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YouTube video by 4AD Belly - Seal My Fate (Official Video)

Music for a Mixtape...

The song "Seal My Fate" appeared on the 1995 Belly album King.
The band features front person Tanya Donelly. Donelly formed the band after her time in Throwing Muses, and later, Breeders.

YouTube video by Raymond JE Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name - 1993

Music for a... revolution.

Music for a mixtape.
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YouTube video by PJ Harvey - Topic M-Bike (4-Track Demo Version)

Music for a mixtape... 🎧

PJ Harvey released 4 Track Demos in 1993 and featured the track M-Bike. ❤️
#music #mixtape

You'll have to dig into that theory!

YouTube video by Juan C Marioni Big Star-04-I am the cosmos-Columbia-Live at Missouri 4/25/93

@mixtapevault.bsky.social recently posted the original version of this song…it got me thinking about how The Posies’ 1992 cover of it may have paved the way for the 1993 Big Star reunion

YouTube video by Wipers - Topic Over the Edge

Music for a mixtape...

Formed in 1978, Wipers were a seminal punk band from Portland. They were highly influential on the developing Northwest music scene for bands such as Nirvana.
The song Over the Edge was released in 1983 on the full length album of the same name.

#music #punk

YouTube video by NEA ZIXNH Deep Purple - Highway Star 1972 Video HQ

Metal for a mixtape...

Formed in 1969, Deep Purple are an English band with roots in prog rock and heavy metal.
"Highway Star" is the first track off the 1972 album Machine Head.

#music #metal #progrock #deeppurple

YouTube video by BlondieVEVO Blondie - Atomic (Official Music Video)

Music for a mixtape...

In 1979, Blondie released their album Eat to the Beat. Atomic was one of the singles from that album.
While the band have enjoyed lots of commercial breakthrough success, they were an important part of the 1970s NYC punk scene where they got their start.
#music #newwave

YouTube video by Gary Numan - Topic Are 'Friends' Electric?

Music for a mixtape...

"Are 'Friends' Electric?" was written by Gary Numan for his band Tubeway Army.
It appeared on the 1979 album Replicas.
Numan fronted and wrote the music for Tubeway Army, but soon after dropped the band name, releasing his music eponymously.
#music #postpunk #newwave

YouTube video by viagra boys Viagra Boys - Just Like You (Official Video)

Contemporary music for a mixtape...

Some new music is mixtape worthy even in a time where most people aren't making mixtapes in the old school sense of the word.

Viagra Boys "Just Like You".

#music #postpunk #viagraboys

YouTube video by 4AD This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren (Official Video)

Music for a mixtape...

This Mortal Coil's haunting cover of Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren" (1970). It was released in 1983, eight years after Buckley's death, and featured Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins) on vocals.
Fraser would later be connected to Tim's son, Jeff Buckley.
#music #mixtape

YouTube video by SpaceOdyssee0 Television - Marquee Moon

Music for a mixtape...

Television formed out of the 1970s NY rock scene.
Fronted by Tom Verlaine, they were one of the earliest bands to play CBGB's and were part of a scene that would help influence punk, post punk and new wave to come.

Marquee Moon is one of their best known and beloved songs.

The mixtape was not only a way to capture favourite songs.
It was a way to communicate and share music with friends and people we cared about.
It was an art form that took skill to get *right*. The right mix of thematic songs fading into each other seamlessly, all carefully curated by music lovers.

YouTube video by MisterBouncyBounce Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) Squeeze

The English band Squeeze released the album Argybargy in 1980. It featured their iconic hit "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)".
It remains one of their most popular and #mixtape worthy tracks.
#music #newwave

YouTube video by riparapa Death - Keep on Knocking (1976)

Music for a mixed tape...

Formed in the early 1970s by the Hackney brothers, Death are an influential proto punk band out of Detroit.
Their current lineup includes both original members and Urian Hackney (son of original singer Bobby Hackney).

YouTube video by Exit Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods (Music Video)

Song for a mixed tape...

Gang of Four are an influential English post punk band who have been active since the 70s.
While their lineup has changed over the years, the band plays together and still tours.
"Damaged Goods" was released in 1978 as their first single.

So what songs would have made it on to your old school mixed tapes or CDs?

YouTube video by Chris Bell - Topic I Am The Cosmos (Original Version)

Mixed tape song of the day...