MEMORY TAPES: 17TH DECEMBER 2010

Memory Tapes this week takes us back to the summer of '86 and reminds Sue Sellers' of how her journey across the Atlantic led to this amazing compilation, as well as a very special relationship.

Sue in Bristol writes:

"It was August 1986 and I was heading off to San Francisco for a year to work as an au pair. My friend Bruce gave me the three tapes and that I was instructed to listen to on the plane. Each track I heard I thought, "This is the one for the radio"; then I'd move on to the next and think the same! It really does still sound great".

"I came back from San Francisco in 1987 and we had Jess in 1988, married Bruce in 1989 in San Francisco City Hall and we had Martha (there's another song - Tom Waits) in 1991. We're still together all these years later".

The tracklisting is:

Quiet side:

1.The Man With The Child In His Eyes - Kate Bush

2.Puit D'Amour - Bronski Beat

3.Pale Blue Eyes - REM

4.Strawberry dross - Captain Sensible

5.Trust - New Model Army

6.Stand by Me - Ben E King

7.Spin So Slow - Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin

8.Be my number 2 - Joe Jackson

9.Total Control - The Motels

10.Somebody - Depeche Mode

11.Moments in Love - Art Of Noise

12.Reminisce Part 2 - Dexy's Midnight Runners

13.Fever - The Cramps

14.Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Reading

Un-quiet side:

1.Sun'arise - Rolf Harris

2.Another Girl Another Planet - The Only Ones

3.Stingray - Stingray

4.It's Hard To Believe I'm Not - Captain Sensible

5.Ain't Misbehaving - Louis Armstrong

6.Uncertain Smile - The The

7.Up Against The Wall - Tom Robinson Band

8.What's So Funny About Love Peace And Understanding - Nick Lowe

9.Keep A Knocking - Little Richard

10.I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow

11.Forever Now - Psychedelic Furs

12.Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush

13.A Forest - The Cure

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