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

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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