papillonneSun, 05 May 2024 04:50

Really intrigued by this one, not just the song but the entire tape!

I took the liberty of uploading the entire tape to SoundCloud so it's easier to jump back/forth by timestamp:

> https://soundcloud.com/papillonnette/walking-on-a-wire-23155-mixtape-w44-snippets

There are 44 song snippets on the tape (as well as 0.2s start of a 45th, too short to identify, at the very end).  I've put them all on a spreadsheet with timestamps, and so far have identified 33 out of 44.  They are mostly vinyl releases from the 80's, including one Beatles Medley released by "Stars on 45" in 1980, and two instrumental-only tracks that I was able to figure out via Shazam (one popped up a Missy Elliot track but I found that she sampled from the original 80's record).

> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/190E3sqUVYG3c5cQMORqAvJJYXBdxVN3B3tG9V-wABdI/edit#gid=0

If you know any of the missing songs (esp #16 "walking on a wire") please comment and let's figure this out!