I thought It would be fun to post some photos of my very old Smiths tape collection. Thanks to some social media colleagues, I remembered to take a look again at these cassette tapes:
Photo #1 : Strangeways Here We Come, Best I, Best II, The Smiths, Hatful Of Hollow, Meat Is Murder
The first Smiths album I ever bought was the compilation "Hatful Of Hollow". The first time I heard "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" was in 1985, while riding in a red Toyota Tamaraw van going to school. I think it was a carpool organized by a classmate. I think the radio was tuned to the station 97.1 LS or 99.5 RT. I was blown away by how jangly it sounded! I thought I was transported back to the 60's. I often see this album advertised in a local magazine called "Jingle", but I was not that convinced until I heard "How Soon Is Now" playing in a friend's "Walkman" later on in 1987. A few days later I bought the tape.
Photo Set #2 : Meat Is Murder
"Well I Wonder" is still is one of my favorite songs from The Smiths. Perfect combination of bass hooks and jangly guitars. I remember this song being played on BM105 around 1985-1986. Speaking of BM105, one of the first songs I heard from them was "The Lodgers" by The Style Council and "Stay" by The Blue Nile. I recall it was in a friend's house, while I was admiring their new Sony mini-component sound system.
Nice insert with lyrics on this tape. "Meat is Murder" is one of those songs which you would appreciate later on in life. Those sounds from a butcher's place was really well thought of. Most guitar bands from the 80's to the present time seems to be in a hurry to play their guitar solos to the world.
Nice insert with lyrics on this tape. "Meat is Murder" is one of those songs which you would appreciate later on in life. Those sounds from a butcher's place was really well thought of. Most guitar bands from the 80's to the present time seems to be in a hurry to play their guitar solos to the world.
I lost my tape of Viva Hate sometime in 1989. I did not thought of buying another one as the years 1988-1989 was really blooming with lots of new releases. So I guess lunch money was spent on some other new wave artist of that era. I don't remember local record companies releasing "Your Arsenal" or "Bona Drag" in the 90's. Maybe I missed it. "Vauxhall and I" and "Viva Hate" are my favorite albums from Morrissey.
