Tape Media - Comments by pjlazenby

Tape Media - Comments by pjlazenby

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Member	Item		Review/Comment
pjlazenby 18th Jan 2013		Cassette Single Bow Wow Wow - C30.C60.C90 Go! / Sun Sea And Piracy (1980)	I remember Island launching their '1+1' cassette series in 1981, which had the rest of the industry up in arms. These tapes had a whole album on one side, with the reverse left blank to use as the buyer wished - but the only single I recall appearing in that form, before the label abandoned the idea, was the "Slow Motion" reissue by Ultravox.
pjlazenby 17th Jan 2013		Cassette Single Bow Wow Wow - C30.C60.C90 Go! / Sun Sea And Piracy (1980)	No longer have this, but my old copy - unusually for a cassette single - mirrored the 7" in that it contained just one song on each side (as indicated by the labels).
pjlazenby 12th Jan 2013		Cassette Single Bow Wow Wow - Your Cassette Pet (1980)	Available only on cassette. Promo 7" can be found here.
pjlazenby 12th Jan 2013		Cassette Single Talking Heads - Take Me To The River / Psycho Killer (1981)	I'd be very grateful if you could, MM - I've been trying to track down details of this series for years. When I learned of this site's launch I hoped that details would eventually emerge: but not so quickly! Three others in the series are releases by The Rezillos, Angelic Upstarts and Tubeway Army; all appeared, as you say, during that brief post-Bow Wow Wow cassette single fad.
pjlazenby 10th Jan 2013		Cassette Single The Fall - Hit The North (Part 1) / Hit The North (Part 6) (1987)	"Hit The North (Part 6)" was exclusive to this format - and as far as I'm aware, remains so...