1981 - LOST HITS MIXTAPE (FLAC EX - CD Quality Music Download) + VIDEO Version (2024) (Re-UP)

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During the early 80s, i spent my time, when i could, recording various mix-tapes which i later found around 2018 while cleaning out some stuff in a shoe-box in my sock drawer

So i decided to re-record these old tapes using various CDs while reminiscing about my life when the tapes were made. 

Each tape tells a story about what was happening in my life as a young boy growing up in Campbelltown, South West of Sydney in Australia in the 80s

This was the first tape I recorded. I stole borrowed one of my Dads tapes and using a bit of sticky tape, I re-recorded over it (sorry Dad). Most of the songs that I recorded on this tape was from my Dads music collection as most radios in 1981 were still in Mono unless you were rich and could afford a stereo tuner as only 2 stations broadcast in stereo, which were Triple M & 2 Day FM.

1981, What a year.. Right?

Actually, I was 11, and the only good things in my life was my cat 'Tikka' (pic below) and escaping to the next door neighbors, who's swimming pool I would frequently jump into, often climbing out my bedroom window much to the disgust of my little sister who had locked all the doors to keep me in.

I was in Year 5 in Primary School and life was shit...

Bullied by asshole's (funnily enough, who now want to be Facebook friends with me... go figure), nasty teachers that didn't get that i just couldn't sit still for 2 hours in some crappy assembly, off to the principles office again... sadly it was a vicious cycle.

The one thing that had to keep my sanity, was my dads love for music... Some of the music was really good and for Christmas, I got a gift of music. (Thanks Mum/Dad)

A few years earlier, I had got for Christmas, a Panasonic shoe-box tape recorder and two tapes, one tape was the best of  'The Animals' (think 'House of Rising Sun').
The second tape was one that changed my life. It was a synthesizer album called 'The Electronic System' by a bloke called 'Dan Lacksman' who in the 80s, became the man behind the outfit 'Telex' (think 'Moskow Diskow' & 'Twist a Saint Tropez')

The Electronic System opened my eyes and ears to Synthesizers and was a main inspiration to create this website.. Electronic80s

That's right folks, amongst the tears, regular beatings, wanting to escape from life...This website is built on a simple cassette tape that started around 1978 & continued into the 80s.. 

My escape listening to that electronic tape took away all the crap..for a little while..

Moving On

Like I said, my Dad had a pretty good taste in music and while he was at work, (he was a Train Driver) I created this Mix-tape from an old tape he didn't need (well he didn't notice it missing.. I Think) 

The album on offer is the 2022 '1981 - Lost Hits Mix-Tape' in CD Quality FLAC EXpanded Frequency Format, exclusive to Electronic80s.. Also added in 2024, the video collection of songs.

TRACK-LIST

01.  The Members - Radio
02.  The Fixx - Stand Or Fall
03.  Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
04.  Johnny Warman - Screaming Jets
05.  Rush - Tom Sawyer
06.  Jackson Browne - Somebody's Baby
07.  Cliff Richard - The Only Way Out
08.  Paul McCartney - Take It Away
09.  Aneka - Japanese Boy
10.  Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours
11.  Eddie Rabbitt - I Love A Rainy Night
12.  John Lennon - Watching the Wheels
13.  Billy Joel - Pressure
14.  Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
15.  Spandau Ballet - Confused
16.  The Bureau - Only For Sheep
17.  Donnie Iris - Ah Leah
18.  Mi-Sex - Falling In And Out
19.  The Dugites - Waiting

 

LINKS = MUSIC - FLAC EX) (622mb), VIDEO - MP4 (603mb) 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VhMzpPe_PhIN6GgkETxzI0GJuo16wq3d?usp=sharing (Music Album)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r2BBJTs0lvEUZq84EXSWTsLTzYV1vEbZ?usp=sharing (Video Album)

Be Patient with the download, it could take a while depending on your internet speed..

Stream or Download (on the google drive page, click the down arrow next to the name of the album to download and save to your computer)

 

Note = not all videos are on the video version that on the audio version, mostly because lack of video

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