I absolutely loved this tape back in 1984. I ported most of it onto a couple of cassettes and it really was the sound track of my last few weeks as an undergraduate and graduand at Keele…and then the early part of my time there as a students’ union sabbatical.
Paul’s tapes were always an eclectic mix – this one is uber-eclectic, with new wave, ska, funk, soul-jazz and a heap of psychedelia all mixed in. I have really been enjoying revisiting it and racking up a high quality version of the old tape in digital form.
I’m new to YouTube Music and the ability to save and share playlists through my premium YouTube subscription. I’d be interested to learn how friends experience it. I’m assuming that those of you who have YouTube Premium will simply be able to click through the image and enjoy the playlist in peace, whereas those of you who do not will receive constant reminders that YouTube Premium is a good idea and possibly be pestered with other ads too. I’d like to know.
I’m hoping this YouTube service is good enough for me to collate other such tapes into playlists and share them with those who like this sort of thing.
For those who like researching old manuscripts, here is the document from which I retrieved the full list. I have made the typed list also a clickable link to the playlist itself, just in case you missed the picture link above.
Dive down that rabbit hole and have a listen – you know you want to.
Thanks again for the tape, Paul. A gift that is still giving 40 years later.