The third installment for Mixtape Week is the “Dale Tape,” made by Dale in the Fall of ’87. This is less of a mixtape and more of a “Hey, I really want to have these songs, you have a shitload of music, can you throw them on a tape for me?” compilation. I was down from Appleton visiting Milwaukee for the weekend, I think to see my friend Heather. Dale was living the dorms at UW-Milwaukee so I popped by for a bit and I’m pretty sure that Joe (then just a friend, now my Vault-partner and husband) stopped by at some point as well.  The tape has a solid, if short, list of songs featuring The Clash, Cocteau Twins, Depeche Mode, Icicle Works, Jesus and Mary Chain, Modern English, Killing Joke, Love and Rockets, Wire, The Cult and PiL (the last two are written on the backside of the note). Later that day we drove from UWM on the east side of Milwaukee all the way out to the west side, maybe Wauwatosa, on Capitol Drive. Dale had a very fancy, very loud car stereo and blared this tape the entire way.

The Clash – “Radio Clash”

Cocteau Twins – “Love’s Easy Tears”

Depeche Mode – “Strange Love”

Icicle Works – “Whisper to a Scream”

Jesus and Mary Chain – “Who Do You Love”

Modern English – “Melt With You”

Depeche Mode – “Set Me Free”

Killing Joke – “Eighties”

Love and Rockets – “Ball of Confusion”

Wire – “Ahead”

The Cult – “Love”

PiL – “Bad Life”