Cassette Culture with Stretch Armstrong

Welcome to Cassette Culture, a column devoted to the content and context of audio cassette tapes.

First, let me introduce myself. I’m a born-and-raised New Yorker who fell in love with the sounds of the city at a young age. I went from The Beatles, Elton John and Fleetwood Mac to Queen, The Police, The Clash and Talking Heads to Chic, Stevie Wonder and Donna Summer to Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Black Uhuru, Kurtis Blow and Run-DMC and finally to the vast world of underground music, 12-inch vinyl and DJing.

Read the full article HERE and listen to Red Alert’s mix from 1987 below.