Hello and Welcome Back... For Those Who Are New To This Site (Bonus Album Of The Week)
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 is Tape 3
The year was 1983, I was 13 and in Year 7 High School (Hello Campbelltown High,
where the barb wire is pointed on the inside to keep the students in... A joke we used to say)
Probably the best part of 1983 for me, was going to my Nan's for the weekend.
I was a little shithead in my teen years (ask my mother), very restless and a very
short attention span which sadly, used to drive my poor mum nuts, so she sent
me off to my Nan's for a little R & R.
At my Nan's, I was allowed to borrow her transistor radio at night and I would lay
awake listening to the radio as i was shit scared that something was under my bed, I listened to radio stations like 2UW, Magic11(later became 2CH) & 2SM
(Rock of the 80s)
My Nan's Radio (Pic Below)
I swear my Nan's house was haunted, it was always ice cold, even in summer and had a real creepy vibe to it.
As a 13yo kid, I was privy to these sorts of things...
Something felt bad in that house and it wasn't my Nan snoring.. Was it haunted or was it just my over active imagination?.. Anyhow, the house was at 21 Colonial St, Campbelltown, NSW.. Let me know if you have lived there and if its haunted..
Sadly, 1983 was also the year I ended up with chicken pox, that was bloody horrible..
Moving on..
This Mixtape was recorded on my Dads stereo system, all components were made in Japan
(as most stereo systems in 1983 were) mostly when he wasn't home.
His stereo system was a mix of Denon, Ikel, Kenwood & Technics.
The speakers alone cost $3500... In 1983, that was alot of money.
Probably why my mum divorced him. (Headphones, Dad.. Headphones)
Using his stereo, I would have to make sure all the settings were exactly in the right spot when I finished recording but one day, about 20mins after he got home, I would hear him scream 'Who's been
f*cken playing with my stereo' booming thru the house and up the street, as it seems I
forgot to set the tape counter back to 0000..
Most of the tracks on this mixtape were from my dads record collection, some were from radio stations like 'Triple M' / '2SM' recording the song when the DJ's would stop talking, seriously I think they talked through the intro of the songs on purpose
I have remastered the tracks in stunning FLAC EXpanded Frequency so the music sounds 'Palpable'
Some of the tracks you may not recognize, but once you listen, you will go 'Oh Yeah, I Remember This'
TRACK-LIST
01. Missing Persons - Destination Unknown
02. F.R. David - Words
03. Jackson Browne - Lawyers in Love
04. Chris De Burgh - Don't Pay The Ferryman
05. Robin Gibb - Juliet
06. Shakin Stevens - Cry Just A Little Bit
07. Monte Video & The Cassettes - Shoop Shoop (Club Mix)
08. The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer
09. Huey Lewis - Heart and Soul
10. The Call - The Walls Came Down
11. Marianne Faithfull - Running For Our Lives
12. The Little Heroes - Bon Voyage
13. The Kinks - Come Dancing
14. Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers - Islands In the Stream
15. Toto Coelo - Dracula's Tango
16. The Belle Stars - Sign of the Times
17. Donna Summer - State of Independence
18. Haysi Fantayzee - Shiny Shiny
LINKS = MUSIC - FLAC EX (557mb), VIDEO - MP4 (510mb)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IyBrZhdFxeOAC6ZCdbTFS09arYA_NqX3?usp=sharing (Music Album)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yhmoMza1l3G_0u0-XJ514DDQ5TPFBRSR?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 and also some videos are louder than others
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