I must be an #anglophile. #teatime really is #Britain ‘s greatest invention. Freaking. EVER. #TeaTimeForever #cassetteheaven #beatles #ledzeppelin #sloths #cassettes

It has arrived! #cassette #cassetteheaven
#DepecheMode, #MementoMori
Depeche Mode, Memento Mori (Columbia, 2023)

I have been super quiet for the last couple of weeks, but I now have to show you one of my favorite new #cassette purchases. #cassetteheaven #SistersofMercy

The Sisterhood, Gift (Cadiz Music, 2022)
Originally released in 1986.

Cool four-#cassette series I picked up while #thrifting. Tales of #horror and #suspense including “The Cask of Amontillado” by #EdgarAllenPoe and #Frankenstein by #MaryShelley. #vintageonvintage #cassettes #cassetteheaven #Radio #Thriller

Golden Age Radio Thriller series (Metacom, 1991)

Low tide for words, dude. #cassette #cassetteheaven #punk #hardcorepunk #losangeles #80s #80smusic
FEAR, More Beer (Restless Records, 1985)
Recommended:
More Beer
I Am A Doctor
Welcome To The Dustward
Null Detector
Waiting For The Meat

It’s hard to pair more stylistically different Platinum-selling albums released on the same day. On this day in 1983, #U2 released War, a raw statement that was the band’s breakthrough, setting up their run to become one of history’s most popular rock acts. #Styx released Kilroy Was Here, a theatrical concept album that tore the band apart internally despite being their last platinum record.
#cassette #cassetteheaven #80smusic
U2, War (Island Records, 1983)
Styx, Kilroy Was Here (A&M, 1983)

On this day in 1986, the movie Pretty In Pink hit theaters. Its #soundtrack is one of the best of the #80s. #cassette #cassetteheaven #80smovies #80smusic #prettyinpink

Various Artists, Pretty In Pink The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (A&M Records, 1986)
Recommended:
If You Leave, #OMD #OrchestralManoeversInTheDark
Left of Center, #SuzanneVega
Shell-Shock, #NewOrder
Pretty In Pink, #PsychedelicFurs

Released in 1987, The Ideal Copy is Wire’s fourth LP, and the first following a band hiatus from 1980-1985. The #cassette and CD issues included the 1986 EP Snakedrill and three live recordings.
#cassettes #cassetteheaven

Wire, The Ideal Copy (Enigma, 1987)
Recommended:
Ahead
Ambitious
A Seriousness of Snakes
Ambulance Chasers

Happy birthday, Andy Taylor! The guitarist of #duranduran and #powerstation turns 62 today. #cassette #cassetteheaven

There has always been something indescribably cool about The Church. Their classic, Starfish, was released worldwide on February 16, 1988. They are touring now; visit thechurchband.net

#cassette #cassetteheaven #thechurch
The Church, Starfish (Arista, 1988)
Recommended:
Destination
Under The Milky Way
Spark
Reptile

The movie Modern Girls (1986) bombed at the box office but gained a cult following as a late-night staple on HBO. It is fair to call it an artifact from the ‘80s. But the soundtrack is one to remember with cuts from Depeche Mode, Icehouse, Club Nouveau, and The Jesus and Mary Chain. #cassette #cassetteheaven
Modern Girls Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Warner Brothers, 1986)

#DepecheMode fans can preorder the new album on #cassette here: https://depechemode.store/products/memento-mori-exclusive-translucent-red-cassette?mibextid=Zxz2cZ
#cassettes #cassetteheaven
Depeche Mode, Memento Mori (Columbia, 2023)

Time to try and buy some #SistersOfMercy tickets. #cassetteheaven #ticketmasterhell

A true rarity. In 1990, middle schoolers from #Boston #Massachusetts dropped a #RapMusic #cassette tape about multiplication. #90shiphop #90smusic #cassettes #cassetteheaven #Boston

The second compilation issued by The Doors was a double LP set that gathered the darker, more sinister creations of the band. #cassette #cassetteheaven
The Doors, Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine (Elektra, 1972)

This #cassette kept me awake/alive driving my old Honda Accord through the pitch black night between Scranton and Newburgh back in ‘89 or ‘90. I hope to never drive that stretch of road again.
#cassettes #cassetteheaven #PopWillEatItself #PWEI #CanUDigIt?

Pop Will Eat Itself, This Is The Day…This Is The Hour…This Is This! (RCA, 1989)

Recommended:
Def Con One
Can U Dig It?
Sixteen Different Flavors of Hell

Michael Des Barres celebrates his 75th birthday today! His band Chequered Past (1982-85) included Steve Jones, Clem Burke, Nigel Harrison, and Tony Sales. He also sang for Silverhead (1972-74), Detective (1975-79) and The Power Station (1985). He currently fronts The Mistakes.

Chequered Past self-titled (EMI, 1984)
Recommend:
A World Gone Wild
Never In A Million Years
How Much Is Too Much?
Underworld
Tonight And Every Night
#cassette #cassetteheaven

My mother had this album when I was a little kid and I was intrigued (and a little creeped out) by H.R. Giger’s artwork. Still am. #hrgiger #albumart #cassette #cassetteheaven

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Brain Salad Surgery (Manticore Records, 1973)

Great day #thrift shopping, bought this seldom found gem. Rick Derringer and Carmine Appice teamed up to form DNA in 1983. They joined forces again in 2001 with Tim Bogert to form DBA. #cassette #cassetteheaven
DNA, Party Tested (Boardwalk Records, 1983)

Billboard’s #1 album this week in 1980. This one has been kicking around a long time for me. #PinkFloyd #TheWall #cassette #cassetteheaven Pink Floyd, The Wall (Columbia Records, 1979)