MEMORY TAPES: 8TH OCTOBER 2010

Your Memory Tapes this week is a tale of boy meets girl, boy makes mix tape, gets girl interested in indie music; it's a well trodden path...

This particular story belongs to Carly Henry who writes....

"It was made for me by an ex boyfriend way back in 1990, when I was a mere 15 year old girl.

"I had just started getting into indie music, having been introduced to The Sugarcubes by my third cousin. And so when I started going out with David who was three years older than me, he made me a tape of the kind of stuff that he was listening to at the time.

"I still have the tape which is so geniusly named 'Various Artists' although side A is named 'Various Groove Mix' and side B is named 'Various Super Bonus Mix'"

Here's what the tape looks like:

And the tracklisting is:

Side A

Arnie and the Terminators (but only a wee snippet, thankfully!)

Flowered Up - It's On (which became one of 'our songs')

Pixies - Alison

Wedding Present - Kennedy

Wedding Present - It's Not Unusual

Definition of Sound - Love Like Heaven

Ultra Vivid Scene - How do you think it Feels

Skin Games - Heaven Blessed

Jesus Jones - Real Real

James - Come Home

House of Love - Hedonist

P.W.E.I - Candyosis

Stranglers - Get a Grip of Yourself

See See Rider - She Sings Alone

Side B

Lush - De-Luxe

Pixes - Here Comes Your Man

REM - Stand

Sex Pistols - E.M.I

Prince - Alphabet St.

Breeders - I was a Painter

B'52s - Rock Lobster

Pixes - Monkeys Gone to Heaven

Inspiral Carpets - Walk Before You Crawl

Ride - Want to Know

World of Twist - The Storm

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