In the 1980s and 90s, making a “mix tape” for a friend became a popular tradition. These were recorded from CDs, other cassette tapes or the radio. Usually, they were a selection of favourite songs from different artists, and the song name and artist would be handwritten onto the insert card, with a name also given to the compilation.
You can see some mix tapes made in the 80s and 90s elsewhere in this collection. We have also included some community mix tapes to capture favourite songs of the current Cheney community!
Below is the tracklist for our two staff community tapes, and our Year Ten Museum Council mix tape.
Staff Tapes
Jill Fenton: Wake Me Up Before You Go Go (Wham)
Rob Bown: Hands Off She's Mine - The Beat
Ellen Gersh: Such Great Heights - The Postal Service
Martin Daniels: Achilles Come Down by Gangs of Youth
Josh Venables: Earth Wind and Fire - After the Love has Gone
Teresa Partlett: Running up that hill by Kate Bush
Kayleigh Pearce: Wet Sand - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Mrs O'Neil: LOVE by Nat King Cole
Emma Garden: Nina Simone Feeling Good!
Becky Robson: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Andrew Olubodun: Sir Duke Stevie Wonder
Natasha Brown: The Rodeo by The Snuts
Tam Muir: Mercy, Mercy Me - Marvin Gaye
Joel Garden: Nothing New, Nothing Real by Shock Horror
Robert Wiles: Lorna Shore - Pain Remains II: After All I've Done, I'll Disappear
Aaron Cartwright: Racing in the street - Bruce Springsteen
Lucy Payne: You to me are everything, the real thing
Sima Hagh-Shenass: Beautiful Day (U2)
Jodie McMinn: Roquefort, Karnivool
Ben Preston: Music Evolution by Buckshot LeFonque
George Buchanan: Fall of Efrafa - Warren of Snares
Richard Hawkswood: All The Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
Astrid Fox: Dream On, Aerosmith
Matthew Gibson: Waiting Room by Fugazi
Rebecca Taylor: I Giorni by Ludovico Einaudi
Nicci Brassey: House of Memories by Panic at the disco
Ms Mazz Image: Flowers by Miley Cyrus
Charles Kong: Don't Know Why - Norah Jones
Alex May: A Certain Romance: The Arctic Monkeys
anon: Walking the Wire - Imagine Dragons
Philip Barras: D'Ye ken John Peel? Anon. Traditional
Ben Taberer: Pata Pata, Miriam Makeba
Lorna Robinson: Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
Lorna Robinson: The Tourist - Radiohead
David Gimson: Bohemian Rhapsody
Year Ten Museum Council Tape
1. Numpty Dumpty - AJR
2. Stick Season - Noah Kahan
3. Time Again - Oscar C.S
4. My Way - Frank Sinatra
5. Typhoons - Royal Blood
6. Brave - Ella Henderson
7. Little Bit Better - Caleb Hearn
8. Edge Of Great - Julie And The Phantom Cast
9. The Dice - Shotovers
10. Dune Sea - Unbelievable Truth
11. Solo - Myles Smith
12. The Blowers Daughter - Damian Rice
13. First Love/Late Spring - Mitski
14. If - The Divine Comedy
15. Lover, You Should’ve Come On Over - Jeff Buckley
16. All I Need - Radiohead
17. Please Please Please - Sabrina Carpenter
18. My Iron Lung - Radiohead 19. A Sky Full Of Stars - Coldplay
20. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths
21. Summer Of 69 - Bryan Adams
22. I’m Going Slightly Mad - Queen
23. Exit Music - Radiohead
24. Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter