| My father made about 6-8 of these “mixes” in his 30s and they became the soundtrack to our family’s lives. I have such fond memories of driving around listening to these tapes. The anticipation of the inevitable good time as I opened a case and put the cassette in the stereo led to the cover art making my heart race. Even just looking at the thumb nail of this video gave me flashbacks to the pure joy of a child. His obsession was Motown and the rhythm and blues of that era and I still love that music and claim it “raised me”. This company, and my fathers curation, is absolutely responsible for forming me into the person I am today. The tapes were a complete education of that moment in time in music, and we listened to them on repeat for years. I sometimes wonder what is lost by the infinite scroll of contemporary streaming services. When we’d listen my siblings and I would rotate on picking our favorite tunes. My siblings would change it up and pick different tunes from the options each time their turn came around, but, much to the frustration of everyone else in the car, at the age of 6 I only ever wanted to hear one song: “Rescue Me” by Fontella Bass. Still one of my all time favorite songs. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sFI7eQt3ghI |