71. Kmart In-Store Music Tapes, Saved by Mark Davis (Interview)
Channel: For Keeps (The Podcast)
Date: 2023-01-18

Attention Kmart shoppers! When Mark Davis worked at Kmart stores in the 1980s and 90s, he saved the cassette tapes (full of soft-rock hits, sale announcements, and "elevator music") that played over the in-store audio system. Years later, the digitized audio went viral, inspired new music, and even brought Mark a bit of Internet fame.

(This podcast was originally published on June 7, 2021.)

Mark's Kmart audio archive: http://www.archive.org/details/attentionkmartshoppers

Juicy the Emissary's "Attention Kmart Choppers" album: http://juicytheemissary.bandcamp.com/album/attention-kmart-choppers

Opening theme by Still Flyin'

Closing theme by Eric Frisch

Additional music by Infomercial USA, Chris Zabriskie, and dosbomb.

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