The Style Council – Home & Abroad Audio Cassette

What a fantastic album this was. The Style Council was the natural progression for Paul Weller after the split of The Jam at the end of 1982, shedding the punk rock feel, but retaining much else of what The Jam had encompassed in their final phase. The Jam’s Beat Surrender, for example, is easy to imagine as a Style Council track, just as The Style Council’s Walls Come Tumbling Down (featured on this album), is easy to imagine as a Jam track.

1980s High Bias White Label Audio Cassette

This generic-looking audio cassette, which I acquired in the late 1980s from a local producer of amateur bands, has proved impossible to identify so far.

1978 Atarah’s Band Kit Audio Cassette

This was another of my Mom’s tapes, which she would, I’m sure, have acquired in connection with her job as a music teacher. It’s the Atarah’s Band Kit audio cassette from 1978 – a lively and engaging educational product aimed squarely at kids.