Various – British Cassette Culture (Recordings 1975-1984)

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Released in a massive 8x LP & 2x 7″ boxset in a hand-numbered limited edition of 333 copies with certificate.
Each record comes in its own cover and individually hand-numbered certificate (xxx/444), as 111 copies of each record contained are also available on their own.

The Those Little Aliens & This Little Alien LP also contains a one-sided 7″:
A1 was originally released on the cassette and LP compilation Flowmotion (An Album Of Contemporary And Electronic Music).
A2 and A3 were originally released on the LP We Couldn’t Agree On A Title.
A4 to A7 were originally released on the cassette Those Little Aliens – Incident In Moderan.
A6 is also on This Little Alien – Synthesizer Specialist, credited to This Little Alien.
A8, B7 and B8 were originally released on This Little Alien – Synthesizer Specialist.
B1 to B6 were originally released on the cassette Those Little Aliens – Variable.
C was originally released on “York-Tape”. The 7″ cover credits “This Little Alien”, the label of the 7″ credits “(Those)Little Aliens”.

The Ron Berry – Where Dark Forces Meet LP is a re-issue of the 1982 cassette:
E1 to F4 were previously released on Where Dark Forces Meet.

The LP/7″ of The Legendary Pink Dots is a re-issue of their 1982 album “Premonition” with bonus tracks:
G1 to H7 originally released on cassette on Flowmotion Tapes in 1982 as Premonition.
H8 is listed as a bonus. The track original appeared on the compilation Flowmotion (An Album Of Contemporary And Electronic Music) and later on Fragments Vol. 1.
I1 original appeared on the tape compilation Turkish Delight, and later on Fragments Vol. 1 and Traumstadt 1.
I2 and J appear to be unreleased.

The Stephen Cadman – Big Smith Stays In Bed LP is a reissue of cassette originally published in 1981.
Tracks K1 to L5 were originally released as Big Smith Stays In Bed on Big Smith’s Nose Tapes (B.S.N.T.1) and Flowmotion Tapes (ART 004). Tracks K4 and L5 were edited to fit the vinyl.

The LP by All The Madmen – Tape-Recordings 1980-1983 compiles recordings from various undisclosed sources:
M2 was first released on the compilation LP “Cry, Havoc!” – Compiled By Stoke Musicians Collective in 1981.

The LP by Carl Matthews compiles tracks recorded between 1979 and 1983:
O1 was previously released on the cassette Intervention ’87 (Mirage Tapes, 1979/1980).
O2 and O3 were previously released on the cassette Aksu (Mirage Tapes M601, 1980).
O4, O5 and P1 were previously released on the cassette East/West (Mirage Tapes M606, 1981).
P2 was previously released on the cassette Freewheel To Freedom (Mirage Tapes, 1981).
P3 to P5 were previously released on the cassette Iridescence (Mirage Tapes M609, 1982/1983).

The LP by Kevin Harrison compiles various tape-recordings done between 1975 and 1985:
Q1 was recorded in 1981.
Q2 and Q6 were recorded in 1979.
Q3 and R2 were recorded in 1977.
R4 and R1 were recorded in 1985.
Q5 was recorded in 1984.
Q7 and R7 were recorded in 1982.
Q8 was recorded in 1976.
R3 was recorded in 1980.
R4 and R5 were recorded in 1975.
R6 was recorded in 1980, and first published on the cassette On Earth 2 (Ambivalent Scale Recordings, ASR 007).
All tracks apart from R6 recorded at DNA Studio.

The LP by Ron Crowcroft compiles tape recordings released on the Mundane Tapes label:
S1, T3 and T6 was released on the cassette “I am Normal” (Mundane Tapes 013, 1981) and also on Overarm Delivery (VEC Audio Editions No. 10, 1981).
S2 was released on the cassette Overarm Delivery (VEC Audio Editions No. 10, 1981) also on “Greatest Hiss Vol.1” (Mundane Tapes usa 001).
S3 was released on the cassette “Greatest Hiss Vol.1” (Mundane Tapes usa 001).
S4 was released as Random Valency together with Robert I. Gillham, 1985 from “Greatest Hiss Vol.1” (Mundane Tapes usa 001).
S5 was released as The Modern Farmers, recorded 1981, from “Greatest Hiss Vol.1” (Mundane Tapes usa 001).
S6 from Overarm Delivery (VEC Audio Editions No. 10, 1981).
S7, T2 and T5 from “I am Normal” (Mundane Tapes 013, 1981).
T1 was released on Untitled (Mundane Tape 001, 1980), also on Overarm Delivery (VEC Audio Editions No. 10, 1981).
T4 was released on “Skullduggery” (Mundane Tape 001, 1980).
T7 released as The Modern Farmers, recorded 1981, from “Greatest Hiss Vol.1” (Mundane Tapes usa 001)