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What's in the Box?
The Box in question is the glovebox of my car, home to my extremely motley tape collection. By the time I owned a car with a tape player tapes were on the way out and most of my music was in CD format. However, charity shops were practically giving tapes away, which meant that I bought rapaciously and eclectically. A half-remembered 80s band who once released a single I'd liked a little ? A band I'd vaguely heard of ? An unknown group with good cover art ? Bring them on.
Of course, the net result is that I've ended up with a tape collection which any music-lover would be slightly ashamed of. There was a relatively narrow window (late 70s to later 80s) when tapes were big news, and my horde represents that. However, in amongst the terrible pop I've found some gems and I reckon its time to come clean about my guilty musical secrets.
Today in The Box we have:
Shakespears Sister - Hormonally Yours
Well, according to the sticker, I paid 50p for this album. I think it's one of my best charity-shop finds, and I keep intending to buy "a proper copy", by which I mean one on a less-defunct format.
I seem to remember violently disliking Stay - the album's big hit single - when it was in the charts. I have to say, I'm still not that enamoured with it and am not clear why it was a bigger hit than the vastly superior Hello (Turn Your Radio On). Maybe it was the scary gothed-out video.
Anyway, this is actually a genuinely high-quality album in The Box. I think this week's track was a single but I'm too lazy to check. It's a proper jaunty sing-along.
Shakespears Sister - I Don't Care
[Poll #1242352]
What's in the Box?
The Box in question is the glovebox of my car, home to my extremely motley tape collection. By the time I owned a car with a tape player tapes were on the way out and most of my music was in CD format. However, charity shops were practically giving tapes away, which meant that I bought rapaciously and eclectically. A half-remembered 80s band who once released a single I'd liked a little ? A band I'd vaguely heard of ? An unknown group with good cover art ? Bring them on.
Of course, the net result is that I've ended up with a tape collection which any music-lover would be slightly ashamed of. There was a relatively narrow window (late 70s to later 80s) when tapes were big news, and my horde represents that. However, in amongst the terrible pop I've found some gems and I reckon its time to come clean about my guilty musical secrets.
Today in The Box we have:
Shakespears Sister - Hormonally Yours
Well, according to the sticker, I paid 50p for this album. I think it's one of my best charity-shop finds, and I keep intending to buy "a proper copy", by which I mean one on a less-defunct format.
I seem to remember violently disliking Stay - the album's big hit single - when it was in the charts. I have to say, I'm still not that enamoured with it and am not clear why it was a bigger hit than the vastly superior Hello (Turn Your Radio On). Maybe it was the scary gothed-out video.
Anyway, this is actually a genuinely high-quality album in The Box. I think this week's track was a single but I'm too lazy to check. It's a proper jaunty sing-along.
Shakespears Sister - I Don't Care
[Poll #1242352]
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Date: 2008-08-15 03:37 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-08-15 09:00 pm (UTC)(May 10th 1992, was in the charts for 6 weeks and got to number 7)
This was back in the days before I saw the light and converted to Radio 2, of course :-)
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Date: 2008-08-17 06:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-18 12:04 pm (UTC)£3.00 + £1.24 shipping - I love amazon second hand/alternative sellers !
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Date: 2008-08-21 08:01 am (UTC)