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Digitized recordings of Kmart cassette music they'd play over the sound system between 1989-1999

submitted by NeedleStack to music 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 18:55:15 ago (+33/-0)     (archive.org)

https://archive.org/details/attentionkmartshoppers?and[]=mediatype%3A%22audio%22

This guy used to work at Kmart and digitized the cassettes of music they'd play over the sound system.

A lot of the music is instrumentals of the hits of the time. There are also audio adverts in the recordings (nicely narrated).

Many of the recordings sound like precursors to vaporwave or mallsoft.

Per the archivist's descriptions:

"OK, I have to admit this this is a strange collection. In the late 1980's and early 1990's, I worked for Kmart behind the service desk and the store played specific pre-recorded cassettes issued by corporate. This was background music, or perhaps you could call it elevator music. Anyways, I saved these tapes from the trash during this period and this video shows you my extensive, odd collection."


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[ - ] fightknightHERO 6 points 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 22:57:02 ago (+6/-0)

Member back in the olden days supermarkets had comfy music or Classical Music?

i still member how the organic store 2km from my house had Cannon D major (in 2018)
i was stunned and Surprised such white expression of culture was allowed to exist in an era full of negroid culture

but then again, niggers don't buy organic
neither do jews (maybe.. who knows)
so it is obvious they gotta keep the music appropriate for the consumer-base

though god knows if i went there today there would be nigger music all over it...

[ - ] GoatsAdvocate 5 points 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 19:44:08 ago (+5/-0)

I wish all stores would go back to vaporwave instead of the shit now

[ - ] dingbat 2 points 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 23:41:05 ago (+2/-0)*

Vaporwave is one of the few β€œnew” things that make me happy.

[ - ] NeoNazirite 5 points 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 19:24:39 ago (+5/-0)*

Well that is just a real comfy sound.

Edit: and that Rubbermaid wastepaper basket sounds great too.

[ - ] seeker 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 12, 2021 23:04:02 ago (+1/-0)

This is a fantastic find

[ - ] deleted 3 points 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 19:45:09 ago (+3/-0)

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[ - ] HughBriss 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 12, 2021 15:07:55 ago (+1/-0)

I would SO much rather do my shopping listening to this instead of the shitty club music the grocery stores pipe in.

[ - ] TOVA 2 points 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 19:46:23 ago (+2/-0)

I worked at a large restaurant chain. Decent enough music. Until that Christmas where the same version of Jingle Bell rock was on both sides of the tape. Decades later and I still can't stomach a cheddar biscut or that song.

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 20:04:24 ago (+1/-0)

nothing like having to hear the same shitty song over and over again to make you never ever ever ever ever want to hear it again.

That happened to me with Ministry's Brave New Order one halloween when me and the missus were working as monsters at the Queen Mary for a dumb halloween thing they were doing. It was kind of fun, and paid well for how silly and easy and after-hours it was, which was nice.

Good thing ministry is faggot so I don't mind never listening to them again. Pity, though, I really liked them in the late 80s / early 90s.

[ - ] Jiggggg 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 12, 2021 02:26:58 ago (+1/-0)

I love it. Thanks so much for sharing!

[ - ] Clubberlang 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 21:27:46 ago (+1/-0)

Cool 😎

[ - ] RecycledElectrons 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 20:44:29 ago (+1/-0)

Now I remember why I got very annoyed the 2 times I tried to shop at K-Mart. The noise was insane! dit dah dit dit beep blee boom woo...

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 21:44:22 ago (+1/-0)

I didn't even notice that; it was niggers that ruined the experience of our last visit.

[ - ] binrobinrro 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 19:24:10 ago (+1/-0)

Love this!

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 19:19:08 ago (+1/-0)

Aw man, the muzak from the decade prior to that was better. Kind of like Kmart itself.

[ - ] Clubberlang 2 points 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 21:31:40 ago (+2/-0)

Blue light and icees

[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 19:46:11 ago (+1/-0)

Kmart was comfortable, Ace Hardware always brings me back to better times. Ace is still good, but if you can find a Kmart it's gonna be brimming with niggers.

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 20:02:09 ago (+1/-0)

There are still Kmarts somewhere? They all died 'round these parts along with Sears. Sad. Both stores were great back in the day, before they combined to form SHITTY SHIT!

[ - ] Kikekiller 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 20:36:06 ago (+0/-0)

Possibly seattle

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 20:39:23 ago (+1/-0)

That commie shithole deserves it.

[ - ] deleted 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 11, 2021 20:52:50 ago (+0/-0)

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