back in the good ol' 20th Century, people like me would use a fancy contraption called a cassette player to listen to music. it was the kind of device that didn't have perfect sound or a digital screen. sometimes the sound may have even been a little wobbly and had a hisssssss. but cassettes were so much more convenient than those huge vinyl records. plus you could play them in your car! wow! the 1980's wouldn't have been the same without that cassette player in the car.
and then, during in the 1990's, i used to buy
(yes, pay money for) music at a store called
The Record Exchange. they had lots of used records, tapes and CD's. i bought plenty of used recordings back then. it was always fun to look thru a big bin of CD's or tapes and find something great. this post features one of the tapes that i found back then.
i have always loved
The Police, so this tape caught my eye when i saw the names
Stewart Copeland and
Sting on the label. the tape was
LIVE! for LIFE, a compilation from IRS Records, which was founded by
Miles Copeland, Stewart's brother. the other brother,
Ian Copeland also worked on this album. so it's kind of like a "Copeland Brothers" production. whatever it is, some of the best bands from the 80's are included in this compilation. the bangles, the go-go's, general public, the alarm, R.E.M., and freakin' Squeeze
! really good stuff! and then there is
Bob Marley, who died from cancer in 1981. check out the linear notes for all the details.
this
mim mix is dedicated to my old friend
Mama Donna, who was "29 forever". sadly, she recently died from cancer. and also to my grandmother, and my uncle, and my mom-in-law, and all the others who have suffered. cancer is so terrible and no one deserves it. i hope a cure is found one day soon. PLEASE DONATE towards that effort if you can! Here is a
CASSETTE FOR CANCER....
i think this album might be found on
Amazon (HERE), but it is certainly out-of-print. so listen to it here.
listen, enjoy, repeat. and since the original intent of this album was to raise money for the fight against CANCER, i am going to encourage
everyone out there to click on the link below to
LEARN more and
DONATE if you can!!!
PLEASE HELP THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER!
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