Christian Pop / Rock
The Strait Tapes – Volume 1
1985? (no label)
London, England, United Kingdom
Side 1:
- 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)
Side 2:
- 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)
Track 10(Re-Transfered) - DOWNLOAD

Press Any Key was a band featuring guitarist John Russell from the UK Christian band 'After The Fire' after ATF folded in 1982-3, shortly after its international hit 'Der Kommissar'. I believe the 1987 LP was the only release by 'Press Any Key'.
ReplyDeleteThis is a nice tape, which I'm grateful to hear, so 'Thanks'.
ReplyDeletePerhaps being a little picky, but the audio sounds clipped/overloaded to me (and I'm no audiophile). Audacity does show the Press Any Key track as clipping throughout, so I assume this applies through the whole transfer. Is there any chance you would be able to get a better transfer?
BTW I can confirm that the PAK track is a different version to that on the released album.
I reTransfered that track.. If it's not any better.. Only copy of tape I have at the moment..
DeleteThank you very much for trying. Hope you have a peaceful and restful Sunday.
DeleteMuito obrigado irmão !!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this. I have Volume 2 in a box in my loft, but had never heard Volume 1. Hope you manage to track down and post Volume 3 sometime
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