Brian's World: Mix Tapes

I suppose this page is mostly for myself, but I thought some may find it interesting to browse through. This is basically just a list of my 50-60 mix tapes I've made throughout the years. I usually date my mix/various artist tapes so I know later when I made them. It's interesting to look back 5-10 years later and see basically what you were really into at that tapes particular time. A musical time capsule if you will.
I rarely listen to cassettes anymore. Most of these tapes haven't been listened to in a several years (other than recently while compiling this list). They have stood up well over time and most still sound great and have brought me great joy and fond memories while listening to them. I've rediscovered lots of stuff I had forgotten about. Since I don't listen to them anymore and I need to clear out some space in my room I am gonna get rid of most of them. If you would like to purchase one of the tapes listed below then let me know. In most cases they are all in very good/excellent condition (unless otherwise noted).

IMO SAMPLER 2: Various Artists Volume 7
Date Created: September 1989
Tape Type: Maxell UDX-II (CrO2) - 60 min.
note: there are sound effects recorded between some songs.

Side A

1. Midge Ure - Just For You
2. The Fixx - Are We Ourselves
3. Holly Johnson - Atomic City
4. Split Enz - Straight Old Line
5. REM - It's The End Of The World As We Know It
6. The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
7. The Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven
8. The Pixies - Weird At My School

Side B

9. Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love
10. Heaven 17 - The Ballad Of Go-Go Brown
11. Gary Numan - Cars (E. Reg Model)
12. Howard Jones - Powerhouse
13. Simple Minds - Soul Crying Out
14. B-52s - Cosmic Thing
15. Martin Gore - Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth

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Ibzaza: Various Artists Volume 11
Date Created: Unknown (1988/89?)
Tape Type: Memorex HBX II
Side A

1. Unknown - Smooth Jazz/New Age 2. Unknown - Smooth Jazz/New Age 3. Unknown - Smooth Jazz/New Age 4. David Bowie - Never Let Me Down (extended mix) 5. Michael Hedges? - ?? 6. Depeche Mode - Place It In Your Memory 7. Rupert Hine - This Is Love 8. Roger Taylor - Abandon Fire 9. Roger Taylor - Killing Time 10. Noel - Silent Morning (extended mix) 11. ?? maybe a Depeche Mode b-side?
Side B

12. Heaven 17 - Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry (extended mix) 13. Thompson Twins - Let's Pretend 14. Thompson Twins - See You 15. Bryan Ferry - The Right Stuff 16. - Tell Me Why 17. A-ha - Manhatten Skyline 18. Unknown - smooth jazz 19. Unknown - new age 20. Unknown - new age

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The Smartest Monkeys: Various Artists Volume 11
Date Created: Unknown (1992?)
Tape Type: Maxell C120 - 120 min.
Side A

1. Nirvana - Come As You Are
2. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
3. Nirvana - Territorial Pissing
4. Nirvana - Lithium
5. Nirvana - Drain You
6. Nirvana - Stay Away
7. Squeeze - In Quintessence
8. Squeeze - Is That Love
9. Squeeze - Tempted
10. Squeeze - If It's Love
11. Squeeze - She Doesn't Have To Shave
12. Squeeze - Footprints
13. Squeeze - 853-5937
14. Squeeze - Hourglass
15. Squeeze - Trust Me To Open My Mouth
16. Squeeze - Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)
17. Squeeze - Piccadilly

Side B

18. Squeeze - If I Didn't Love You
19. Squeeze - Out Of Touch
20. Squeeze - Black Coffee In Bed
21. Squeeze - Crying In My Sleep
22. Squeeze - Gone To The Dogs
23. Squeeze - Satisfied
24. Squeeze - Another Nail In My Heart
25. Squeeze - House Of Love
26. Squeeze - Sunday Street
27. XTC - The Smartest Monkeys
28. XTC - The Dissapointed
29. XTC - Holly Up On Poppy
30. XTC - Crocodile
31. XTC - War Dance
32. XTC - My Bird Performs

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SONIC: Various Artists Volume 18
Date Created: Unknown (1990/91?)
Tape Type: Fuji FR-IIx PRO (CrO2) - 90 min.

Side A

1. Yaz - Situation (remix) 2.23
2. Arthur Baker - I Beleive In Love 5.05
3. Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys - King Of The Hypocrites 4.50
4. Paul Carrack - Only My Heart Can Tell 5.20
5. Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now 3.08
6. Paul Young - Ku-Ku Karama 4.19
7. Box Car - Gas Stop 4.21
8. The Throes - Black Birds 3.22
9. Animal Logic - Someone To Come Home To 4.11
10. Robert Palmer - Discipline Of Love 6.06
11. Scritti Politti - Sugar And Spice 4.15

Side B

12. Ministry - Cold Life 5.06
13. Pet Shop Boys - It's Alright 4.??
14. Arthur Baker (w/ Martin Fry) - Mythical Girl 5.12
15. Arcadia - Election Day 5.28
16. Jesus Jones - International Bright Young Thing 3.10
17. The Lightening Seeds - Pure 3.45
18. The Charlatans UK - Sonic 3.30
19. REM - Shiny Happy People 3.44
20. Simple Minds - See The Lights 4.22
21. Crowded House - Chocolate Cake
23. Arthur Baker - Talk It Over

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CAN OPENER: Various Artists Volume 20
Date Created: Unknown - 1989/1990?
Tape Type: TDK SA90 (CrO2) - 90 min.

Side A

1. The The - Good Morning Beautiful
2. Heaven 17 - Big Square People
3. The Fixx - Are We Ourselves
4. Erasure - Stop!
5. Pete Townsend - Give Blood
6. Glass Tiger - Ancient Evenings
7. Rupert Hine - Misplaced Love
8. Midge Ure - The Gift
9. Midge Ure - She Cried
10. Espionage - Deliver Me

Side B

11. Front 242 - Blend The Strengths
12. Front 242 - Work 01
13. Front 242 - Welcome To Paradise
14. Choir Invisible - Shared By A Voice
15. Erasure - Say What
16. Erasure - Love Is A Loser
17. Depeche Mode - Nothing
18. Depeche Mode - A Question Of Time
19. Heaven 17 - Who'll Stop The Rain
20. Stewart Copeland - Screamin' Lord Byron
21. Stewart Copeland - The Equalizer Busy Equalizing (cut off)

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EARDRUM BUZZ: Various Arists Volume 21
Date Created: April 3-4, 1990
Tape Type: Fuji FR-IIx (CrO2) - 90 min.
Side A

1. Wire - Eardrum Buzz 4.16
2. Red Flag - If I Ever 3.44
3. Front 242 - First In/First Out 3.52
4. Erasure - Sweet Sweet Baby 4.18
5. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence 4.14
6. New Order - Mr. Disco 4.20
7. He Said - ABC Dicks Love 5.05
8. The Call - Let The Day Begin 3.50
9. Art Of Noise - Paranoimia 4.46
10. ABC - One Better World 5.45
11. Howard Jones - Powerhouse 3.26 (this song is cut off)

Side B
12. Peter Gabriel - Schock Den Affen (Shock The Monkey in German) 5.43
13. Devo - Baby Doll 3.44
14. REM - Orange Crush 3.49
15. Grayson Hugh - Hard Life 4.12
16. Spandau Ballet - Chant #1 5.43
17. Thompson Twins - Love Lies Bleeding 2.50
18. Depeche Mode - People Are People 3.45
19. Q-Feel - Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Bee-Bop) 6.07
20. John Farnham - You're The Voice 5.04
21. A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran 3.57

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SPATULA: Various Artists Volume 23
Date Created: Unknown 1990?
Tape Type: Maxell XLII (CrO2) - 90 min.
Side A

1. Peter Murphey - Cuts You Up
2. Peter Murphey - Seven Veils
3. Depeche Mode - Policy Of Truth
4. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
5. Art Of Noise - Close (To The Edit)
6. Mike + The Mechanics - Don't
7. Wire - Eardrum Buzz
8. The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Tuff Enuff
9. The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Wrap It Up
10. A-ha - The Living Daylights

Side B

11. The Human League - Blind Youth
12. The Human League - Empire State Human
13. The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
14. The Silos - I'm Over You
15. Love And Rockets - So Alive
16. Love And Rockets - Not Big Deal
17. Erasure - Drama!
18. Erasure - Sweet Sweet Baby
19. Howard Jones - Powerhouse
20. A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV

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MICROWAVE: Various Artists Volume 25
Date Created: June 13-14, 1990
Tape Type: Fuji FR-IIx (CrO2) - 90 min.

Side A

1. Squeeze - Another Nail In My Heart 2.56
2. Squeeze - Pulling Mussels (From The Shell) 3.57
3. OMD - So In Love 3.29
4. Boom Crash Opera - City Flat 4.06
5. Adrian Belew - Motor Bungalow 3.36
6. XTC - Mearly A Man 3.26
7. Luba - Let It Go 3.35
8. Fabulous Thunderbirds - Tell Me 2.43
9. Peter Murphey - Shy 4.33
10. Peter Murphey - Deep Ocean Vast Sea 4.07
11. Thompson Twins - Queen Of The USA 3.45
12. Bauhaus - Telegram Sam 2.25
13. The Fixx - Subterranean 3.41

Side B

14. Mike + The Mechanics - Blame 5.24
15. Mike + The Mechanics - Black And Blue 3.27
16. Boomtown Rats - Up All Night 3.34
17. Boomtown Rats - Skin On Skin 4.38
18. Fine Young Cannibals - It's OK (It's Alright) 3.29
19. Fine Young Cannibals - I'm Not Satisfied 3.46
20. Heaven 17 - Hot Blood 4.23
21. Heaven 17 - Giving Up 2.59
22. Hugh Grayson - Tears Of Love 4.06
23. Hugh Grayson - Hard Life 4.13
24. OMD - Bloc Bloc Bloc 3.26
25. The Fixx - Lose Face 3.15

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SOUNDTRACK TO A GENERATION: Various Artists Volume 26
Date Created: Unknown (1991?)
Tape Type: Fuji FR-IIx PRO - 90 min.
Side A

1. Information Society - Seek 2000
2. Pet Shop Boys - How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?
3. Steve Winwood - One And Only Man
4. Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight
5. The Human League - Get It Right This Time
6. Oingo Boingo - Skin
7. Boom Crash Opera - Get Out Of The House
8. Peter Murphey - Seven Veils
9. Thompson Twins - Sugar Daddy
10. Pet Shop Boys - So Hard
11. Howard Jones - Conditioning
12. Information Society - Charlie X

Side B

13. Information Society - TV Addicts
14. Information Society - Hard Currency
15. Red Flag - If I Ever
16. Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistable
17. Erasure - Leave Me To Bleed
18. OMD - Messages
19. The Human League - Soundtrack To A Generation
20. ABC - Fear Of The World
21. Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia
22. Peter Murphey - Roll Call
23. Rush - Scars
24. Information Society - Move Out

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SENSELESS: Various Artists Volume 29
Date Created: Unkown - 1989?
Tape Type: TDK SD90 (CrO2) - 90 min.
Side A

1. Front 242 - Im Rhythmus Bleiben
2. Peter Murphey - Should The World Fail To Fall Apart
3. Howard Jones - What Is Love?
4. Level 42 - Lessons In Love
5. Level 42 - Hot Water
6. Boom Crash Opera - Talk About It
7. Michael Penn - Brave New World
8. Front 242 - Work 242
9. Talking Heads - The Lady Don't Mind (bad spot towards end of song)
10. Talking Heads - Perfect World

Side B

11. XTC - The Loving
12. Heaven 17 - Shame Is On The Rocks
13. Strange Advance - We Run
14. Strange Advance - She Controls Me
15. Howard Jones - Look Momma (Meggamamamix)
16. Tim Finn - Spiritual Hunger
17. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - War (Hide Yourself)
18. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (Surrender)
19. Stephen Duffy - I Love You
20. Erasure - Senseless
21. Duran Duran - Can You Deal With It? (edit)

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INTO THE FIRE: Various Artists Volume #40
Date Created: June 5, 1992
Tape Type: Maxell XLII (CrO2) - 100 min.

Side A
1. Howard Jones - Lift Me Up
2. They Might Be Giants - I Palindrome I
3. Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm
4. Paula Abdul - Vibeology
5. Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight
6. Blue Train - Wild Heart
7. Simply Red - Money's Too Tight To Mention
8. The Dolphin Brothers - Shining
9. Happyhead - Fabulous
10. Squeeze - Trust Me To Open My Mouth
11. Bananarama - Doctor Love
12. They Might Be Giants - My Evil Twin

Side B
13. Adrian Belew - Standing In The Shadows
14. Sarah McLachlan - Into The Fire
15. Spin Doctors - Two Princes
16. Bedlam - Carnival Lights
17. Shakesphere's Sister - Goodbye Cruel World
18. A-ha - Touchy
19. Matthew Sweet - I've Been Waiting
20. Robert Palmer - You're Amazing
21. Peter Case - Dream About You
22. Mike + The Mechanics - Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
23. The Fixx - All The Best Things
24. Animal Logic - Rose Colored Glasses
25. Dead Or Alive - I'll Save You All My Kisses
26. They Might Be Giants - Dinner Bell

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