11 April 2025

MINOR THREAT // BAD BRAINS: MIX TAPE

 A couple of weeks ago I posted some crucial live BLUE CHEER over on Escape Is Terminal. The tracks were taken from a couple of different sets recorded in 1968 and took up one side of a commercial blank tape, leaving the other side for a killer collection of tracks featuring BLUE CHEER offshoot MINT TATTOO and some Spanish garage slammers. Keeping with the same theme today, there are two wild sets over on the other blog from MINOR THREAT and BAD BRAINS - neither recording (or band) should need any introduction, but both were pulled off of a Philadelphia radio broadcast from 40 some-odd years ago....and someone had some space left on the flip side of their commercial mix tape. What follows is a casually curated mix that opens with two ubiquitous (and undeniable) classics and rolls into US hardcore and UK punk standards. For those among you who thought the perfect weekend afternoon mix tape didn't exist. 

MINOR THREAT // BAD BRAINS: MIX TAPE 

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