MEMORY TAPES: 29TH JULY 2011

This week's Memory Tapes is a thing of beauty, and a story of a friend going above and beyond on the mix tape front - just look at the hand-drawn cover!

It's the handy work of one Julia Calderwood, who writes...

"I was inspired to create a 'mix tape' for one of my best friends as she is about to leave the country and travel around the world with her boyfriend without getting on a plane! Knowing that any extra space in her bag would be limited I thought an ideal leaving present would be a compilation CD, so that the tracks could be loaded onto an MP3 player and taken with them wherever they go.

"Inspired by their 'no flying' trip I compiled a CD containing some of my favourite tracks, but where all of the song titles or lyrics linked together to create a narrative of the trip they are about to embark on. I got creative to produce all of the artwork for the CD and accompanying story and recently presented it to them at their leaving party.

"They both loved it, and although I am going to miss them loads while they are away it's great to know a little bit of my musical influence will be travelling with them!"

Massive work Julia; here's the cover:

And the tracks are:

1. Goodbye England - Laura Marling

2. Last Of The Melting Snow - The Leisure Society

3. See The World - The Kooks

4. Have Love Will Travel - The Black Keys

5. Flying - The Beatles

6. Last Boat To America - David Gray

7. Fake Tales Of San Francisco - Arctic Monkeys

8. No Cars Go - Arcade Fire

9. Night Train - Louis Prima

10. How Will I Ever Find My Way Home - British Sea Power

11. Homesick - Kings Of Convenience

12. Far From Home - Nick Cave

13. Gotta Keep Moving - Willy Mason

14. True Adventures - British Sea Power

15. Take Care - Beach House

16. Little Journey - The Avalanches

17. That's My Home - LouisArmstrong

If you'd like to submit your Memory Tape, then email Lauren today! Or whenever is convenient.