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Tape 40

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This tape got blocked from Youtube because of the tiny Hootie And The Blowfish snippet. C’mon, it’s an ad for the album! Hahaha. If only the AI could tell the difference.

The 24 Hour Workout ad had me curious if that eventually became 24 Hour Fitness. Didn’t find any evidence of it, but then I fell down a 24 Hour Nautilus rabbit hole (THAT’S who became 24 Hour Fitness) and found this commercial – Oh, hi Live 105’s Lori Thompson! (God that commercial has 1996 written all over it)

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Tape 31

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Anytime you here a song fade in, that was a fun trick I learned to do with my very first stereo. I’d switch it to AUX, start recording, then switch back to FM (or cassette if I was making a copy). It would make the audio fade in. I was like 9 when I figured that out 😀

Anyway, most of this tape is a compilation I put together with my mad skillz. I would usually play these when I played basketball in the backyard with my neighbors (because nothing says bball like Always or Pandora’s Box, right?

If you haven’t noticed, I REALLY liked Always. Couldn’t get enough of it. Especially in 1994. Especially the Microbots Trance Dance Mix. When you’re 13 and your favorite group comes out with a masterpiece like Always…. Ahhhh life was good.

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