MEMORY TAPES: 18TH JANUARY 2013

This week's guest for Memory Tapes is Stuart Fletcher, who writes...

"I was home for Christmas and rooting through old boxes under my old bed at my Mom and Dad's house and found some wonderful compilations made for me in 1997, one from my best friend at the time for my birthday and the second by the girl I was seeing who lived miles away in Doncaster (I was in Birmingham).

"I was blown away by the effort put in to making these things look so good.

"The tape 'Born to Entertain' was a birthday present from Peter Green, singer of The Sweet Nothings who Lammo played a few times last year. We used to be in the Regulars together who were great wee band but we got nowhere. I haven't seen him in three or four years but we still talk on the phone, mainly about music, West Bromwich Albion and Grimsby Town."

The tracklisting is:

SIDE ONE:

Even As We Speak - Getting Faster

The Wedding Present - Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft

Daryll-Ann - I Could Never Love You

The Only Ones - Why Don't You Kill Yourself

Televison - See No Evil

Housemartins - Me And The Farmer

Darling Buds - Burst

The Primatives - Thru The Flowers

Springfields - Sunflower

The Byrds - All I Really Want To Do

Jasmine Minks - Cold Heart

Luna - Ride Into The Sun

SIDE TWO:

Belle & Sebastian - You Made Me Forget My Dreams

Robyn Hitchcock - Vegetation and Dimes

Sea Urchins - Please Don't Cry

Big Star - Thank You Friends

Buzzcocks - Why Can't I Touch It?

Broadcast - The Book Lovers

REM - New Test Leper

East River Pipe - Bring On The Loser

Inspiral Carpets - Party In The Sky

Spacemen 3 - Feel So Sad

Julian Cope - Las Vegas Basement

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