Men At Work
Cargo
Columbia Records
1983
This gem is turning 40 this spring and I’m still a fan of Colin Hay. Great song writing!
#TBT #Cassette Men At Work, Cargo, 1983
Category: TBT Cassettes
Rewinding back at the Cassette Era.
#TBT #Cassette Meat Puppets, Radio Meat Promo, 1994
Meat Puppets
Radio Meat Promo
London Records
1994
Here’s a radio promotion-only cassette version of Kurt Cobain’s favorite band, The Meat Puppets. This is actually a group of tracks from the “Too High To Die” album.
Even though CDs were king by 1994, record labels were still sending advanced copies of new releases to radio program directors and music directors on cassette, correctly assuming that most of us still drove cars with cassette players!
#TBT #Cassette: The Who, Face Dances, 1981
The Who
Face Dances
Warner Bros
1981
This is a very rare example of a cassette that has a different cover than the LP record. And Face Dances is a great album, even without Keith Moon…
#TBT #Cassette Violent Femmes, 1983
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Slash Records
1983
After a long hiatus, I thought it might be fun to return to Throw Back Thursday with some of my favorite albums. Only now instead of sharing some of my favorite vinyl, let’s look at some cassettes. Come on, you know you miss them!
Check out this cassette of The Violent Femmes‘ first. It was played about 1 Million times since I bought it in ’83.
“I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record. Oh yeah?”
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