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====== The Strait Tapes ======

| **Year:** | 1985? |
| **Genre:** | Alternative Rock, Rock, Pop, Folk, Heavy Metal |
| **Location:** | London, England, United Kingdom |

//The Strait Tapes// was a compilation series of (at least) three volumes that seems to be pretty obscure. They are connected with the Strait Newspaper/Magazine out of London (which was the bi-monthly magazine connected to the Greenbelt Festival in England). There is no date given on any of three volumes. This series of tapes contained songs from already released albums along side pre-release songs and unreleased tracks by known and underground bands.

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==== Volume 1 Track Listing ====

  - [[Larry Norman]] – "If You Don’t Love the Lord" (early version, later released on //Rehearsal 4 Reality//, 1986 Royal Music)
  - [[Robin Lane]] – "Hard Cover" (from //Heart Connection// EP, 1984 Recon Records)
  - [[Steve Turner]] – "I Look Down" (previously unreleased)
  - [[Philip Bailey]] – "The Wonders of His Love" (from //The Wonders of His Love//, 1984 [[Myrrh Records]])
  - [[Jump the Nile]] – "Innocence Abroad" (previously unreleased)
  - [[Ring of Fire]] – "Brave Men Cry" (previously unreleased)
  - [[Bruce Cockburn]] – "In the Falling Dark" (from In the //Falling Dark//, 1976 True North Records)
  - [[Maria Muldaur]] – "There’s Gonna be the Devil to Pay" (from //Sweet and Slow//, 1983 Spindrift)
  - [[Randy Stonehill]] – "Everything But Love" (from //Stonehill//, 1985 Street Tunes)
  - [[Press Any Key]] – "Whistle on the Wind" (early version, later released on //Whisper in the Wind//, 1987 Marshall Pickering Records)
  - [[Garth Hewitt]] – "Red Hot and Cooking" (b-side to //The Hungry Wind// single, 1982 Blue Moon Records)
  - [[Interface]] – "Memories" (from //Memories//, 1984 [[Embryo Arts]])

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==== Volume 2 Track Listing ====

  - [[Garth Hewitt]] – "Oscar Romero" (from //Alien Brain//, 1985 [[Myrrh Records]])
  - [[Mark Heard]] – "Victims of the Age" (from //Victims of the Age//, 1982 Home Sweet Home Records)
  - [[Daniel Amos]] – "Home Permanent" (from //Vox Humana//, 1984 [[Refuge Records]])
  - [[Sheila Walsh]] – "Send Me" (from //Don’t Hide Your Heart//, 1985 Sparrow Records)
  - [[Randy Stonehill]] – "Love Beyond Reason" (from //Love Beyond Reason//, 1985 [[Myrrh Records]])
  - [[Paul Field]] – "Valley of Dry Bones" (from //Visions//, 1985 [[Myrrh Records]])
  - [[Larry Norman]] – "Iron and Steel" (from //Quiet Night//, 1984 Phydeaux Records)
  - [[The Fat Band]] – "Kansas City" (from //The Fat Band// 7-inch, 1983 Street Tunes)
  - [[Steve Scott]] – "Sound of Waves" (12” mix) (special 12” mix not available elsewhere)
  - [[Passion Polka]] – "Fighting Alone" (extended dance remix of an unreleased track)
  - [[Charlie Peacock]] – "Lie Down in the Grass" (from //Lie Down in the Grass//, 1985 [[Exit Records]])
  - [[Phil and John]] – "The Wasted Years" (extended remixed version of a song from //Count Me Out//, 1983 Kingsway Music)
  - [[Xtras]] – "Don’t Look Back" (previously unreleased)
  - [[Pieces]] – "Robot System" (from //Face 2 Face//, 1985 [[Pila Music]])
  - [[Leslie Phillips]] – "Give’em All You Got" (from //Dancing with Danger//, 1984 [[Myrrh Records]])
  - [[The Front]] – "It’s Hard to Take" (from //The Front//, 1985 Benson Records)
  - [[Avalon]] – "Flags" (previously unreleased)
  - [[First Strike]] – "Loneliness Kills" (from //Rock of Offense//, 1984 [[Exit Records]])

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==== Volume 3 Track Listing ====

  - [[The 77s]] – "The Lust, The Flesh, The Eyes, and The Pride of Life" (demo version, eventually released on //The 77s//, 1987 [[Exit Records]])
  - [[Talking Drums]] – "You Do Cry a Lot" (from //Reassembly//, 1985 [[Sticky Music]])
  - [[Maldwyn Pope]] – "Reunion of the Heart" (unreleased)
  - [[Bryan McGlynn]] – "Soul Doctor" (from //The Vital Spark//, 1985 [[Sticky Music]])
  - [[The Good Guys]] – "Still a Mistake" (from //A System of Grooves//, 1984 Atypical Records)
  - [[Charlie Peacock]] – "Down in the Lowlands" (from //Charlie Peacock//, 1986 [[Exit Records]])
  - [[Trade Secret]] – "With or Without You" (from upcoming release //Trade Secret//, 1987 [[Edge Records]])
  - [[One A.M.]] – "Over and Over" (previously unreleased)
  - [[Mike Starkey]] – "I Became a Johnson’s Baby" (from //The Rhythm Method// compilation, year unknown)
  - [[Vector]] – "America" (from Please Stand By, 1985 [[Exit Records]])
  - [[Denice Williams]] – "Straight Ahead" (from //So Glad I Know//, 1986 [[Sparrow Records]])
  - [[The Refuseniks]] – "Quiet Time" (unreleased, unrecorded, and just a few seconds of silence apparently)
  - [[Terry Scott Taylor]] – "Old Time Gospel Camp Meeting Hour" (from //Knowledge and Innocence//, 1986 [[Shadow Records]])
  - [[Bruce Cockburn]] – "Wondering Where the Lions Are" (from //Dancing in the Dragons Jaw//, 1979 True North)
  - [[Steve Scott]] – "Not a Pretty Picture" (from the unreleased //Emotional Tourist// album, 1986 [[Exit Records]])
  - [[Jump the Nile]] – "Proud to be a Warrior" (unreleased demo)
  - [[First Strike]] – "Power" (unreleased label demo version)
  - [[Bryan McGlynn]] – "Stranger at the Party" (from //The Vital Spark//, 1985 [[Sticky Music]])

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==== Links ====

  * [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2018/07/12/the-strait-tapes-volume-1/|Review of "The Strait Tapes Volume 1"]]
  * [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2018/07/19/the-strait-tapes-volume-2/|Review of "The Strait Tapes Volume 2"]]
  * [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2018/07/22/the-strait-tapes-volume-3/|Review of "The Strait Tapes Volume 3"]]