Records from A to Z

I used to buy a lot of singles. As I bought them, I recorded them onto an alphabetically arranged sequence of cassette tapes, for ease of listening. I’ve always been a bit of a late adopter, but now that I’ve got access to Spotify, I’ve revisited some of those old tapes, and started to replicate the contents of those tapes as closely as possible as playlists, again for ease of listening.

There are a few gaps in transmission which may be filled at some point. [Update – they are now!] The date indicates when the tape was compiled. Most of the songs on each tape were from that date or thereabouts but some songs were from older singles or albums that I happened to find, or be listening to at that time.

I thought I’d post this up on Record Store Day 2020 for anyone who might like to peruse someone else’s record collection. There’s a longer explanation here:

The Alphabet Tapes

Tape A – 1982
Tape B – 1985
Tape C – 1988
Extended Mixes – 1988
Tape D – 1989
Tape G – 1989
Tape H – 1990
Tape K – 1990
Tape M – 1990
Tape O – 1990
Tape P – 1991
Tape Q – 1992
Tape R – 1992
Tape S – 1993
Tape T – 1993
Tape U – 1995
Tape V – 1996
Tape W – 1996
Tape X – 1997
Tape Y – 1997
Tape Z – 1997
Is this what they want? – 1997
I Love Rock-n-Roll – 1999
Millennium Forever – 2000
“Getting Away With It” – 2001
Head over Heels – 2003
Summer Thyme – 2004
Radio Musicola – 2006

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