Here's listener and Memory Tape-r Richard Draycott describing this Memory Tape in his own words:聽
This is an imaginary C90 cassette giving glimpses, recollections and re-imagined moments from 65 years on the planet related to the musical background to a life.
1.聽Paul Robeson. Ol鈥� Man River (from Showboat). 4m 19s. Sung by father in childhood. The song has a message that is timeless.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
2. Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba. Hurry, Mama, Hurry! 3m 28s. Also from childhood鈥�
3. Eddie Cochran. Somethin鈥� Else. 2m 10s. The first 45 I ever bought.
4.聽Freddy Cannon. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans. 2m 34s. Was the record playing when I first ventured to dance with a girl in public.
5.聽The Marcels. Blue Moon. 2m 15s. Announced my arrival at boarding school, where I soon shared a study with John Foster who had every Kingston Trio LP on vinyl, hence
6. The Kingston Trio. Tom Dooley. 3m 05s.
7.聽But much more important was my introduction in that study to John Coltrane. Ole. 18m 19s. His 1962 masterpiece that led to
8. Charles Mingus. Pussy Cat Dues. 9m 14s.
End of side 1, we鈥檙e off to Southampton University
9.聽聽Where I soon find the Mothers and Brown Shoes Don鈥檛 Make It. 7m 14s and am delighted to be enrolled as a bouncer for an early Led Zeppelin gig鈥�
10.聽聽Let鈥檚 have the 鈥淥ne night stand鈥� live version from the 主播大秀 Sessions聽 6m 20s
11.聽 And to get to the Albert Hall for Cream鈥檚 farewell concert so Stormy Monday 8m 09s
12.聽聽But far more important was drifting around the St Tropez area busking鈥�.I went round with the hat whilst my 2 chums played guitars and sang in restaurants鈥�.in a restaurant in Grimaud, we were invited to go upstairs to the private room and entertain a party. The invitation came from Alain Delon so I felt I could enjoy the party and not worry about collecting鈥�.and dance with the prettiest girl in the room, Brigitte Bardot, to a rendition of Fred Neil鈥檚 Everybody鈥檚 Talkin鈥� 2m 46s
13.聽 Moving on, we find Jill continuously, repeatedly and drunkenly stripping and dancing in the middle of the night to Jessica by the Allman Brothers 7m 35s
14.聽聽And then, post punk, we discover Giant Sand and all the magnum opus of Howe Gelb so Yer Ropes 3m 54s
15.聽聽And the brilliant cover of Johnny Hit and Run, Pauline 3m 07s. These 2 are for Linda, who is just starting chemo for a lymphoma and who was there 30 years ago when we first found Howe鈥檚 music.
16.聽Finally, we鈥檒l let Annette Peacock play us out with Free The Memory 4m 40s.