the subject of mix tapes (with many thanks to The Ill Man) I found myself getting nostalgic about mine and thinking that after all that effort, I really should play the damn things.
So I have just spent a pleasant evening rifling through the mix tape box and thought I would share a couple of my favourite sides. These were put together by myself around 1992/3 and I think they provide a delightful reminder of those often forgotten pre-Britpop 90s.
Unnamed mix tape #1, Side B
[where the young Cocktails and Records rocks out and dips her toes into 80s alt. rock]
1. Bastards of Young - The Replacements
2. F-Sharp - Nude Swirl [yes, who?!]
3. Killing in the Name Of - Rage Against the Machine [why, oh why, what a rubbish song]
4. Sliver - Nirvana
5. Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely - Hüsker Dü
6. The Honeymoon is Over - The Cruel Sea
7. Her Jazz - Huggy Bear
8. Supermodel Superficial - Voodoo Queens
9. Aloha Steve and Danno - Radio Birdman [top Australian (kind of) punk track from 1977]
Unnamed mix tape #2, Side A
[where the young Cocktails and Records reads the NME too much and goes all fey]
1. We Are Not Adult Oriented - Stereolab
2. Run - Spiritualised
3. Slow Emotion Replay - The The
4. I Hang Suspended - The Boo Radleys
5. Defective - Medicine
6. [an unidentified and unmemorable song by Boyfriend labeled '???']
7. Why Are People Grudgeful? - The Fall
8. Razamatazz - Pulp
9. Carwash Hair - Mercury Rev
10. Dream all Day - The Posies [forgotten classic of the 'power pop' genre]
11. Alison - Slowdive
