ELECTRONIC 80s - by Michael Bailey: 1992 - LOST HITS MIXTAPE (Re-Recorded FLAC EX)

Monday, January 24, 2022

1992 - LOST HITS MIXTAPE (Re-Recorded FLAC EX)

Hello and Welcome back... A Wise Man Once Said 'What Goes Up Must Come Down'

And from me, 1992, was just that...

The first part of 1992 started well... I was living in my own flat with my super hot girlfriend at the time, I finally got rid of my POS (Piece of Shit) Hyundai (car) and brought a real car..

But, by the end of 1992...
I would be homeless
Living in my car
Single
Have my flat broken into and trashed
Nearly beaten up
My grandfather had a heart attack and later died

But there was a light at the the end of this very dark tunnel and her name was Kathleen (more about her later)

So, the start of 1992 seen me trade in my death trap Hyundai (See 1991 here) and buy a real car.. well, that was the idea. (my mom was horrified)

I ended up buying a 5ltr V8 1985 VK Commodore... The ultimate 'hoon' car
This thing was a beast and was Veeeeery loud. (similar to pic below, just without the fancy wheels)

When getting up at 3am to go to work, i would 'rattle' the neighbors windows while getting beasty started.
I eventually had to roll the car down the hill where there was no houses / units and start up her up there...

It was a fun car to drive, but with one small problem...

This car chewed petrol like nothing else... I was tearing up around $30 a day in fuel to get to work and back, and when you only get a small pay packet (rent, food, bills, etc,etc) you really started to notice how much i was paying out.

It was around this time that i was getting reports from various friends that my car was seen doing the rounds but with a female driver... around the time i was asleep it seems

It was also around this time that little things were starting eat away at me... I was still struggling with pain from my accident, side effects from my medication, jealousy, arguments, ect, ect...Sadly, i was not in a good place mentally and i began to take it out on my girlfriend, i didn't beat her or anything, nothing like that...i was just in pain and not a nice person to be around at times...

Lets face it folks, we were going downhill...

Sadly, we broke up..

And so, started the downward spiral...

One day while i was at work, Jodie came and got her things. she still had her key and let herself in.

It was also the day that my unit was trashed and basically anything of value was stolen.

When i got home i asked my very nosy neighbor if he had heard / seen anything but no he hadn't... mind you, this bloke could hear a pin drop a mile away and would be inviting himself and his kids into my unit in 3 sec flat.

It was also around that time that i saw my beloved Roland SH101 Synthesizer sitting on his kitchen table.
'Oh, i saw it when the door was left open so i grabbed it for Safe Keeping'... Hmmmm

A few days later, while i was still in a mess from losing my girlfriend (i really did love her), i came home from work and found my neighbor standing near my front door with a baseball bat, his mates was swinging a chain and his other mate, a large knife..

Sure, i had beaten death twice before in a car accident but this took some friendly banter and jokes on my behalf to calm the situation down...

That was the last straw for me, i grabbed what little possessions i had left and left that place, never to return.

The next few weeks i spent sleeping in my car close to work.

I worked in a factory so if i missed a few showers, i didn't matter... Thankfully a lovely lady that worked in the office where i worked, could see i was not going well and offered a place to stay with her son...

The next few months was spent basically working, crying, sleeping, crying, working, crying, etc, etc (you get the picture)

This is where the second part of the Mixtape was made... It was not uncommon to hear certain songs,(Thanks Bryan Adams / Bruce Springsteen), me stopped on the side of the road, balling my eyes out, wondering if i could get any worse.

And a few weeks later, my grandfather who i loved and looked up to, suffered a heart-attack and passed away.

This was possibly the lowest point in my life.

It gets better, i promise :)

One day after finishing work, i bumped into a girl that i had met a few years earlier in 1990.
She was catching the same bus as i was after my accident (reduced hours meant a later bus than normal) and we decided to catch up

Her name was Kathleen.

It was also around this time that i found a granny flat of my own where i could let my emotions loose without the strange looks of nearby people.

This girl, Kathleen was my rock. She listened to me for hours on end and helped me sort my shit out... She became my best friend

Then around the start on 1993, Kathleen moved in with me into my dinky little flat

I was finally getting my shit together...Next step was to get rid of my gas guzzling Holden Commodore and brought, probably, my most fav car..

I brought a Honda Prelude (2nd gen).. This was an amazing car and i loved driving it.

It had everything a young man could possibly want... Sunroof, pop up headlights, sleek, small rubber wing, decent engine and it looked really nice (similar to the car below)

Sadly, there was just one problem... It stalled.
The engine had twin carburetors and i don't know if this was the cause but it had a little gremlin that if you put your foot down quickly, instead of taking off, you would stall... :(

I didn't care, i loved driving this car and i started to enjoy life again...

But it was something i learned to live with and knew not to take silly risks.. besides, it had pop up headlights... yay

I was now living in my little granny flat which was behind a house in Greenacre, NSW and it was dinky.

By the end of 1993, we were engaged to get married.

I waited till she was peeling onions for dinner and i asked her to marry me...
And she said YES..
Problem was, i wasn't sure if she was crying because of the marriage proposal or the onions doing their thing.. but she seemed happy so i don't think it was the onions.

This mixtape was a emotional rollercoaster, with several songs at the time bringing me to tears as emotions got a hold of me... blame it on the onions.. (Hey, i'm only human)

2022 Update = Im still married to Kathleen and have 4 kids.. I was told by a doctor that i couldn't have kids due to damage done to pelvis and other 'bits' in the bike accident but hey, never stop believing and yes, they're mine..My daughter is a splitting image of me (is that a good thing or bad thing?...hmmm)

TRACK-LIST
01. Shanice - I Love Your Smile
02. Sabrina Johnston - Peace
03. 2 Unlimited - Magic Friend
04. Utah Saints - Something Good
05. Naughty By Nature - O.P.P.
06. M DJ Mad - R.E.S.P.E.C.T
07. Euphoria - One In A Million
08. Amy Grant - Good For Me
09. Def Leppard - Have You Ever Wanted Someone So Bad
10. Kim Wilde - Love Is Holy
11. Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch
12. Bryan Adams - Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven
13. Jon Secada - Just Another Day
14. Mr Big - To Be With You
15. Rick Price - Not A Day Goes By
16. Diesel - Tip Of My Tongue
17. Toni Pearen - In Your Room
18. Guns N' Roses - November Rain (Video Version) (Bonus Track)
19. Golden Girls - Kinetic (Frank De Wulf Remix) (Bonus Track)