NEXT time you're flicking through the vinyls in Marylebone High Street's most famous Oxfam store, spare a thought for the cassette rack.
It may just be that amongst the countless discarded tapes of A-Ha, M People and Michael Bolton, a priceless treasure is lurking.
The guys behind music blog The Soulful Strut love nothing better than to trawl the record stores for some rare recordings and now they've decided to share the love.
They've been putting together compilations of killer funk and soul 45s - including copies of some of their most precious finds - and secretly depositing them on the shelves of charity shops across London - usually to be found in the NW1 area, though they do stray further afield.
So if you see a clearly marked Anti-Radar Funk tape, just know, these secret offerings are more precious than Willy Wonka's golden ticket, and worth even more than the keys to a chocolate factory.
In fact, when you do take it to the charity shop till and they ask for the measly 50p or whatever the going rate for second-hand charity shop cassette tapes is these days, offer more - you know the true worth.
This is a treasure hunt that gives few clues and no map.
And to add to the mystery, they've posted a couple of clips of the secret tape drops on their blog - can you work out where the latest one has been deposited?
The guys behind music blog The Soulful Strut love nothing better than to trawl the record stores for some rare recordings and now they've decided to share the love.
So if you see a clearly marked Anti-Radar Funk tape, just know, these secret offerings are more precious than Willy Wonka's golden ticket, and worth even more than the keys to a chocolate factory.
In fact, when you do take it to the charity shop till and they ask for the measly 50p or whatever the going rate for second-hand charity shop cassette tapes is these days, offer more - you know the true worth.
This is a treasure hunt that gives few clues and no map.
And to add to the mystery, they've posted a couple of clips of the secret tape drops on their blog - can you work out where the latest one has been deposited?
http://thesoulfulstrut.blogspot.com/2010/05/anti-radar-funk-v-home-of-britpop.html
Let this be the beginning of a movement that inspires many of like mind...
Let this be the beginning of a movement that inspires many of like mind...
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