Your First Recorded Mixtape

I got absolutely nothin’ left from the old days apart from about 30 or so vinyl 12″ … oh and a few videos on you tube from some of the warehouses, and Southport beach. Also theres a handful of fotos on facebook of the Easter Sunday walk up the highest hill round here everyone does – It was the day after we all did Back to Basics in Leeds so i cant understand why we are all wearing sun glasses
And a few good memories!

In the beginning I just used to make personalized cassettes for friends. Total trainwrecking on the blends though since I had no clue what I was doing.

First time I ever made one cassette and handed out multiple copies I called it “Club Underground”. I drew an image or an open manhole cover and the idea of a party underground. I think this was 1993.

Trust me Phil, it wouldnt be nowhere near as bad as me when i first started i shudder with embarrassment thinking back to the first time i was unleashed on a pair of turntables with big ideas and zero talent to back ’em up

I loaned my first mixtape out to a “friend” and never saw it again. 😡
That was late ’83. I kick myself everytime I think about it. I do , however, have a couple left from about ’87 lying around. Those I digitized and uploaded to my domain. Just in case anyone wants a laugh.

When I made my first mixtape, I made a lot of copies and give them to my families and friends. Felt so great and thinking it was like my biggest achievement.
Now listening back to it, I just feel “Eerrr…” and “Eeeuuwww…” LOL
Thinking back, I really appreciate the supports they gave back then. They probably felt ‘Eerrr’ and ‘Eeeuuwww…’ too when listening to it, but instead they still gave me their positive and supportive comments. 🙂

i shudder at the thought of my first mixtape, not a single thing was on beat ><

edit: oh and i gave a copy to pretty much everyone at my school -_-

My first recorded mixes were a set of three, titled the charty choons, the hard house hits, and the techno trax. All were recorded around late 1999/early 2000.

Charty choons – side 1 had tracks like phats & small – turn around, Pete Heller – Big Love, and Armand Van Helden – You don’t know me. Side 2 had me messing around with two copies of run dmc – it’s like that, wildchild – renegade master, and wiseguys – ooh la la, before going into some drum & bass

Hard house hits – side 1 featured tracks like Camisra – let me show you, and side 2 was mostly tracks on tidy trax/tripoli trax.

Techno trax – perhaps not pure techno, but included hardfloor – beavis at bat (dave angel remix), beta blocker – the ultimate, DJ Misjah – access, Virus – Moon.

I think the tracks would sound very dated now, but was mostly happy with the beatmatching and the blending.