Oasis - The Dreams We Have as Children (Live for Teenage Cancer Trust)

The Mail On Sunday gave away an exclusive CD on the 15th March 2009.

The Dreams We Have As Children is a collection of songs recorded at the London Royal Albert Hall on 27 March 2007 by Noel Gallagher and Gem Archer of English rock band Oasis in support of Teenage Cancer Trust. The album's title stems from a lyric in the Oasis song, "Fade Away".

Five of the songs were released over the course of five days as free downloads on iTunes, followed by a physical CD give-away with The Sunday Times, which contained another eleven recordings from the performance.

Source: Promo CD
Format: MP3 V0

01 - (It’s Good) To Be Free
02 - Talk Tonight
03 - Fade Away
04 - Cast No Shadow
05 - Half The World Away
06 - The Importance of Being Idle
07 - The Butterfly Collector
08 - All You Need Is Love
09 - Don’t Go Away
10 - Listen Up
11 - Sad Song
12 - Wonderwall
13 - Slide Away
14 - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
15 - Don’t Look Back In Anger
16 - Married With Children

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Pet Shop Boys - 25 Years (Promo - The Mail on Sunday)

Given away free by The Sunday Times, 08th March 2009.

Source: Promo CD
Format: MP3 V0

1 - (07:04) - West End Girls (10" mix)
2 - (04:40) - Paninaro (7" mix)
3 - (07:41) - It"s a Sin (Disco mix)
4 - (04:19) - What Have I Done to Deserve This? (7" mix)
5 - (04:15) - Jealousy (7" mix)
6 - (04:51) - Being Boring (7" mix)
7 - (05:02) - Go West (7" mix)
8 - (04:07) - Before (7" mix)
9 - (03:59) - Home and Dry (7" mix)
10 - (03:39) - Flamboyant (7" mix)
11 - (03:43) - Did You See Me Coming? (from Yes)

Playing Time.........: 00:53:21

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Island Select

Source: Cassette
Format: MP3 V0
A few little skips due to the age of the cassette (and the sheer amount of plays it got at the time). I loved this little cassette.

Given away free with Select Magazine in May 1993.

Tracklisting:
Side One:
1 - Stereo MC's - Everything (Sabres On Main Street Remix)
2 - Nine Inch Nails - Wish (Remixed by J G Thirlwell)
3 - Ice Cube - U Ain't Gonna Take My Life
4 - Starclub - Bad Machine
5 - Freestyle Fellowship - Innercity Boundaries
6 - Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - California Uber Alles (Live)
Side Two
7 - U2 - Salome (Zooromancer Remix)
8 - PJ Harvey - Hook (Demo)
9 - Dodge City Productions - As Long As We're Around (Remix)
10 - Sheep On Drugs - Flaming Church Of Baby Jesus
11 - Apache Indian ft Shaggy - Chok There (Livingston Lik)
12 - The Cranberries - Put Me Down

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Beat Up The NME

Source: Cassette
Format: MP3 V0
60 Knockout Minutes Mixed By Fatboy Slim, was a free cassette tape given away with the NME in 1997. Given the NME tape title of NME NORM1, the collection was compiled by Fatboy Slim and engineered by long time Cook collaborator Simon Thornton

The mix collects together numerous signature tracks from the late 90's Big Beat era and mixes this with earlier hip-hop and electro sounds


Tracklisting:
Side One:
1 - Pierre Henry - Psyché Rock (Fatboy Slim Malpaso Mix)
2 - Death in Vegas - GBH
3 - Bassbin Twins - Volume One-Side Two-Track Two
4 - Psychedeliasmith - Fixy Jointy
5 - Basement Jaxx - Fly Life
6 - Elite Force - Saturnalia
7 - Monkey Mafia - Lion in the Hall
8 - Double 99 - RIP Groove
9 - Old Skool Flava - Booty Beats
10 - CJ Bolland vs Hardknox - The Prophet (Hardknox Remix)
Side Two
1 - E.P.S & 2Vibe - Big Time
2 - E.P.S & 2Vibe - Hype the Funk
3 - 175 Crew - Volume One
4 - Latyrx - Say That
5 - Kaleef - Trials of Life (Fishead Instrumental)
6 - Mr Dan - One Man Banned
7 - Bassbin Twins - Out of Hand
8 - Overseer - Hit the Tarmac
9 - Cut La Roc - Post Punk Progression
10 - Sensateria - Give Me My Auger Back

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NME Brat Pack

Source: Cassette
Format: MP3 V0
NME Magazine gave this away free with the 29th January 1994 issue.

Tracklisting:
Side One:
01 - Bjork - One Day (Endorphin Mix)
02 - Smashing Pumpkins - Space Boy (Live Acoustic)
Side Two:
03 - Radiohead - Banana Co (Live)
04 - New Order - Ruined In A Day (Bogle Mix)
05 - Elastica - Vaseline (Live)

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NME The Mutha of Creation

Source: Cassette
Format: MP3 V0
NME Magazine gave this away free with the 12th February 1994 issue.

Tracklisting:
Side One:
01 - The Boo Radleys - Blues for George Michael
02 - Teenage Fanclub - Goody Goody Gumdrops (Radio1 Evening Session)
03 - Oasis - Cigarettes and Alcohol (Demo Version)
Side Two:
04 - Sugar - JC Auto (Live)
05 - Ride - I Don't Want To Be A Solder (Live at Reading Fesitval 1992)
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Select Magazine Unheard Pleasures

Source: Cassette
Format: MP3 V0
Select Magazine gave this away free in 1996

Tracklisting:
Side One:
01 - The Prodigy - Break and Enter (Live at Bristol Sound City)
02 - Ash - Kung Fu
03 - Skunk Anasie - Intellectualize my Blackness
04 - Empirion - Quark Remix
05 - Therapy - Stories
06 - Echobelly - Go Away
07 - Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (Deadstock Remix)
08 - Mick Harvey - Ford Mustang
Side Two:
09 - The Charlatans - Here Comes The Soul Saver (Live in London)
10 - Goldie - State of Mind
11 - Menswear - 125 West 3rd Street
12 - Wire - Ear Drum Buzz (Live in Chicago)
13 - The Shamen - Heal The Seperation
14 - Fluke - Episton
15 - China Drum - Simple (Live in Glasgow)

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Select At The Heavenly Social

Source: Cassette
Format: MP3 V0
Select Magazine gave this away free with the July 1996 issue. This is an amazing addition to the Live At The Heavenly Social mix albums and mixed by Jon Carter.

I have merged side one and side two together to get a continuous mix tape.

Tracklisting:
Side One:
01 - Saint Etienne - Filthy (Monkey Mafia Remix)
02 - Slo Moshun - Bells Of NY (Hip Hop USA)
03 - Bitch - That Other Hip Hop Track
04 - Audioweb - Yeah (Monkey Mafia Gucci Mix)
05 - Monkey Mafia - Work Mi Body (Edit)
Side Two:
06 - Ruby - Tiny Meat (Meat For The Feet Dub) Remix - Monkey Mafia
07 - The Charlatans - Nine Acre Dust (Remix - The Chemical Brothers)
08 - DJ Voodoo & The Liquid Method - Everybody Thinks I'm High (Original Mix)
09 - Ragga Twins, The - Shine Eye
10 - Melting Pot - Assault 1
11 - Freddie McGregor - Carry Go Bring Come (Gussie's Ska Mix)

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Melody Maker Presents Planet Rock

Welcome to the first post of this site, dated 06th March 2010.

My intention with this site is to post the freebie tapes and cd's that came with magazines in the United Kingdom from 1990 onwards.

I will kick off with a cassette from The Melody Maker


Source: Cassette
Format: MP3 V0

Melody Maker gave this away free on the 14th June 1997.

Tracklisting:
Side One:
01 - Foo Fighters - Wind Up
02 - Rollins Band - Inhale Exhale
03 - Helmet - Renovation
04 - 3 Colours Red - Nucleur Holiday
Side Two:
05 - Bush - A Tendency To Start Fires
06 - Terrorvision - Don't Bleed Red
07 - Reef - Summer's In Bloom

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