MEMORY TAPES: FEBRUARY 11TH 2011 (VALENTINE'S MIX)

This week's memory tape goes all the way back to Valentine's Day 1989, and it comes from Tez Smith in Bath.

The tape was an attempt to entice the object of Tez's affections. I'll let Tez tell the rest.

I had landed PhD studentship in the Pharmacology Department of prestigious London medical school (Charing Cross and Westminster) and suffered severe bout of 'imposter syndrome' as I, a no-good indie Freakenstein, mixed it up beside academics with brains which could go a couple of rounds with Stephen Fry's grey matter.

I took on test-tube cleaning responsibilities of one particular medical student (Sarah) with an inexhaustible supply of black leggings (this is very much a pre-jeggings era we're dealing with) and a penchant for The Smiths, both traits being unique amongst the medical student fraternity. Before you can say Fairy Powerspray, we're visiting galleries, hitting Wendy May's Locomotion and choosing the Wedding Present, that's Gedges ensemble, not the John Lewis variety.

The tape, compiled for 1989's Valentine, was part of a package which included a Warehouse blouse onto which I sewed mother-of-pearl buttons....smitten or what? It seemed to do the trick as we eventually tied the knot at Westminster Register Office and have been together since, with the addition of an Archie, now age 11.

The songs are a selection of glam rock and indie goo with a winter warmer thrown in from Wakefield's finest, Fiat Lux. Enjoy

Side A

There She Goes - The La's

Run - New Order

Wednesday Week - The Undertones

All Tomorrow's Parties - Japan

Each and Every One - ETBG

Forest Fire - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

Jesus Wants Me - The Vaselines

Party Girl - Elvis Costello

Serenade - Roxy Music

Nothing Less Than Brilliant - Sandie Shaw

I Wish U Heaven - Prince

Prettiest Star - David Bowie

Carrickfergus - Bryan Ferry

Side B

Some Things Don't Matter - Ben Watt

Valentine - Darling Buds

Just Like Honey - JAMC

L.O.V.E. - Orange Juice

Hang Down Your Head/Time - Tom Waits

There's A Light - The Smiths

Plain Sailing - Tracey Thorn

Scholarship Is The Enemy of Romance - Billy Bragg

All of My Heart - ABC

Feels Like Winter - Fiat Lux

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - Soft Cell

Lady Grinning Soul - David Bowie

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