Kiwi Tapes: March 2008

Not Given Lightly: A Kiwi Tapes Retrospective

Discs 1 & 2 posted today. Discs 3 & 4 will be posted tomorrow. I would like to thank all of the readers of this blog for their support. I couldn't have done it without you! Thank you to all the contributors who made this blog what it is by uploading all of the great gems and rarities over the past year. I am honored to have been able to spread such timeless and amazing music all across the globe. Please continue to buy this music and support the Kiwi artists and music scene in any way you can. Spread the word, and make sure that this music lives on and never dies. Thank you all again. See you again soon.

-Steve

Various Artists - Biding Our Time

23 tracks from New Zealand bands, previously unreleased, unavailable elsewhere, lots of Flying Nun bands making special outings just for this release.
(Released 1986, now available on CD)

Ripped at 128 kbps (sorry, if you want better quality buy it from failsaferecords.com)

Five Year Mission - UFO Single

Ripped from Vinyl / Encoded at 192 kbps

Mainly Spaniards - That's What Friends Are For Single

Snobby McBitrates alert: these Mp3s are encoded at 160 kbps and are ripped from vinyl

The 3Ds - The Venus Trail

Peter Jefferies - Electricity

An extremely under rated solo release. Features guest spots from a lot of the Xpressway favorites as well as re-done versions of "Crossover" & "Wined Up"

Live At Avalon Studios

Tracklisting:
01 - Circumspect Penelope - Look Blue, Go Purple
02 - Only Dream Left - Verlaines
03 - Taste Delight - StraightJacket Fits
04 - Baud To Tears - Verlaines
05 - Dead Heat - StraightJacket Fits
06 - Dead Heat - StraightJacket Fits
07 - Come Sunday - Verlaines
08 - Life in One Chord - StraightJacket Fits
09 - Ballad of Harry Noryb - Verlaines