Mercedes De Milo 1

In the 80's a girl made a cassette for me. She used some music her older brother had and put together a C60 and gave it to me. She named it after this mannequin I owned. Eventually I redid it with an extra 10 minutes or so, to make it full CD length. Using the same criteria. Adding songs that I liked. This pick grew over the years until I had three volumes. This is the very first one. The pick includes 80 new wave and oldies that fit the feel and flavor. Over the time we were together she made quite a few cassettes for me that I still have. I've re configured them as CD's and now mp3 playlists and they are still cool. This was my first exposure to some of these songs. I knew some of the bands, but not all the songs at that time. Now it's hard to imagine not knowing everything from some of these artists. And yes, the cover is from a picture of the real Mercedes de Milo. No, the relationship did not end well, but she had some of the coolest cassettes ever. 

Mercedes De Milo 1

01 Missing Persons - Words

02 Plimsouls - Now

03 Danny And The Juniors - At The Hop

04 Humans - Get You Tonight

05 Human Sexual Response - Cool Jerk

06 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Seven Days Too Long

07 Squeeze - Piccadilly

08 Suburban Lawns - Janitor

09 Fleshtones - I've Gotta Change My Life

10 The Undertones - Tearproof

11 Elvis Costello - Mystery Dance

12 Josie Cotton - Johnny, Are You Queer

13 The Dell-Vikings - Come Go With Me

14 20-20 - The Night I Heard A Scream

15 Humans - I Live in the City

16 Paul Collins' Beat - It's Just A Matter Of Time

17 Yachts - Now I'm Spoken For

18 Jules and the Polar Bears - Good Reason

19 Plimsouls - Zero Hour

20 Fay Ray - Modern Lovers

21 Elektrics - Pretty Plastic

22 Fabulous Poodles - Mirror Star

23 The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet