MEMORY TAPES: 29TH JUNE 2012

This week contributor on Memory Tapes is Tim Holmes, who writes...

"C90s played a huge part in my youth - I loved receiving tapes, looking at their (generally hand-made) covers and listening to the contents. Quite often the tracks that I initially disliked turned out to be favourites - something that I regret about being able to listen to almost anything at random (I think Simon Reynolds is spot on writing about the poverty of abundance).

"The tape that I'm proposing for Memory Tapes was made by a band mate, dear friend and music genius, whilst I was in hospital having a severe depression episode. The music really did help my recovery. Rather ominously the tape was volume 1. Thankfully, although I have periods of depression, volume 2 has never been made! The tape was made by Tim Farthing who, after the break up of our band Gutless, has gone on to play with Rob Ellis, Polly Harvey and his brother Roo.

"The tape is knocking on for 20 years old now so a little bit stretched in places due to rewinding, but still an excellent record of what was happening largely under the radar at the time."

If you were in to lo-fi-ish, jangly guitar bands in the early 90s, you're gonna get a little misty eyed over this tracklisting. Look:

SIDE 1:

Superhero - Smudge

The Bell Foundry - Bivouac

Something for Joey - Mercury Rev

Just Not Moving - Arcwelder

Back On Me - Urge Overkill

Cattle & Cane - Go-Betweens

Away From Me - Moving Targets

Cliche - Sebadoh

Radio - Teenage Fanclub

Missing You - Smudge

My Kimono - Polvo

JC Auto (live) - Sugar

Chicken Head Bone Sucker - Babe The Blue Ox

SIDE 2:

Deaf As A Bat - The Jesus Lizard

History Lesson Part II - The Minutemen

Straight To You - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Days - The Screaming Trees

Bright - God's Eye

Coat - Chokebore

Tex - Guzzard

I Don't Wanna Go Out - X

First Hits - Don Caballero

Macaque - Failure

Girl song - Dis

Make Room - Helmet

Bad Box -Tar

No No Man Part 2 - Steven Jesse Bernstein

The Money Will Roll Right In - Mudhoney

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